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NYDFS Announces Draft Amendments to Cybersecurity Regulation

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On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released Draft Amendments to its Cyber Security Regulations. Second, the Amendment would also require covered entities to notify the superintendent within 24 hours of making an extortion payment.

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Mastercard To Expand Euro Tech Hub In Dublin

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As a leader in payments technology, Mastercard is to grow its workforce with notable investments in its artificial intelligence, cyber security, blockchain, user experience teams, and more. Mastercard first opened Ireland operations in 2008, with only 36 people on staff at the location. Right now, it has more than 650.

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Australia, New Zealand Take A Hard BEC Scam Hit

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While the business email compromise (BEC) scam is a global pain point for businesses, this week's B2B Data Digest looks at the latest figures in B2B payments fraud and finds BEC heating up in one particular region: Australia and New Zealand. million erroneous payment resulting from a BEC scam. In total, about $104.5

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Mastercard May Seek Payment Licensing In China

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Mastercard is mulling an entrance into the China market and could get its application in during 2016 to become a payment provider in what is expected to be the largest market by 2020. China announced this summer that it would let non China-based payment card companies operate in the country, but they would have to follow China’s rules.

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Stripe hires Google security expert to lead expanding risk team

Payments Source

Stripe’s expanding global profile has come with a growing security risk operation, which will now be overseen by former Google security expert Niels Provos.

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Corporates Unprepared For GDPR, UK Government Warns

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For the businesses that are aware, a bit more than a quarter said they’ve made changes to their operations in order to comply with the new rules aimed at data privacy and security. A press release published last week by gov.uk highlighted a government survey that found only 38 percent of businesses have even heard of GDPR.

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Singapore Reforms Laws For FinTech Push

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The small nation is making a big push in support of FinTech innovation by reforming its payment laws. Singapore’s financial authority said it will look to consolidate exiting legislation related to payment systems, stored value facilities and remittance businesses in order to create a new combined regulatory framework.

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