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MENA Region Holds Regulatory Clues For Merchants

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In regions where open banking and other electronic payments pilots are becoming common, such as the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region, pandemic-era payments are all about privacy, security and trust, particularly in B2B transactions. Merchants, their payment providers and their regulators must keep up,” per the new Guide.

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.

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Federal Banking Regulators Seek Comments for Additional Capital for Large Banks

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The FRB and FDIC are looking to improve financial stability by limiting contagion risk ( the spread of an economic crisis from one market or region to another) by reducing the likelihood of uninsured depositors suffering loss.

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Japan’s Struggling Regional Banks Take Investment Risks To Stay Afloat

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Japan ’s struggling regional banks are taking on riskier investments as they struggle to survive. There’s excessive competition among regional banks now, which is driving fierce competition to get profit margins,” said Takayuki Atake, head of credit research at SMBC Nikko Securities Inc.

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Merchants Get Clarity Around Compliance As Global Payment Regulations Evolve

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Compliance with financial regulations market-to-market around the globe is increasingly automated yet relies on the same human emotion that undergirds all forms of exchange: trust. One recent survey, for example, showed that 32 percent of consumers in the U.K.

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Cloud Takes Center Stage at 2023 Bank Automation Summit

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However, due to their sensitive and regulated natures, some industries – especially the financial services industry – have had more complicated cloud transformation journeys than others. Cloud computing makes data more accessible, cheaper, and scalable.

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Deep Dive: COVID-19?s Global Impact On Open Banking And Online Privacy Regulations

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The EU enacted open banking rules in 2018, inspiring regulators worldwide to reconsider how they were transacting funds or transmitting data. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on daily business has generated new questions surrounding these initiatives that regulators are now scrambling to answer. and the EU. Australia and Canada.