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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The bumpy road cryptos face under scrutiny from regulators (we’re looking at you, Libra ) was a springboard into a larger discussion between Zac Cohen, general manager at Trulioo , and Karen Webster on the challenges FIs and others face when deploying new technologies. Identities, in turn, must be secured, verified and reusable.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Merchants and customers are now transacting under PSD2 and GDPR in the European Union (EU) — regulations that allow a greater window into how customer data is being used. While these regulations are aimed at increasing consumer trust by allowing them more transparency, many consumers in the region are still adjusting.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Open Banking’s European success has kicked off interest in similar regulations worldwide, most notably in China, India and Singapore, where digital banking’s popularity among general consumers is rapidly rising. Numerous regions then announced internal deadlines for compliance that often diverged from their neighbors’ deadlines.

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MAY 16, 2020

100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. A central entity may be a central bank which regulates a monetary supply,” the company wrote. “A A central entity may be associated with a government of such a region.”.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants in the European Union (EU) have had some time to get used to both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Around The Data Protection And Security World. For more on this and other stories, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends section.

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APRIL 25, 2019

This is especially true in areas like the European Union, where the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) is changing how customers and corporates approach data sharing. Security and the Homesharing Platform. The company also works with several security providers to ensure users’ payments remain safe.

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MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an impact on open banking developments worldwide as regulators, financial institutions (FIs) and businesses set their sights on helping their current customers rather than future innovations. where regulators have been workshopping potential rules for several years. Seventy percent of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks, businesses and consumers fundamentally altered how they interacted with each other in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and regulators tasked with making sure their data and payments are kept safe took notice. Regulators in countries like Egypt have only recently rolled out their data protection rules.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

These financial institutions ( FIs) have recognized how this regulation has affected the EU financial ecosystem, and they have passed that familiarity onto the merchants and payment providers that work with them. Around the Data Protection and Security World. and Turkey. and Turkey. Federal Trade Commission (FTC), among other changes.

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JULY 16, 2019

Banks are innovating their application programming interface (API) platforms to allow for more third parties, while online merchants are prepping for a potential loss in revenue due to the security frictions that SCA might bring. Both banks and regulators are re-examining how exactly SCA will affect the financial ecosystem.

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MARCH 27, 2020

While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. European Union and other regions currently fighting the pande mic. Security .

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MARCH 31, 2020

With the investment, MatchMove, which is also based in Singapore, will be able to extend its “banking-as-a-service” wallet capability to Shopmatic’s ecosystem spanning over 435,000 eCommerce small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and individual entrepreneurs across the region.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

Players in the sharing economy must contend with an increasingly complex online payments ecosystem as they move into new regions and attract participants to their platforms. Fraud, Payment Regulations Are Affecting Seamless Payments. This requires payment innovation that matches both owners’ and renters’ market-specific needs.

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JUNE 5, 2020

FIs and their regulators are clinging to that vision even as they work to answer complicated questions brought about by the virus surrounding online payments, security and data privacy. Regulators are addressing what data can be shared compliantly under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for example.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants from other regions have been dipping their toes into the Chinese market, but open banking has compounded the difficulty involved in setting up operations. The country’s government and regulators are keeping pace with those in the European Union and the U.S.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

In the latest Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how legacy banks are approaching innovation among the rising tide of challenger banks and smaller FinTech startups, as well as how they’re approaching authentication and security as customers continue to demand more convenience and speed. Around the Digital Banking World.

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JULY 18, 2019

The regulation is also altering banks’ end customer interactions as new players make their way to the financial stage. ING is keeping this platform approach in mind as it adapts its API developer portal to meet current regulations. payments and financial innovations. PSD2 and the dawn of the platform .

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APRIL 24, 2019

Regulators want to have a greater stake in the way sharing platforms operate. Many of these regulators also now expect sharing and payment services to comply with shifting data regulations, like GDPR. To learn more about how Spotahome is approaching data security and customer trust, read the Playbook’s feature story.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2020

According to the release, Ripple chose DIFC for its “innovative regulations, expansive network and reputation as a leading global financial centre,” according to the release, with the two companies “aligned” in their visions for the future.

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MAY 21, 2020

As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is likely to gain increasing traction. As reported in this space last month, the efforts are still nascent.

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APRIL 13, 2022

Banque Misr extends collaboration with Finastra, selecting Fusion Trade Innovation and Fusion Corporate Channels to boost its offering and attract new customers. Ahmed Diab, Country Manager – Egypt at Finastra said, “Banque Misr is one of the leading national banks in Egypt, with a big market share of trade finance business in the region.

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OCTOBER 10, 2019

Many want more options and control when it comes to their security. percent of customers agreed that mobile transactions would be more secure if the consumers themselves had more control over their authentication options. Regulators as well as banks are searching for ways to keep launderers and other fraudsters out of online banking.

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JULY 4, 2017

If the past few years has proven anything about financial services, it’s that innovation is the lifeblood of the industry, particularly where competition and greater consumer choice are concerned. The new generation of fintechs have relied on innovation to carve out their niche in the market. Image: iStock/chombosan.

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JANUARY 6, 2020

PSD2 connects the country to online banking platforms in other compliant regions, making it important for FIs across all markets to review how the legislation could change normal banking behaviors within Turkey. The country is one of the first outside of the EU to adopt PSD2 rather than creating an open banking regulation of its own.

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MAY 30, 2018

Cash remains king in the region, with about two-thirds of consumers in Latin America preferring that payment method over credit, according to estimates. As far as innovation goes, “FinTech is the most developed,” Monteiro said. So that whole region skipped the fixed line, and most people adapted directly the mobile phone.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The country’s recent cybersecurity and Open Banking developments have thus been the subjects of extensive scrutiny among its own regulators, as well as among cyber and financial experts around the world. Chinese regulators are also working on regulations to shore up application programming interface (API) innovations and platform banking.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

According to the new Simplifying Cross-Border Payments Playbook , there are five key criteria that an ideal cross-border payment solution should meet: speed, security, compliance, transparency and ubiquity. Different regions have their own unique payment rails, and no two abide by the same regulatory framework. So, what’s the problem?

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

The challenge of keeping a payments platform and the associated processes in line with these market innovations, the latest regulations and the evolving standards and rulebooks are significant. We’ve seen this trend in a number of securities processing areas, and the same holds true in the payments space,” he told PYMNTS. “By

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MAY 4, 2020

Barnett said in a statement on Monday (May 4) that Mastercard in Europe is a unique locale in that it is “the only true multi-rail payments technology company in Europe,” which puts it in a solid position to offer “simple and secure ways to pay and get paid.”.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

In its Q4 2019 earnings release, Facebook reported a 51 percent spike in expenses for 2019, as the social media platform faces more questions from regulators and policymakers. FICO’s Take on Debit Security. As fraud evolves, old forms of cybersecurity are not enough to keep up criminals’ increasingly innovative attacks.

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JUNE 19, 2018

The time for “wait and see” is running out when it comes to new European privacy regulations. Soon enough, the financial and consumer impacts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become clear enough that companies that took a laggard’s approach may start to feel significant pain.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

Open banking didn’t just kick off via PSD2 regulations across Europe and the U.K. I think for our industry, APIs are a very positive innovation,” said Hubert J.P. Beyond the world’s biggest multinational banks, other regional and smaller banks have also taken measures to embrace open banking for their business customers.

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MARCH 3, 2020

Recent innovations have enabled these machines to perform more functions than ever, including connecting with live tellers at off-site locations via webcams. Alabama-based Regions Bank deployed advanced ATMs as part of its digital push, replacing human tellers at many of its drive-thrus. Hindrances to Digital-First Implementations.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A regional government in Russia is now working with state-backed VEB, reports in CoinDesk said this week, as authorities explore how to use blockchain “to improve the quality of management decisions.”. Singapore stepped onto the global stage as a world leader in blockchain innovation in recent months. On the federal level, the U.S.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2017

The region is also home to an active and fast-growing startup scene. Brussels the third wealthiest region in terms of GDP per capita due to this number being twice as high as the European average. The city was ranked as a strong innovator by the latest edition of the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS 2016).

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JANUARY 16, 2019

The CBA pilots, as reported by CoinDesk and other sites, were tied to the issuance of letters of credit and securities. Separately, the South Korean government has been eyeing tax breaks for blockchain in a move that looks to bring innovation to the region. IoT Gains Traction With Blockchain.

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