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Dwolla CEO: Faster Payments Offer ‘Substantial New Market Opportunities’

Bank Innovation

in 2013, it seemed like a distant dream, The Fed itself announced a 10-year time horizon. It looks like this faster payments thing is going to happen after all. When the Federal Reserve floated the idea of faster payments in the U.S. But over the past week, proposals have been Read More.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

For smaller banks, longer-term industry consolidation trends and competition are also eroding deposit market share. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , community banks’ deposit market share dropped to 15% in 2022 from 22% in 2013. Check out our 1071 compliance resources. “And The result?

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Bitcoin Daily: 7,000 Crypto ATMs Worldwide, Data Says; Marshall Islands Plans National Digital Currency

PYMNTS

The appointed organizer for the initiative, SFB Technologies, tapped the Algorand protocol because of its scalability, speed, security and its “ability to effectively implement required compliance controls and the transaction finality needed for a national currency.” At that time, Robocoin put a machine in a café in Vancouver.

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StanChart Hit With $40M Fine For Transaction Rigging

PYMNTS

The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) announced it has fined Standard Chartered $40 million for attempting to rig transactions in foreign exchange (FX) markets between 2007 and 2013.

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Fidel API Startup Raises $18M In Series A Funding

PYMNTS

Founded in 2013 in London, this first round of funding will support Fidel’s ambitions to grow internationally and hire more talent. Fidel takes on regulatory compliance by tokenizing card numbers. All of this helps businesses get to market and scale faster,” Dev said. (a subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada) and 500 Startups.

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Germany’s Watchdog Tells N26 To Boost AML Measures

PYMNTS

Germany’s financial markets watchdog BaFin has ordered FinTech N26 to boost its anti-money laundering (AML) controls. As a result, the online bank was criticized for not being diligent about security and compliance controls as it rushed to grow. N26 said it was working with BaFin to implement the measures. “We million customers.

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FinTech Partnerships With FI Marked By Global Scope

PYMNTS

In the Middle East , RAK Bank has said it will offer Sage accounting software to business banking customers, in an agreement that helps those firms manage value-added tax (VAT) compliance mandates. Reuters said the number of employees working on those compliance efforts now stands at more than 300, on average per financial institutions.

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