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How Synchrony Financial Is Upgrading Its AML Strategy

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Money laundering has always troubled financial institutions, but today’s digital banking system creates additional complexities as fraudsters around the world take advantage of financial technologies to launder approximately $2 trillion annually. Such profiles ensure FIs comply with current regulations and AML standards.

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Brazil’s Big Blockchain Bounce (And Other Digital Payments Advances)

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And while the continual drumbeat of announcements from various players looking to find new and inventive ways to apply distributed ledger technology to various parts of Brazil’s financial services industry has something of a tendency to stand out, digital payments and banking news in general has been coming quick and constant.

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Singapore’s Big Week In Blockchain Progress

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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced this week that its global trade connectivity network (GTCN) initiative, a joint project to streamline cross-border trade between the two nations, will debut in early 2019. The companies expect to launch the platform in the first quarter of 2018. The Singapore-Philippines Agreement.

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Lessons From The Failed Chatbot Revolution — And 5 Industries Where The Tech Is Making A Comeback

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By 2018, news coverage of chatbots was in decline. Mentions of chatbot tech on public company earnings calls peaked in early 2018, but fell to nearly half that by the end of the year. In January 2018, Facebook closed down M. Google similarly admitted that it used humans in call centers to make its assistant work.