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CFPB Press Release and Circular cite “abusive” steering practices in connection with comparison-shopping tools and lead generators

CFPB Monitor

On February 29, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued Consumer Financial Protection Circular 2024-01, Preferencing and steering practices by digital intermediaries for consumer financial products or services.

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Revolutionizing the Way We Pay: The Top Payment Industry Trends You Need to Know in 2023

Perficient

A biometric payment is a point-of-sale technology that authenticates payments by pairing a payment card with a physical identifier of the cardholder. Both Visa and Mastercard rolled out pilot biometric payment cards in 2022. To use this offering, cardholders enrolled a fingerprint to have securely stored on their card.

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6 Steps to build an AML staffing plan for unexpected changes

Abrigo

You might also like this on-demand webinar, "AML/CFT hot topics for 2024: What to expect for financial crime." Prepare for unexpected changes in your AML staffing plan, making your plans a little more "disaster" proof. What tasks are required per regulations? Who performs those tasks? How often are they performed?

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Cash Out: PhonePe On India’s Mobile Payments Adoption

PYMNTS

The November/December Smarter Payments Tracker ® examines how firms are putting payroll apps and prepaid cards to use to resolve frictions for their global workforces. The workers can then use these cards to make retail payments in-stores and online, as well as collect cash at the ATM. Around The World Of Smarter Payments.

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Small business lending insights Vol. 1

Abrigo

The Fed’s latest Small Business Credit Survey , conducted in 2023 and released in 2024, found that nearly 60% of employer firms had sought financing in the previous 12 months. At the same time, 59% pursued credit to meet operating expenses. A majority of applicants sought less than $100,000.

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Increasing Digital Banking Options Put Pressure On Big Lenders To Adapt

PYMNTS

For example, Chime CEO Chris Britt recently said that unlike traditional banks that earn money off of fees and interest from loans, his company’s profits come mostly from card usage. unveiled its next generation of operating software for ATMs, designed to integrate the now decades-old cash-dispensing machines into the digital age.

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Mastercard Expands NYC Tech Hub

PYMNTS

Mastercard, the world’s second-largest payments network — which already has 250 research, development and technology employees in New York — plans to add the new jobs by 2024. The company operates five technology hubs around the world. Louis, Dublin, Sydney and India, as it seeks to transition from debit and credit cards to gadgets.

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