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Fraud risk could run to billions in PPP loans

Bank Innovation

Last week saw banks and fintechs scrambling to stand up platforms to process Paycheck Protection Program loans, and now the struggle is to keep the platforms running while weeding out potentially fraudulent applications. Fraud is a common trend with government relief programs.

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Island Nation Mauritius To Set Up Fintech Fund

Bank Innovation

The island nation of Mauritius will now have a sovereign fund dedicated to investment in fintech. According to reports, high-level Fintech and Innovation-driven Financial Services Regulatory Committee panel met last week to discuss the possibility of the fund that would focus on, among other things, fraud, security, and blockchain.

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Top Issuers Embrace FinTech Collaboration For Biz Card Innovation

PYMNTS

Much of what commercial card innovators seek to address is a massive pain point for adoption: supplier acceptance. However, in this week’s Commercial Card Innovation roundup, it wasn’t the point of friction that technology firms were addressing. Check out the latest in corporate card innovation below.

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How Open Banking, Faster Payments Change Banks’ Fraud Threat

PYMNTS

An explosion of FinTech innovation has jump-started traditional financial institutions’ (FIs) digitization efforts. Yet, each of these strategies to modernization is a double-edged sword, exposing a bank — and, thus, its partners and customers — to a new breed of fraud risks. ” Innovation’s Security Downsides.

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FinTech Nium Moves Into The Middle East

PYMNTS

Singapore-based FinTech platform Nium is expanding into the Middle East, the company announced on Monday (Oct. FinTech across the Middle East is also set to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of 30 percent, and expected to raise over $2 billion in venture capital funding by 2020.".

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Middesk CEO On Helping FIs And FinTechs Derisk KYB

PYMNTS

In the mad dash for small firms to secure capital, many sought their PPP loans from banks other than their usual financial service providers, creating a logistical nightmare for financial institutions (FIs) that still rely on manual and outdated customer onboarding workflows. On Tuesday (Sept. Broadening Customer Understanding.

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‘Infrastructure’ Fintechs Get the VC Spotlight

Bank Innovation

The opportunity ship has sailed for personal finance management, lending, or robo advisory sectors of fintech, according to Rebecca Lynn, co-founder of venture capital firm Canvas. So where are investors looking for new opportunities?

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