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AUGUST 25, 2017

The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) announced Thursday (Aug. 24) it has temporarily suspended trading in the securities of Canada-based company First Bitcoin Capital Corp. The move on the part of the SEC comes as the government agency has already signaled it would regulate the cryptocurrency market. 7 of this year.

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AUGUST 2, 2019

The investigation was in April, ahead of the Capital One hack that resulted in the arrest of a former Amazon engineer. Capital One is just one of numerous financial institutions using Amazon’s cloud services to store customer data, igniting the question of where banks end and vendors begin. . banking system.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) warned investors about the risks of initial coin offerings (ICOs) in a statement on Monday (Nov. ICOs are also vulnerable to the risk of fraud or money laundering,” ESMA said in the statement. 13) and also issued rules for firms that become involved in them.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Despite a regulation crackdown and other issues, investors have continued to fund cryptocurrency startups in 2018, with ICOs raising $11.8 This year’s surge comes as ICOs have faced stricter scrutiny from regulators like the U.S. This year’s surge comes as ICOs have faced stricter scrutiny from regulators like the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Headlines are filled with reports of service outages and data breaches , and both banks and consumers are contending with rising fraud concerns as digital banking takes off. Fraud threatens everyone, yet customers rely on their banks for protection. FIs around the globe are also grappling with faster.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. Fraud is a Top Worry. The lack of security cooperation between bankers and regulators also comes up for blame. Growing Awareness.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Nonetheless, Many FIs are looking to simplify and secure their onboarding procedures while also enabling customers to stay safe during the pandemic, leading them to seek out innovative technologies to do so. The company said its technology prevented one fraud attempt every 51 seconds during the month, totaling 22,000 thwarted attacks.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

Henrik Ramlau-Hansen, the former chair of Denmark’s financial regulator and former Danske Bank finance director, has been charged by Danish economic prosecutors. He resigned in 2018 at the same time a scathing Danske report from the regulator was issued. He has recused himself from the investigation.

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JUNE 5, 2023

Banking reports to inform risk management and strategy These reports on capital, growth, and liquidity help financial institutions spot warning signs. Takeaway 2 Reports that assess capital, growth, and liquidity provide banking professionals data to drive decisions. Regulators review them to assess safety and soundness.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. They spoke before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Tuesday. Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said, testifying before a U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

Santander InnoVentures , a FinTech venture capital fund, announced on Wednesday (June 22) that it is making a strategic investment in identity verification platform Socure. The technology is typically used by financial institutions to help prevent fraud when customers open a new bank account or when issued credit or debit cards.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Capital One Financial disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week that it’s being investigated by the New York District Attorney’s Office, the Justice Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department for its anti-money laundering program.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

These APIs are constantly threatened by fraud, however. Banks are working on a range of security solutions to stop them, including periodic API key rotation and advanced machine learning (ML) systems that can detect anomalous behavior. Nordea Bank On Providing Security For B2B Payments APIs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

13) on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols “BTRS” and “BTRSW,” respectively. Swap.com Uses Data Analytics To Fight Post-Holiday Fraud Surge. Debate Looms Over Crypto Privacy, Security And Regulation. The debate over privacy versus security rages on.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

Ride-hailing app company Uber, which made news when it covered up a huge data breach that exposed roughly 600,000 driver’s license numbers, could face investigations by regulators around the globe. 22), regulators in the U.K., s National Cyber Security Centre to determine how large the breach was and how many people in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks. and other places.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

It was designed to settle transactions with clients of its wholesale payments operation, mainly for international and securities transactions related to blockchain. Dimon called bitcoin a “ fraud ” during the apex of the crypto boom. The bank said it supported crypto as long as it was properly regulated. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The FCA first began investigating the high street bank in February after it miscalculated the capital needed for numerous loans. Six months later, the financial regulator said the probe was widened to involve “certain senior members of management.” The extended scope of the probe was exposed following a bond prospectus.

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MAY 24, 2023

Bipartisan support The SAFE Banking Act's long road to the Senate Many in the AML/CFT community have been watching the unfolding of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act for some time now with no significant progress.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Financial institutions generally are moving away from self-managed, on-premise technology and are finding hosted solutions that provide the security and scalability they need. But research firm Gartner estimates that through 2025, 99% of cloud security failures will be the customer’s fault.

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AUGUST 4, 2019

Under the regulation, banks and financial services providers must secure their own systems as well as implement third-party risk management programs, which can mitigate insider threats from third parties, says Michael Magrath, director of global regulations and standards for OneSpan.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2019

Byrne predicted that security tokens will reduce friction in capital markets while also improving price discovery. The killer app of blockchain is security tokens,” Byrne said. and those security tokens are going to need a regulated exchange. The regulated exchange will disrupt Wall Street itself.”.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

At the same time, digital banks are looking to capitalize on their growing small and medium-sized business (SMB) customer base, with open banking and bank-FinTech collaborations an important part of that strategy. Enfuce Tackles Fraud In Open Banking. Small businesses continue to embrace digital banking.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2016

13) it closed a $13 million round of funding led by Flint Capital, with participation from ff Venture Capital, Santander InnoVentures and Two Sigma Ventures, as well as other investors. In a press release, Socure said it will use the capital to scale operations, accommodating the 300 percent growth it has seen in 2016.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

McLain told PYMNTS that the guidelines the card schemes or PSPs offer to merchants can assist with the technical heavy lifting that can help balance security and commerce. The guidelines could help a merchant capitalize on the maximum number of exemptions that are available as part of PSD2.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

In the United States, according to some sources such as Javelin , more than one million children were victimized by identity theft — and the fraud costs their families more than $540 million. In an interview with Karen Webster, Zac Cohen, general manager of Trulioo , said kids’ Social Security numbers represent a relatively easy target.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Brex Co-Founder and Co-CEO Henrique Dubugras said in a press release , “Even before customers think about credit cards, they need a place to store their business capital. Malaysia Regulators Want To Slap Grab With $20M Fine. Mastercard: Fraud-Fighting’s New Mantra — Test, Protect, Prevent .

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Instead, they are drawing fines from regulators and taking on massive damages. They are highly sophisticated, well-capitalized crime rings that are recruiting Ivy League talent to think of new approaches to get around the rules most systems are using to screen for fraud. New Technology For Regulators.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The market shift follows a year of ups and downs for the financial institution marked by a high-profile accounting error, a valuation plummet and fraud investigations. law firms had opened investigations into the bank on behalf of investors over concerns of alleged securities fraud. Then in May, reports emerged that two U.S.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

From having to manage troves of unfamiliar vendors to navigating a market marred by fraud, the procurement process for personal protective equipment (PPE) was — and is still — not easy, but it's not the only headache these organizations face. The pain points don't stop there, either. Often, that new vendor was overseas.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The New Jersey Attorney General recently filed a lawsuit in New Jersey state court against Yellowstone Capital LLC, its parent Fundry.US Yellowstone and Fundry were also named defendants in a lawsuit recently filed by the FTC for alleged unfair and deceptive acts or practices in violation of the FTC Act in connection with the same activities.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Regulations, said the report, are “extremely lax” especially when it comes to Know Your Customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) efforts. In one example cited in the paper, an official of the Panamanian payment processing firm Crypto Capital, Ivan Manual Molina, was arrested as part of a probe conducted by Polish authorities.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

In a recent announcement , the Singapore company revealed its BizPay solution, an online platform enabling businesses to use their existing commercial cards and converting their credit limit into working capital to pay suppliers. The company has just secured a $78.7 Swile Lands VC For Corporate Meal Card.

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But through it all, risk requires capital. Look at the capital needed through the recent recessionary period for credit losses provided by either private investors or the US Treasury. Regulators assign risk weightings as a proxy for how much capital is needed based on the perceived risk of the asset.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

The FCA said the fraud resulted in the hackers getting off with £2.26m by capitalizing on what it called “deficiencies” in Tesco Bank’s design of its debit card, financial crime controls and its financial crime operations team. We are very sorry for the impact that this fraud attack had on our customers.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

In addition, corporate clients will be able to apply for working capital loans and make vendor and salary payments. In Africa, the biggest private bank in Kenya, CBA, has cemented a partnership with a FinTech there, Ennovative Capital, a Kenyan firm that licenses software to boost payments speeds.

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JUNE 12, 2020

If a business secured a PPP loan, it is still eligible to apply for an MSLP loan; however, MSLP loans are not forgivable. The latest changes also include an increase in participation from the Fed, which will free up more capital for lenders to make additional loans and reduce their risk tied to the program. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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