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Deep Dive: Adapting Worker Payments To The On-Demand Era

PYMNTS

Digital tools like pay cards and apps allow workers to receive earned wages the same day they request them. One reason could be that tax withholding rules and other regulations can make early payouts more difficult to manage for hourly or salaried workers — those classified in the U.S. The Flexible Pay Imperative And On-Staff Workers.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

More states require greater disclosure and control over what banks and card processors can charge. Non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees and credit card late fees are also under pressure and are expected to be curtailed. Replacing checks, wires, and card transactions with instant payment rails was a hot topic at the conference.

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How Decision Management Powers Growth at African Bank

FICO

An excellent example of this is African Bank, the seventh-largest bank in South Africa, which grew operating profit before tax by 67% in 2017, after launching in 2016. Vere Millican, group executive for credit at African Bank, discussed the bank’s growth in an article this month in Cards International.

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Risk’s All Around When Banks Service Cannabis

PYMNTS

is both a headache for legal marijuana businesses and an intriguing case study for the financial services industry. Traditional banks are not required to verify that the source of the products being sold is legal from the moment of production until it reaches the display case and is sold. policymakers in 2014.

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FinCEN’s AML/CFT Priorities: A risk assessment perspective

Abrigo

The most common types of fraud include bank fraud, consumer, health care, securities, and tax fraud. Common types of fraud impacting financial institutions include trending fraud schemes such as romance scams, synthetic identity fraud, check fraud, and point of sale (POS) or card-related fraud.

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Marketing tips to boost your valuation business

Abrigo

Unlike many traditional accounting services, such as tax preparation and auditing, valuation work is often a one-and-done kind of engagement. Hold an inexpensive business-card drawing for a prize and then follow up with all of the contacts and attendees with a direct-mail piece describing your services.

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Does Apple Pay Growth Signal Contactless Transit Boost?

PYMNTS

Nationwide, transit agencies, with their vast populations of riders, are in the process of upgrading or planning to revamp their fare collection systems with contactless technology that will allow commuters to pay for rides in real time with contactless bank-issued credit and debit cards.”. But contactless comes with its own controversies.

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