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Two more groups submit Singapore digital banking license bids

Bank Innovation

Two more consortiums said they submitted bids for digital banking licenses in Singapore as companies, ranging from a massage chair maker to a property giant and Chinese fintech firms, joined forces to go for the sought-after permits. and stored-value card company […].

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New EU Card Rules Could Confuse Customers

PYMNTS

The European Union has issued new rules for contactless payments, which has caused confusion and forced one digital bank to issue new cards, according to a report in the Telegraph. If a customer goes over that limit on several card payments, then they’ll have to enter a pin.

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Gemalto to Offer Biometric Payment Cards to Banks, Where Adoption has Lagged

Bank Innovation

Security firm Gemalto will offer biometric EMV payment cards to its bank customers using biometric company Fingerprint Cards’ T-Shape sensor and licensing its recently-launched Biometric Software Platform for payments. Gemalto’s roughly 300 digital banking […].

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Are New Prepaid Card Regulations Too Much?

PYMNTS

According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. Around the Digital Banking world. Time will tell.

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TradeCore Introduces Platform To Speed FinTech Launch Process

PYMNTS

TradeCore’s aim is to handle and accelerate the back-end processes and technological integrations, such as regulation compliance, so the emerging FinTech can focus on growing its business. For too long FinTechs have faced too many barriers to market in the form of regulation, compliance or costly processes to reach the market,” Pajkovic said.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

Gonzobanker

Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt. Digital Engagement Had Great Attendance and Extracurriculars. First, there was the drama leading up to the breakup with the rich hottie.

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Out of Sight: How Banks Protect Consumers from Credit Card Fraud

FICO

I am always glad to see headlines like this one, which ran last summer in The New York Times: “ How to Reduce Credit Card Fraud.” The vast majority of the nearly 370 billion payment card transactions made globally each year are scanned by sophisticated software designed to detect fraud, in less time than a blink of the eye.

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