PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

For several years, while state-level legalization has expanded, access to traditional banks remains an issue thanks to their status as federally regulated entities. For marijuana businesses, with compliance a critical yet challenging factor, these payment rails don’t always adequately address the needs of the sector.

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Innovation Payments Tools Compliance 210

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The age of digital currencies might be fully upon us, but key questions swirl about how to issue and regulate cryptos – especially stablecoins. Regulators and lawmakers, however, can latch onto digital currency efforts as they must monitor and also supervise such stablecoins. In a paper that debuted Tuesday (Nov. The Value Of CBDC .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Despite announcements last month that the deadline for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) compliance will be extended , the original proposed deadline approaches next week. has not implemented regulations like GDPR or SCA, but there has been a groundswell of interest, at least from the private sector. Previous efforts for the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2020

This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed suit against Citizens Bank, alleging violations of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), including implementing Regulation Z and the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act.

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Cards Lending Regulation Management 259

Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2024

These tips can help ensure compliance while improving your offerings. However, with all innovation comes great responsibility, especially when it comes to safeguarding those new products against fraud. It is no secret that the significant increase in fraud is one of the biggest concerns financial institutions face today.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

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. The updated regulations are slated to take effect Oct.

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Regulation Cards Digital Banking social media 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Payments is in a state of constant change, with decision points shifting as fast as each innovation, disruption and tweak in consumer behavior. Financial institutions (FIs) face the issue of whether to outsource their credit card programs or do it themselves – a decision that will maintain its importance in the coming new decade.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Following a recent backlash resulting from allegedly discriminatory underwriting methods for the Apple Card, lenders’ moves are facing scrutiny from regulators. Albert Chang, counsel at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau‘s innovation office, said […].

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

A Wall Street regulator is opening a probe into Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s s credit card practices after a viral tweet from a tech entrepreneur alleged gender discrimination in the new Apple Card’s algorithms when determining credit limits.

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Apple Cards Regulation Groups 186

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

CEO Stefan Pajkovic founded the company to help emerging FinTechs find their way through the industry’s regulations and licensing requirements. Pajkovic calls this the “spiral of death,” according to the report, and a hinderance to innovation in the sector.

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Fintech Compliance Regulation cryptocurrency 130

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

One such innovation has been i2c’s collaboration with SmartHealth to use an open banking platform to build the first credit card dedicated solely to healthcare. The card uses payments rails that already exist today as the multitool designed to cut through the complexity for patients and providers. Ready For Innovation.

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Meeting Payments Cards System 312

PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

Financial services and payments companies today are required to enable and support innovative new ways for customers to conduct financial transactions from any device, and from any location, without exposing themselves or their data to risk,” he said. Greater Security Without Compromising UX.

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User Experience Security Payments Compliance 253

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

The volatility of cryptocurrencies and their existence in what’s often a grey area of regulatory compliance make businesses operating in this sector an unattractive target for traditional financial institutions. ius noted, this is often because the heart of the cryptocurrency industry is often at odds with the nuances of regulation.

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cryptocurrency Compliance Regulation Payments 283

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 27, 2020

The CFPB has issued a new request for information about the credit card market that seeks comment on two related, but separate, reviews. The RFI includes citations to each of the CARD Act rules and further information about their content.). (The CARD Act Review. Section 610 Review. Debt relief and settlement.

Cards 78

Cards Marketing Compliance Innovation 78

Bank Innovation

JANUARY 8, 2020

While chip cards are becoming a mainstay at brick-and-mortar retail checkouts, gas pump payment technology lags behind. gas station owners until October of this year to upgrade pumps to accept EMV chip cards, rejecting a deadline extension request from the Merchant Advisory Group. Visa and Mastercard have given U.S.

Cards 259

Cards Meeting Groups Retail 259

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

European tech firm SIA is forming a technological partnership with German software innovator INFORM to launch a digital service to speed up the authentication process for online payments across Europe. Boni added that the solution was integrated in SIA's infrastructures and will launch quickly to “ensure PSD2 compliance.” . billion.

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Payments Compliance Fraud User Experience 165

Abrigo

JANUARY 30, 2024

REGISTER Takeaway 1 Banking and compliance professionals rely on ThinkBIG to elevate their understanding of industry shifts and regulatory pressures. Banking and compliance professionals rely on the annual conference to elevate their understanding of industry shifts and regulatory pressures that hammer them daily.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 5, 2021

The CFPB has issued an approval order through its Compliance Assistance Sandbox Policy (CAS Policy) to Payactiv in connection with its earned wage access (EWA) program. a)(14) of Regulation Z, and therefore, Payactiv has a safe harbor from liability under TILA and Regulation Z in connection with the specified EWA program.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 10, 2020

The CFPB recently announced that it has issued a Compliance Assistance Statement of Terms Template (“CAST Template”) through its Compliance Assistance Sandbox Policy (“CAS Policy”) after receiving an application from Build Commonwealth, Inc. Commonwealth”). The CAS Policy includes CAST Templates, which allow third-parties (e.g.,

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Policies Compliance Regulation Groups 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. The network would run on a card issued by Barclays U.S.,

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Innovation Payments Apple Mobile 131

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

European tech firm SIA is forming a technological partnership with German software innovator INFORM to launch a digital service to speed up the authentication process for online payments across Europe. Boni added that the solution was integrated in SIA's infrastructures and will launch quickly to “ensure PSD2 compliance.” . billion.

Payments 130

Payments Compliance Fraud User Experience 130

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Slow compliance checks and sluggish processing times are commonplace, especially on the legacy systems still used by many banks around the world. Automating Compliance. Most customers bypass dealing with merchants entirely when trying to stage chargeback fraud, with 76 percent of cardholders going directly to the payment card issuer.

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Operations Payments Compliance System 228

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

New York-headquartered PAAY, a consumer authentication innovator co-founded in 2011 by James Ruffer and Yitz Mendlowitz, has a new security solution that aims to obliterate hacking and fraud threats. Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. . Getting the European Union on the path to 3D Secure 2.0 also known as 3DS 2.0

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Security New York Atlanta Fraud 233

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

As more stakeholders and players join the fold, there’s a ripe opportunity to find innovative ideas in unlikely places. PYMNTS: How would you define your company’s approach to innovation? PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? PYMNTS: What is the most innovative thing you’ve ever done?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2017

The B2B payments industry is finally beginning to hustle when it comes to technological innovation. And as traditional financial institutions (FI) begin to recognize the value of collaborating with FinTechs, these banks can similarly shake their reputation for being innovation laggards and promote B2B payments progress while they’re at it. .

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Abrigo

APRIL 18, 2022

Innovation is key in the world of decentralized currencies The United States will have to be creative to stay competitive globally as digital assets enter the mainstream. Takeaway 3 As global interest in digital assets continues to rise, expect to see more regulation and even centralization of digital currency. Rapid Growth.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 13, 2024

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. More states require greater disclosure and control over what banks and card processors can charge.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

In an interview with Karim Ahmad, TSYS executive vice president of global product and innovation, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster delved into the very nature of change, marking what once might have been a staid industry. I’m a pretty prosaic guy when it comes to … innovation,” said Ahmad.

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Innovation Payments Regulation Industry 100

PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2017

The basis of innovation is not the desire to create something new or even the inspiration to do so. Innovation occurs where there is a problem and a person with the tools to solve it. Anyone can have a good idea,” Lowthers said; innovation is about what you do with it. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. The discussions were healthier, more compliance-focused, and with little expectations that banks were going to offer crypto to their customers any time soon.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

Members of the newly-formed Open Payments Coalition, which include GoPay, Ripple, Blockchain.com, BitPay, Brave, Flutterwave, and Mercy Corps, say the newly minted PayID will enable customers to send and receive money across any of their payment networks without the hassle of dealing with credit card or bank routing numbers.

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Payments Compliance Regulation Groups 247

Abrigo

MARCH 7, 2022

Experts weigh in on regulatory hot topics for 2022 Review these 10 insights into what regulators are looking for in 2022 to help your financial institution pass exams with flying colors. Takeaway 1 Regulators have increased their focus on BSA in the first quarter of 2022, and the crisis in Ukraine will put OFAC in the spotlight.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2016

” Innovation Project 2016 — where hundreds of leaders across the payments, commerce, tech and security ecosystems joined together under one roof with one mission: navigating the balance between the leading and the bleeding edge. Especially when your talking innovations in payments. So, how did Day 2 end up?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

These legislative initiatives are why Latin America, a market not necessarily known for its FinTech innovation, has one of the strongest penetrations of eInvoicing in the world. The fact that there are no regulations that require them to do so means it pushes eInvoicing lower on the to-do list,” King told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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Regulation Data America Payments 101

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But in the alcohol beverage arena, unique regulations — many of which date back to the era of prohibition — have added an extra layer of complexity to the supply chain. Navigating B2B Payments Compliance. The alcohol beverage industry has some unique regulations dictating how B2B payments are made between a retailer and a distributor.

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Industry Payments Retail Regulation 219

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

They must also take a more balanced approach to growth, sidestepping the payments innovation mistakes that established players have already made, according to Colin Gardiner, chief revenue officer for shared RV marketplace Outdoorsy. “We Fraud, Payment Regulations Are Affecting Seamless Payments. Outdoorsy is available in the U.S.

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Payments Fraud Regulation Innovation 137

Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

Takeaway 3 Regulators are closely watching expanded uses of AI and generative artificial intelligence. They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience. GenAI is seeing varied use cases in banking.

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