Cannabis: A Case Study in Cash-Only's Constraints
Payments Source
MAY 31, 2019
It's a multibillion-dollar industry in a state of payments-regulation limbo and as a result, the U.S. cannabis business has mainly operated on a cash basis.
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Payments Source
MAY 31, 2019
It's a multibillion-dollar industry in a state of payments-regulation limbo and as a result, the U.S. cannabis business has mainly operated on a cash basis.
Abrigo
DECEMBER 19, 2022
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PYMNTS
APRIL 24, 2019
Regulators want to have a greater stake in the way sharing platforms operate. Many of these regulators also now expect sharing and payment services to comply with shifting data regulations, like GDPR. A reclassification could lead to significant changes in how the mobile payment service can operate in the country.
South State Correspondent
JANUARY 16, 2024
BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. Unfortunately, some banks adopted BSBY as one of their preferred indexes and in doing so created risk in derivatives and operations. The reason for the cessation of BSBY is simple – lack of use.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 26, 2020
Back then, FinTechs asked for forgiveness instead of permission, rushing headlong into markets, disrupting them and operating in newly invented spheres of finance that regulators barely understood. For a case study in the new privacy rules at scale, people are looking to China and its Multi-Level Protection Scheme 2.0
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 topics were perfect, and there were some great case studies, but the substance was standard, bordering on underwhelming.
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. It is likely that regulators will soon ask banks to come up with a plan.
Abrigo
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Foreign and domestic terrorist financing – Terrorists require financing to recruit and support members, fund logistics, and conduct operations. Domestic terrorists, known as domestic violent extremists (DVEs), operate primarily within the U.S. Many TCOs currently operate in the U.S., The most common type of terrorism in the U.S.
Abrigo
JUNE 23, 2020
As most operations have shifted to a digital-first world due to the coronavirus pandemic, institutions have had to adjust and adapt new technologies to stay competitive and thrive during these times. They will also provide you with resources (blogs, case studies, webinars, white papers, etc.) BSA Rules and Regulation.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
With more than 5 million worldwide listings, Airbnb has to stay up to date with local, state and national digital security regulations as it operates in over 191 countries, according to Logan Vander Linden, payments partnerships lead for Airbnb, in a recent PYMNTS interview. To read the Case Study, download the Playbook.
PYMNTS
MAY 23, 2019
In the case of regulators, that means better protections for customers who are participating in the global sharing economy. In Europe, parliament recently approved a regulation for more consumer protections, one that seeks to prevent unfair trading practices within the region. About the Playbook.
Insights on Business
FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Massive volumes of regulations are being developed across global financial market segments. Next-generation GRC solutions offer the potential to ensure compliance with evolving regulations through transformative business capabilities. ” In a case study presentation titled, “Managing IT Risk with IBM OpenPages with Watson 8.0
Insights on Business
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
Because of this misplaced confidence, many banks are delaying necessary operating model transformations. Failure to do so or further delay of operating model transformations…well…better call Darwin. Operating model transformation. Operating model transformation. This is a big problem. End-to-end enterprise digitization.
FluentBanking
APRIL 18, 2020
It is important to know thoroughly about the syllabus and regulations of any course before enrolling in that. The examinees will also be asked to answer case study based/practice oriented questions. Question setting pattern The question setting patterns will be both narrative as well as practice oriented based on case studies.
Jeff For Banks
MARCH 5, 2021
Knowing this, very large financial institutions operate branches where they can have greater scale to drive greater profitability, which frequently excludes LMI neighborhoods, creating what is termed "bank deserts." Another challenge is imposed by the very government that tries to assist LMI households: regulation.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 14, 2020
But this year, business at DRINKS – which also operates B2B wine distribution for Kroger, QVC and other accounts – hit so hard in Q2 that the company had to cap its shipments to have any kind of shot at meeting demand. “By Ignoring that technology component would be similar to thinking about Amazon as a big warehouse operator.”.
South State Correspondent
AUGUST 22, 2022
Commodore’s demise is a case study of how NOT to care about your customers and why business intelligence through proper data architecture is critical. Commodore didn’t know about its customer and didn’t have enough feedback from operations to understand its margins were inadequate.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 19, 2019
The Brexit saga is a case study in uncertainty ever since then-British Prime Minister David Cameron stepped down June 24, 2016, the day after the referendum vote unexpectedly ruled in favor of leaving the European Union. The last few weeks, although eventful, have not been particularly clarifying. With Brexit’s Oct.
Celent Banking
DECEMBER 20, 2016
One Analyst’s Recap: The event was an engaging mix of bank-presented case studies, vendor perspectives and analyst analysis. Business climate, customer expectations, technology, competition, regulation – all are in a state of change. In the case of Hertz, counter staff had no ownership in the installation of the new kiosks.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 3, 2020
Instacart offers a compelling case study, as it has come to dominate the third-party grocery delivery market over the course of the pandemic partly because it brought online ordering to brick-and-mortar supermarkets that previously had limited capabilities. as W-2 employees.
Chris Skinner
MARCH 23, 2017
We may describe Turkish banking sector as strong, innovative, modern and well-regulated. There are 52 banking institutions which operate in Turkey. While some of them focus on retail banking, the others consider the corporate banking as a core of their operations. Could you please tell us a bit about banking sector in Turkey?
BankBazaar
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
IPO involves complex regulatory filings and months of negotiations with underwriters and regulators. It is comparatively inexpensive and easy to take a SPAC public – not so much the case with IPOs. According to a study, investment banks can charge fees of up to 7% of gross IPO proceeds.
BankUnderground
JUNE 25, 2020
Broadly, the Bank of England receives two main types of quantitative data from regulated firms. Second, and separately, regulators also have access to more granular data on specific types of financial agreements and transactions. The UK is a leading hub for data centres (eg see case study on p.15 15 of this report ).
Insights on Business
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Financial institutions are under pressure to rethink, restructure, and retool their risk and compliance functions to operate in an environment of constant regulatory change and zero tolerance for non-compliant, non-conforming, and illegal business practices. Continental AG – BPM for OpenPages Round Table (2677A).
Insights on Business
AUGUST 23, 2017
To avoid a repeat of similar economic downturns, regulators are taking a close look at excessive risk taking in the financial sector, requiring key players to provide transparency around employee compensation. Read the case study for more details about Zions Bancorporation.
Accenture
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Subway has rebuilt its operating model to continuously run tests on customer experiences to optimise the journey of purchasing a sandwich.¹ 1 Accenture Interactive Client Case Study: A Data-driven recipe for delighting customers (2018). But it’s not just big tech who are doing this.
CFPB Monitor
MAY 13, 2019
On Wednesday, May 8, the Federal Trade Commission hosted a special forum exploring small business lending practices, regulations, and policies. In his opening remarks, Commissioner Chopra noted “[t]he FTC is the sole federal regulator and enforcer in the non-bank small business financing marketplace.”
Perficient
NOVEMBER 5, 2020
This also helps with multi-lingual international operations. Examples and case studies can be seen on YouTube by searching “Voice vs. RF Picking.” Government Regulation: There are mandates from local, federal, or international governing bodies mandating specific labeling needs.
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 26, 2017
Pawel has been trained in compliance and AML, having worked with some of the world’s biggest financial institutions including AIG (Compliance Officer), UBS (Director of Compliance, Compliance and Operational Risk Officer) and RBS (Head … The post Laundering-as-a-Service (a bank USP) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.
PYMNTS
APRIL 15, 2019
These two platforms offer a real-time case study of the power platforms can wield – and the economic opportunity they create – when they morph from focusing only on adding more features to their core businesses to using their core platform assets to identify and ignite new business value for others. A Single Focus. million riders, 1.9
PYMNTS
JUNE 4, 2018
Digital is turning us into freelance workers whose worries about healthcare costs could finally help drive down those prices, and whose online purchasing seems increasingly likely to be influenced by Alibaba and other China-based operations. Oh, and artificial intelligence promises to be more important to human history than fire.
FICO
MAY 20, 2021
A United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) study found that financial institutions spend between 0.4% of total operating expenses on anti-money laundering activity, while some of the largest banks in the study spent between 0.5% Source: FICO customer case study. by Sebastian Hetzler.
BankUnderground
JANUARY 14, 2021
The advances in mathematical algorithms and computational power have enabled new applications that are transforming the way the insurance industry operates – in particular the applications of machine learning (ML) and data Science (DS). A new insurance era. Back to the future.
FICO
JANUARY 2, 2020
With IFRS 9 and a new focus on persistent debt by the UK’s regulators, 2019 was a challenging year for debt collection. However efficient and advanced an operation is, it’s being stress-tested by a multitude of factors in ways not seen since the last global recession.”. Regulation . Consumers’ purchasing ‘rights’ . Analytics .
PYMNTS
MAY 14, 2018
is both a headache for legal marijuana businesses and an intriguing case study for the financial services industry. The regulatory hurdles involved in this sector aren’t just a challenge for financial service providers; they’re also a headache for the businesses operating in the industry.
BankUnderground
OCTOBER 26, 2021
History offers policymakers and academics useful case studies that can serve as distant mirrors beyond the study of crises and policy responses to them. Moreover, the national currency belongs to the people, and the state’s role is to regulate it to benefit the people.
FICO
AUGUST 15, 2018
When today’s businesses create a list of must-haves in the race to alter and ultimately transform how they operate, machine learning is one of those checkbox necessities. Consider the risk modeling scorecard, which has been traditionally lauded by businesses and regulators alike for its predictive capabilities. Here is an example.
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
Witness the power of platforms on top of platforms operating at scale. It’s a perfect case study – happening in real time – of how platforms use their scale on both sides to enter new markets – drivers and consumers – and monetize the value of their platform. Platforms On Top Of Platforms. First there was Uber.
Lex Sokolin
DECEMBER 10, 2020
The case study of Shopify is case in point?—?the There has been a lot of banking-as-a-service focus since PSD2 regulation in Europe, BBVA and Santander’s soul searching to grow market share, and a spate of start-ups offering integrated bank accounts. But Green Dot was there at the beginning.
Lex Sokolin
DECEMBER 10, 2020
The case study of Shopify is case in point?—?the There has been a lot of banking-as-a-service focus since PSD2 regulation in Europe, BBVA and Santander’s soul searching to grow market share, and a spate of start-ups offering integrated bank accounts. But Green Dot was there at the beginning.
Tomorrow's Transactions
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
Back in 1999, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Economic Policy Review said that “Economic theory on the operations of commercial banks cannot, by itself, explain why they provide payment services on such a large scale”. Which brings us back to the M-PESA case study. There is, as far as I can tell, no reason for this.
Fintech Labs Insights
FEBRUARY 8, 2022
Case study: It’s still difficult to find non-crypto-industry examples of social tokens in use. It raised $11M in Janauary (2022) issuing (aka minting) 9,000+ NFTs to fund an organization looking to purchase and operate a top-100 golf course on behalf of its NFT members ( see note 4 ). Cons: POS integrations may be complicated.
Perficient
OCTOBER 2, 2020
On the ops side, it’s about increasing operational efficiency and more automation and workflows and more apps going out the door. This is around more efficient operations and management from the Kubernetes platform and from public cloud. We wanted to share with you one case study from a client that we’re doing container work at.
Lex Sokolin
MAY 25, 2020
Let’s use Goldman Sachs as our case study and our frame of mind. I would guesstimate a range of around $100 to $150 million, much of which would go to the core operating team. their websites would facilitate a transaction without running afoul of regulations. But I digress. The deal closed for less than $500 million?—?I
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