PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

European crypto exchange Eterbase has announced a hack, affecting hot wallets for six of its listed cryptocurrencies and allowing hackers to make off with $1.6 billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. In other news, Hong Kong's Diginex has raised $20 million as a funding round from private investors, Bloomberg reported.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Several banks in Singapore have closed the accounts of an estimated 10 firms specializing in cryptocurrency and payments services.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The 12 startups demoing to try to win the “best in show” award at Bank Innovation Ignite have been unveiled. Six of the startups come from INV Fintech, this website’s sister […]. The startups are:[link] Avocado Payments, Budgit Inc., Community Capital Technologies, Denizen Financial, Diro Inc., Exagens Corp.,

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Insights on Business

JULY 26, 2018

IBM RegTech Innovations. One of the best things about working at IBM—and in the RegTech field in particular—is meeting daily with the engineers and developers who are driving technological innovation in the financial industry. IBM driving innovation. Consider, for example, the blockchain space.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 22, 2019

IBM, one of the world’s largest technology companies, has agreed to sponsor Bank Innovation Ignite, which explores new ideas and technologies needed to push banking forward. Bank Innovation Ignite, March 11-12 in Seattle, offers high-level discussions and networking around the future of what’s next in banking.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

The allure of blockchain was its potential to be a catch-all solution, but as innovators take a more practical approach to introducing the technology to the real world, its true opportunity may lie in addressing highly specialized, unique points of friction. trillion by 2025.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

European crypto exchange Eterbase has announced a hack, affecting hot wallets for six of its listed cryptocurrencies and allowing hackers to make off with $1.6 billion in assorted cryptocurrencies, CoinDesk reported. In other news, Hong Kong's Diginex has raised $20 million as a funding round from private investors, Bloomberg reported.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - On March 6 in San Francisco, 12 impressive startups demoed their latest in fintech technology at INV Fitnech's 2nd annual demo day. INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to Bank Innovation, is partnered with Fiserv and eight banking partners with over $3 trillion dollars in assets.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 7, 2017

cryptocurrency exchange bitFlyer wants to bridge the trading gap between two of the world’s largest bitcoin markets. EXCLUSIVE — With its recent launch in the U.S., Japan is the largest bitcoin trading market in the world, about 50% of it happens in there; the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With it, financial institutions need to strengthen their compliance to mitigate the risk of running afoul of the law. It’s great to see the prioritization on innovation with this bill,” Wingert said, calling the AML regulatory changes important. Complex Compliance.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 27, 2018

EXCLUSIVE - Technology services provider Synechron launched a regtech program focused on helping its financial services clients on regulatory compliance issues. The program, which Synechron refers to as its Regtech Accelerator Program, went live yesterday.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 24, 2019

INV Fintech, the technology accelerator run in partnership with Fiserv, has opened its Demo Day event to financial institution executives attending Bank Innovation Ignite. Previously, only INV Fintech members were permitted to attend Demo Day on March 11 in Seattle.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

And there is no shortage of interest in the region in that ability, with particular interest coming from the financial services sector, the cryptocurrency markets and in the healthcare vertical. The Latin American market isn’t going to slow down — not from an innovation standpoint, and not from a regulatory standpoint.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 6, 2017

INV Fintech, the sister accelerator to this site, announced its fourth class of startups today. Here are the five companies of Class 4 of INV Fintech: Bloxable: Bloxable provides decentralized solutions for lending origination and the securitization of mortgages […].

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 1, 2022

On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space. In the introduction to the RFI, the FHFA noted President Biden’s March 2022 executive order.

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Abrigo

MARCH 7, 2022

Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance should be a high focus as sanctions become more complex and require constant diligence. If your institution needs assistance enhancing your sanctions program, a downloadable Key Components of a Strong Sanctions Compliance Program may help.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

fintech firm, Bittrex, and South Korean app developer, Dunamu, an affiliate of the country’s largest messaging platform, Kakao, have teamed up to launch a new, massive cryptocurrency exchange platform in South Korea.

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Abrigo

MARCH 11, 2022

As sanctions become more complex and require constant diligence, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) compliance should be a high focus for your business. If you need assistance enhancing your sanctions program, this downloadable Key Components of a Strong Sanctions Compliance Program may help.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 8, 2022

To help financial services companies manage the federal approvals, state licenses, and foreign “doing business” registrations they are required to maintain—and avoid penalties for non-compliance—Ballard Spahr has launched Ballard360 LicenSync. LicenSync is completely customizable.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 3, 2018

In fact, a new report showed that technology company IBM has five times more fintech patents than the world’s 15 largest banks combined. Many large banks describe themselves as equal parts technology firms as they are financial services companies, but then shouldn’t they have relevant patents backing that notion? Well, they don’t.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Amid a dizzying night of political drama, a bright spot appeared for the fintech and cryptocurrency communities -- the election of Jared Polis to Governor of Colorado. Polis is known for many things, such as being the first openly gay state governor ever elected and a dot-com millionaire to the tune of $400 million, but […].

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Amid a dizzying night of political drama, a bright spot appeared for the fintech and cryptocurrency communities -- the election of Jared Polis (D) to Governor of Colorado. Polis is known for many things, such as being the first openly gay state governor ever elected and a dot-com millionaire to the tune of $400 million, […].

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Between the threat of FinTechs and small business owners’ increasing willingness to switch banking providers, financial institutions are waking up to the demand for better SMB services. But an increased focus on innovation means the path to understanding what actually constitutes “better” is unclear.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The big news in B2B FinTech investment this week came from Airbnb , which is bolstering its presence in the business travel market with new funding, while corporate card startup Brex also secured a prominent debt capital investment. Lyric plans to use the investment to expand its operations as it continues to focus on regulatory compliance.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2018

” Oliver was discussing cryptocurrencies and blockchain on his show, highlighting the massive potential the world of FinTech has touted for the last year or so. Earlier this week, the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) described this dichotomy as the “peril that comes along with the promise” of cryptocurrencies.

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Payments Source

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

A new group aims to foster collaboration between fintechs and state and federal officials in the fight against crime — without hindering legitimate business innovation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Collaboration between FinTechs and banks. And, much to the relief of corporates, the continuing focus on B2B payments innovation. We are definitely seeing more innovation in the cross-border B2B space in the last two years than we have ever before,” he recently told PYMNTS. “We That’s where FinTech comes in.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2016

What once may not have been taken seriously — cryptocurrencies and futuristic payments — is today exploding as the innovation financial institutions are targeting for investments, largely hoping to get a jump on the blockchain before disruption takes a bite out of their traditional business. FS must leverage the FinTech ecosystem.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2019

Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency plans continued to dominate the week’s news, but Visa and Bank of America both made big news, and new PYMNTS research dug deep into the problems of HBO and Netflix subscriber churn and PSD2 challenges. Payments Execs Weigh In On Innovation For the Roaring 2020s. BofA Debuts Digital Debit Card.

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Alex Jimenez

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

Money 20/20 USA has become the biggest FinTech gathering in the US. FinTech Revolution and AI: The overarching trend was the continued evolution and revolution in the FinTech industry, including the adoption of AI and emerging technologies. Similarly, FinTech firms face a reality with limited VC funds.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

But this expanded talent pool not only compounds the complexities and volume of payroll tasks, but as Guez noted, compliance can quickly turn into a headache. “It Compliance is still a major challenge. Technological Innovation. Research shows employees quickly become frustrated when payroll mistakes are made.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 2, 2018

The 16 registered cryptocurrency exchanges currently operating in Japan will soon form a self-regulating body, after a $530 million heist of digital coins in the region led to investor concerns, Reuters reported today.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

billion Korean won) stake in the second largest cryptocurrency exchange market in South Korea, Korbit. EXCLUSIVE- NXC, the holding company of $10 billion Japanese gaming corporation Nexon, has acquired an $80 million (91.3

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 4, 2016

Fintech is far from a U.S.-only only phenomenon, as this week’s top funding rounds make clear.

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Urs Bolt

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Fintech to facilitate inclusive financial system establishment in China, say experts. Leveraged by tremendous customer data, Chinese Fintech companies have an edge over their Western counterparts in innovation applications.”. “It is notable that banks are not leading technology innovations in China. Compliance.

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Insights on Business

MAY 1, 2018

As the banking Payments ecosystem in Canada continues to expand, IBM is looking forward participating in the upcoming Payments Canada Summit , held in Toronto on May 9-11 with industry leaders, innovators and challengers. Compliance. Cryptocurrencies. Topics include: AI. Biometrics. Blockchain. Consumer protection. Open Banking.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Swiss financial regulator the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, or FINMA, has shut down the providers of a cryptocurrency known as “E-Coin,” which the regulator dubbed as “fake.” The currency was shut down as they did not have the proper bank license.

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