Payments Source

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

To find a balance between the requirements of the regulator and the tasks of promoting and growing the product, the marketer has to understand the intricacies of compliance and all of the in and outs, says Aximetria's Dmitry Ryzhkov.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand. Welcome to adulthood, y’all. What’s Next? But please, don’t get cocky.

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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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Abrigo

MARCH 11, 2022

Expert insights on 10 regulatory topics that NBFIs should consider this year Review this list of what regulators are looking for in 2022 to help your NBFI pass exams with flying colors. Takeaway 3 NBFIs should review common deficiencies in AML programs that regulators are citing and fix issues before their next audit or exam.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

European FinTech Revolut, which recently debuted in the U.S. with an app and debit card, is expanding its range of services into the realm of cryptocurrency trading with a big assist from Paxos. In a Wednesday (July 15) press release, Paxos Trust Co. said Revolut is its first customer for its new product, the Paxos Crypto Brokerage.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The world’s first ICO regulations are coming, care of Gibraltar. The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general.

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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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FICO

AUGUST 12, 2021

Financial Institutions’ compliance officers and teams should be concerned that Open Banking may render their existing AML/CTF and KYC compliance programs inadequate. They provide added services to customers ranging from personal budgeting and spending alerts to personal funds transfers and cryptocurrency wallets.

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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. Certainly, the use and availability of cryptocurrencies is another emerging area that is contending with its own unique set of compliance issues, but it is also one Wingert said appears to be closing gaps in regulation.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Reuters reported news on Tuesday that banking regulators from seven states across the United States are working to, as the newswire reported, “streamline” the FinTech reporting process, with an eye on those tech firms having an easier road toward offering their products and services across the nation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

29) announced a deal for the AML platform of Beam Solutions , a San Francisco-based startup that focuses on transaction monitoring and helping financial companies comply with KYC regulations. Another key component of the platform is helping companies manage various KYC and AML regulations in different jurisdictions across the world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

Three months in, the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation still stymies some firms seeking to comply with new rules and regulations governing data protection and privacy. As many as 85 percent of firms are boosting budgets over the previous year’s, tied to data privacy and compliance.

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FICO

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Cryptocurrency exchange rates have skyrocketed in the past month. According to a recent report , the total of cryptocurrency related frauds and thefts stands at a staggering $7.69b. At the same time, all top US banks now have customers transacting in cryptocurrency through virtual asset service providers (VASP’s).

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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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American Banker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

New regulations involving cryptocurrency and the results of key elections will impact the industry's success this year.

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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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . In other crypto news , cryptocurrency tax automation software TaxBit has raised $5 million in funding.

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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 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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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2019

Local FinTech firms such as PeerSafe will be supplying technical support. In other news, Vaishali Mehta, who worked as a senior compliance manager at Coinbase, has left the company to become the head of compliance for TrustToken , which produces the TrueUSD stablecoin. In addition, Latvia’s financial regulator imposed a 1.2

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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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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. This reality is often cited by small business FinTechs. Small business (SMB) banking is in need of an overhaul.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Bitwala has rolled out digital currency banking services in Germany through a partnership with a regulated FinTech firm that has a banking license, CoinDesk reported. Google Trends found that the top search definition in both the United States and the United Kingdom, according to a Bloomberg report, was “what is bitcoin?”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2019

The New York Times has covered cryptocurrency and blockchain in depth in the past, and published a piece titled “Demystifying the Blockchain” last year. In other blockchain news, earlier this month it was reported that CULedger , a credit union, inked a partnership with IBM to create blockchain services geared toward credit unions.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Mastercard , a global fintech platform, acquired CipherTrace , a blockchain analytics and cryptocurrency intelligence software provider, for an undisclosed amount. The technology offers services such as blockchain forensics, anti-money laundering, and compliance monitoring, among others. Who are the parties to the deal?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Financial crime is a pervasive threat to banks, credit unions, FinTechs and other financial institutions (FIs) the world over. Some fraudsters are even impersonating government officials and asking for personal information for stimulus payments, for example, while others are targeting cryptocurrencies. British banks spend upward of £6.7

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Let's Talk Payments

AUGUST 19, 2016

The purpose of this article is to highlight the issues of a consumer who wants to invest in digital currencies like bitcoin and how can the regulator achieve the twin.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Chinese insurance company ZhongAn Online Property and Casualty Insurance, which boasts a customer base of 500 million people, has obtained approval to open an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong stock exchange. China’s first online-only insurance company hopes that the IPO will raise as much as $1.5 billion USD.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2018

FinTech companies have been doing their best to take disruptive approaches that are more automated and efficient than those of their traditional financial services counterparts. Now, however, regulators are seeing the need for new tools and approaches in this new environment, even for larger organizations. Efficiency.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Michael Hsu voiced concerns Tuesday about the increasing disintermediation of accountability for banking services as more banks collaborate with non-bank entities and said banks are showing a growing interest in tokenizing real-world assets over riskier public blockchain-based cryptocurrencies

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

challenger banking market saw a flurry of venture capital (VC) activity this week, as FinTech firms aim to disrupt small business (SMB) financial services (FinServ). Compliance startup Chainalysis works with law enforcement officials and financial institutions (FIs) to ensure that their cryptocurrency operations are within regulations.

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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. GDPR and similar legislation are tied with payroll because of all the personal data that goes into payroll calculation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2018

And yet: How and why to regulate? And where – and just who should do the regulating? federal agencies that are trying to figure out if something is under their purview and should they [even] be regulating this.”. Japan, of course, has taken the leap to require exchanges to be registered with regulators.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 3, 2018

The central bank of China is tightening its grip on bitcoin mining in the state, telling local governments that it has the authority to regulate power usage for that mining. The People’s Bank of China cannot directly regulate power usage, Reuters reported today. However, the bank can ask local authorities to regulate it.

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FICO

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The global pandemic has driven a dramatic change in consumer behavior, not least an exponential rise in the use of digital and mobile channels for banking and financial services, increased competition from fintechs, and the rise of open banking. Regulators Will Zero in on Closing the Gaps.

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