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Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration

PYMNTS

In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card acceptance, to a bright spot in Europe for FinTech innovation. But financial regulatory compliance can be a headache for any market. Resuming Operations.

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SWIFT: Real-Time Payments Demands Real-Time Security And Compliance

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Security and compliance are also vital components in ensuring that payments are delivered safely and without delay. And to that end, we’ve seen growing engagement and co-operation across the industry.”. There are different levels of understanding about what real-time ‘payments’ means in terms of compliance,” Lee told Webster.

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How Cannabis Can Become A B2B Payments Innovation Influencer

PYMNTS

Credit unions and regional or community banks have stepped in to fill the banking gap, making barriers to accessing much needed financial services lower than ever before for marijuana businesses. It’s why, said Muller, payment innovators in the cannabis market must keep a macro view while targeting micro use-cases and user populations.

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US Finance Crimes Org Calls For Private Sector Innovation

PYMNTS

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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Visa Ups Innovation Ante With US FinTech Fast Track Launch

PYMNTS

As PYMNTS readers know, the role and appeal of FinTech is increasing significantly as consumer demands rapidly change, and technology and regulatory efforts encourage further innovation in digital payments and global transactions. an effort that was already operating in Europe and Asia-Pacific. FinTech Partnerships. “The

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Embracing disruption at Bank Innovation Ignite with IBM

Insights on Business

Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure. Optimizing risk, compliance and security. IBM has helped many regional and global organizations along this path with everything from migrating existing workloads to forward-looking projects such as blockchain and AI.

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Financial Crime: Technology can Transform Compliance

FICO

Visma Connect recently interviewed Jürgen Krieg, FICO's head of global compliance sales. In this excerpt from that article, Jürgen elaborates on the importance of compliance. . At FICO, I am responsible for planning and implementing growth strategies to develop new markets, and the expansion of our compliance business globally.