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OCTOBER 16, 2019

Between $800 billion and $2 trillion USD is laundered each year, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. The Cost of Compliance. Scandal and fraud tarnishing banks’ reputations aside, the impact that AML compliance controls have had on these banks’ bottom lines can’t be underestimated.

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MARCH 8, 2018

It also requires finding faster ways to securely address customer identification program (CIP) obligations and know your customer (KYC) requirements. based online cross-border remittance services provider WorldRemit is one player working to smooth out common speed bumps that slow payments for businesses and individuals alike.

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OCTOBER 5, 2017

The White House and Equifax, admittedly two of the nation’s least trusted institutions at the moment, agree that social security as unique identifiers have to go.

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MAY 20, 2019

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has proposed a national development fund to help invest in social issues, digitization of the economy, education and transportation, according to a report by Reuters. million) to put into the fund.

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JANUARY 19, 2021

With more financial institutions (FIs) turning to external third-party FinTechs to strengthen their small- to medium-sized business (SMB) and corporate offerings, the collaboration model is proliferating across national borders. National Australia Bank Chooses Eedenbull. BNL Goes Live With Tink. ICICI Adds AlignBooks Technology.

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MAY 27, 2022

We’ll then move to the federal level, seeking regulatory guidance as to whether digital tokens are securities under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) or commodities contracts over which the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has regulatory jurisdiction. State Regulations.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Australian financial regulators are feeling pressure to ensure financial institutions treat customers properly and have turned to artificial intelligence (AI) in an attempt to improve compliance, according to a report by the Financial Times. The trend is starting to appear nationally.

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Perficient

JANUARY 28, 2021

As we mostly are working remotely these days, securing your space when you’re not in the safeguards of the office walls are critical. Perficient places a high value on data security and has several processes and tools in place to protect colleague and client information, but what about the everyday person?

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

Meanwhile, payment service providers (PSPs) are scrambling to find ways to authenticate these customers without adding friction to online transactions. It is still a matter of debate on what exemptions, innovations and changes can be left up to national authorities — and what cannot.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The legislation requires the Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to lay out a framework small businesses can voluntarily follow to protect employee and customer data. Meanwhile, the House of Representatives passed a bill last month providing cybersecurity guidance to U.S.-based based SMBs.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

12) earnings call, Martin Lau, Tencent president, told analysts that the proposed new laws will not overly affect its online entertainment and gaming business. We’ll work very constructively with the regulators to ensure our compliance,” Lau said, according to a Wall Street Journal report. . On a Thursday (Nov.

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DECEMBER 14, 2020

We stand by our record of providing upfront information and clear controls, strong internal data governance, secure infrastructure, and above all, helpful products.”. “People who use Google expect us to respect their privacy, whether they have a Google account or not,” a representative for Google said, per the report. “We

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

China is looking to keep up with consumers, financial institutions (FIs) and merchants that send funds and information through online channels, and several of the country’s related regulations resemble those from regions where such transactions are now commonplace. Confronting Chinese Compliance . and the U.S.

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JUNE 19, 2020

A payments orchestration layer can serve as an intermediary between a merchant and its various PSPs while extending services that support payments analysis, regulatory compliance, cybersecurity, anti-fraud protection and more. There are ways to effectively manage these logistical issues, however. Around The Payments Orchestration Ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

As the new Digital Identity Tracker® states, “about 40 million bank customers in Thailand are expected to register for digital identity authentication under the country’s National Digital ID (NDID) program, which was recently expanded to more financial service providers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The battle over FinTechs and national banking charters is about to get a bit more heated. A national charter would allow FinTech firms to sidestep current practices which mandate they gain regulatory approval from each state where they operate. The GDPR’s Compliance Laggards. New York state is suing the United States.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic has refocused scrutiny on the open banking ecosystem’s privacy and security. 1 to adjust their standards in compliance.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

As startups such as DadeSystems , FitPay and Jewel Paymentech expand across devices and functions, Tipalti , AvidXchange and Emailage announce new growth for their local, national and global footprints. Meanwhile, he said, consumers are getting over their initial fears around contactless payments usage and security. Chargehound.

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JUNE 18, 2020

The London-based trade group for Europe’s ePayments community is waiting for the European Banking Authority , the European Union (EU) banking regulator, to provide the 27-nation bloc with an update on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). But this has not been true for online transactions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. That’s according to the U.S. and international sanctions, and decrease America’s influence in the global marketplace. As recently noted by PYMNTS , Kenneth A.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

In addition, HMRC implemented a £68,595 fine for online estate agency Tepilo , which shut down in December. Criminals who seek to use this country as a place to launder money should be in no doubt that they have nowhere to hide,” said Ben Wallace, minister for national security and economic crime.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

as they upgrade their online data and financial rules to support global digital banking innovations. The country takes privacy, particularly financial privacy, seriously, passing its Cyber Security Law in 2016, followed by the Personal Information Security Specifications in 2018 and the MLPS 2.0 he remarked.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2023

As overseers tighten the leash with stringent regulations aimed at protecting consumers, the cost of compliance grows. This is the first-time fraud has been addressed at a high level as part of AML compliance, but it makes sense. FinCEN states, fraud is believed to represent the largest share of illicit proceeds in the United States.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

In other news, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a nonstop social media cheerleader for the notion of building a high-tech ecosystem in South Florida, publicly embraced exploring using cryptocurrency to store some government financial reserves and blockchain to secure processes such as online voting.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Recap and forecast The current state of AML/CFT regulations Terminology change Financial crime professionals have long referred to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance in conjunction with anti-money laundering efforts as “BSA/AML.” However, the regulatory movement since then has been slow. While Russia generally targets significant U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

financial institutions as they scrambled to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Small businesses, meanwhile, can use the platform to apply online as fewer physical bank branches are available. Small businesses overwhelmed U.S. billion in applications.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Senior citizens are the demographic group most vulnerable to identity fraud, as they are often not as digitally savvy as their younger counterparts nor as adept in online security best practices. Large investments in security measures are necessary for banks to protect themselves and their customers from this menace.

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

to advance secure, contactless transactions as stores reopen amid COVID-19 restrictions. Peter Hazlehurst, CEO of Synctera, tells Karen Webster that Synctera is a next-gen banking-services platform that facilitates FinTech scale by enabling banks to leverage their current compliance and account-servicing capabilities in new ways.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A former cryptocurrency exchange and its founder are facing charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency announced in a press release on Wednesday (Feb. Montroll operated an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded its users by misappropriating their bitcoins.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

To that end, Chief Information Officer Dave Stafford and Chief Information Security Officer David Bryant of PSCU , a credit union service organization, told PYMTNS that trust and collaboration are key among the efforts to protect consumers. They are likely living life, now more than ever, online. “As

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Department of Homeland Security (DHS). As of late December, 40 states were compliant with the law (designed to bring a higher level of security, and confidence, to personal ID documents), as Jumio CRO Robert Prigge told Karen Webster in a new PYMNTS interview. However, progress continued, and as of Jan.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Security Bank Midwest. Security Bank. American Bank, National Association. Classic Bank, National Association. The First National Bank In Sioux Falls. Dakota Community Bank & Trust, National Association. Agriculture: Less than $300 million in assets. Ag Lender Score. Red River State Bank. Chancellor.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

The European Union’s financial authorities are monitoring how the pandemic may be affecting banks’ and FinTechs’ compliance with rules such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), for example. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

And data has never been more valuable — not only for retail and payments, but for healthcare and other areas, including sense of self, given how we define and group ourselves online and elsewhere according to prioritized attributes. At the same time, this data is generating increasing returns and reducing costs as well as compliance burdens.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

GDPR compliance has yet to be fully embraced by firms on a global scale, yet headlines from this past week show just what the repercussions might be against a new regulatory landscape. software firm that focuses on GDPR compliance , told the newswire that “at some point, a line needs to be drawn, and this might be the best time to do it.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

They must also excel at securely handling payments and personal data, while recommending services at the right moment to enhance transactions along the way. Airbnb on Payments, User Friction and Security Challenges in a Global Market. Further east, Airbnb is taking off in South Korea, with a reported 2.9

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

To simplify its path to EMV card acceptance, and to reduce PCI compliance scope, Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has migrated its payments system in the U.S. Ingenico Group’s semi-integrated payment solution provides KFC’s customers with a multitude of payment options without compromising the security of their information.”.

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