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JUNE 29, 2020

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been especially hard hit, as many have pivoted quickly to enable online transactions and adhere to the regulations that often accompany them. The health crisis has brought about changes to this rule, however, and these may have long-term implications for payment standards and regulations.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

10), Craig Moore, CEO of business financing platform Beehive , not only made the case for more P2P lending in the Middle East (the company is based in the United Arab Emirates), but also gave a larger view of the FinTech situation in that region as a new decade dawns. But in a new PYMNTS interview on Tuesday (Dec. More Focus on P2P Lending.

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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.

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MARCH 7, 2023

Home Blog FICO Responsible AI: Are European Firms Ready for the Regulators? There are significant changes coming in Europe, which highlight getting a handle on responsible AI use, with the banking and financial services sector among those that will be most impacted by increasing regulation.

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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The revised Payment Services Directive ( PSD2 ) Strong Customer Authentication ( SCA ) regulation rollout in the EU has been a little bit on the bumpy side so far. 14 of this year, and while PSD2 did, the SCA part of the regulation has been put on hold. What will that compliance look like in the in the EEA and around the world?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

The country’s recent cybersecurity and Open Banking developments have thus been the subjects of extensive scrutiny among its own regulators, as well as among cyber and financial experts around the world. Chinese regulators are also working on regulations to shore up application programming interface (API) innovations and platform banking.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

They face the challenge of offering customers a smooth onboarding process while also remaining rigorous in know your customer (KYC) efforts, taking care to remain compliant with local anti-money laundering (AML) regulations that aim to keep criminals from using legitimate operations to move money illegally. In the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Supply chain disruptions and economic volatility have elevated risk exposure for many enterprises, but for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) operating globally, that risk of exposure can be catastrophic. Indeed, for some SMBs, it already has, with economists anticipating a wave of bankruptcies and permanent SMB closures ahead.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2019

Regulators approved the $3.1 billion deal after Uber guaranteed it would abide by a series of commitments designed to sustain competition in the regional market, Reuters reported Sunday (Dec. Careem will be a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uber yet operate independently with regards to branding and management. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants from other regions have been dipping their toes into the Chinese market, but open banking has compounded the difficulty involved in setting up operations. The country’s government and regulators are keeping pace with those in the European Union and the U.S. The law is still ambiguous.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

FIs and their regulators are clinging to that vision even as they work to answer complicated questions brought about by the virus surrounding online payments, security and data privacy. Regulators are addressing what data can be shared compliantly under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for example. EU and U.K.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2020

The new partnership will allow customers of eWallet to make transfers across over 200 countries and territories in what the release calls an “expansive network” of mobile operators and also physical locations. The UAE also has to grapple with the problem of cumbersome remittances , subject to slow speeds and excessive fees.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants in the European Union (EU) have had some time to get used to both the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Australian regulators are still deciding how Open Banking will affect FIs within their country.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Here’s the latest news for Big Tech’s Google , Amazon , Apple and Facebook , which are coming under increasing scrutiny from legislators and regulators the world over. Regulation. The FAA’s role is to ensure that any [drone] operation is performed safely,” the FAA said in a statement to PYMNTS.

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MARCH 25, 2019

The Netherlands, for instance, only recently implemented it because it needed to make sure that consumers’ personal data will remain protected, as payments in the region are mostly digital. The country was unenthused, she said, adding that the new PSD2 law is viewed as “a way of regulating activity that is in the market already.”.

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JUNE 10, 2022

The incoming EMIR Refit regulation will increase sell-side and investment firms’ reporting requirements to a level where submitting new data fields and new combinations of actions and events could cause significant delays and run the risk of fines, a study from Acuiti has found.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2019

The PSD2 -related regulation counts itself among a raft of those set to become law across the continent, focusing on boosting online commerce security by requiring cardholders to provide two forms of identification to verify their identities when transacting. Merchants have been sleepwalking into SCA,” Princen explained.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Currencycloud is connecting regional banks to advanced FX and global payments technologies, while the firm’s founder, Nigel Verdon, is also targeting Banking-as-a-Service with his new startup, Railsbank. open banking regulations. Plaid is unlocking payroll data to ease access to federal financing.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

For several years, while state-level legalization has expanded, access to traditional banks remains an issue thanks to their status as federally regulated entities. For marijuana businesses, with compliance a critical yet challenging factor, these payment rails don’t always adequately address the needs of the sector.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

According to the new Simplifying Cross-Border Payments Playbook , there are five key criteria that an ideal cross-border payment solution should meet: speed, security, compliance, transparency and ubiquity. Currently, there are 57 real-time payments rails operating in more than 72 countries, with even more under construction.

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Cisco

DECEMBER 1, 2020

This year, Cisco took it a step further, building out not only the main Security Outcomes Study, but also creating regional reports and two industry-specific analyses – Financial Services being one of the chosen verticals. The goal is to lower cyber operational risk while increasing the business flexibility of the institution.

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FICO

JUNE 12, 2020

In comparison to others in the Asia Pacific region, regulation has evolved due to last year’s Royal Commission, updates to the privacy act as well as changes enacted by global bodies such as the FATF (Financial Action Task Force). Like other advanced financial sectors, Australia has a complex and evolving regulatory environment.

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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. Despite direct exposure to the region, they remain unaware of the GDPR requirements. FinTech Firms Eye Bank Charters.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

26) said HSBC launch launched the new banking guarantee API, which enables HSBC partner banks to issue local guarantees in markets in which they don’t operate. The API will allow HSBC partner banks to have HSBC reissue their guarantees if those partner banks don’t operate in the market in which a supplier does.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Furthermore, according to the latest edition of PYMNTS’ PSD2 Tracker , only 40 percent of merchants operating in the European Union that are aware of SCA reported being ready as of that date. Within that window, both have laid out specific deadlines for various industry players to reach full compliance by the end of the migration period.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

PSD2 connects the country to online banking platforms in other compliant regions, making it important for FIs across all markets to review how the legislation could change normal banking behaviors within Turkey. Preparedness helps with confident compliance . PSD2 was slated to take full effect in Turkey on Jan.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

So it is perhaps with a bit of irony that the eCommerce behemoth known as Amazon , via its Web Services division (AWS), has positioned itself as offering a way for local and regional financial services providers to craft new products, enter new markets and meet the regulatory requirements necessary for worldwide competition.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) goes into effect on May 25, officially changing the way EU businesses handle consumer data. Its effects will likely have far-reaching consequences, too, for both EU-based companies and those that operate outside the region. What Is Personal Data, Anyway? In the U.S.,

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The local decision-making and strong relationships with customers that are hallmarks of small community banks provide leaders with fresh chances to positively affect their towns, cities, and regions while growing a healthy institution. Check out our 1071 compliance resources. Worried about complying with the CFPB 1071 rule?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

A recent report from Paychex released last week found that there are a host of regulations that small business owners are keeping their eyes on as state- and local-level policymakers initiate change. The director said that cost of compliance was the most surprising finding from the report. Today (Tuesday, Sept.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Montroll operated an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded its users by misappropriating their bitcoins. We allege that BitFunder operated unlawfully as an unregistered securities exchange,” Marc Berger, director of the SEC’s New York regional office, said in the release.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The appeals have been rebuffed by the central bank, which said the compliance is mandatory. companies has said millions of dollars will have to be spent in the region in order to get local data centers up and running. In the past, Visa CEO Alfred Kelly stated the six-month compliance timeframe was “tough.”. That trio of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Mastercard and Eedenbull are broadening their existing partnership into the Asia Pacific region in a move that sees Mastercard supporting EedenBull’s commercial card platform offered to banks. ” Mastercard, EedenBull Expand Into APAC. Global Cash Card’s Legal Saga Ends. ADP Eyes Payroll Card Adoption Jump.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2016

company looking to do work abroad, it means you can’t ignore these various regulations, either. “If you want to roll out eInvoicing across your global enterprise, you need to be mindful of these different regulations in different parts of the globe that you need to be in compliance with,” he said. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

In addition, the official noted that the region has “seen cases recently where AML issues have compromised the functioning and even the viability of some banks, so it is very important here to move forward.”. Monitoring money-laundering, however, is usually handled at the national level.

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