PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Compliance and risk? Automating that compliance is now a “need to have.”. The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. Plugging In To Plugins.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

If the European Union (EU) gets its way, the 27-nation bloc will have the power to split or force the sale of giant technology companies that threaten smaller rivals and their customers. Breton said regulators in Brussels are preparing a list of activities that tech companies would be required to eliminate.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

When it comes to lending — to say nothing of the wider world of payments — innovation and disruption have been on the rise in recent years thanks to digital and mobile technology, along with online marketplace models. Regulators the world over are beginning to take a closer look at the alternative and marketplace lending business model.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

With fraud ramping up, regulators around the globe are starting to take a closer look at everything from typical threats to the use of new technologies, like blockchain. Regulators in regions such as Europe are changing the ways they look at cross-border transactions. Around the Smarter Payments World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Thomson Reuters said the selection underscores the strength of its screening platform and its position in the regulatory technology market. World-Check data helps customers identify threats and comply with legislation and regulations for preventing money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, organized crime and third-party risk.

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FICO

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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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. News From The AML/KYC Ecosystem .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to meet AML/KYC requirement challenges can be costly for FIs, too, with regulators issuing heavy fines for lax security practices or failure to devote sufficient resources to oversight.

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Abrigo

JULY 22, 2022

Cryptocurrency regulation is on the horizon The ups and downs of the cryptocurrency scene have illuminated a need for guidance for traditional financial institutions. The future of traditional bank involvement and regulations. You might also like this whitepaper, "Understanding Cryptocurrency." DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER. What's next.

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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

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

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. Around the Payments and the Platform Economy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

billion-strong, high-spending consumers and their willingness to adapt to new technologies, trends and products may represent the economy of the future for many banks and businesses, but it is notoriously difficult for firms to enter and compete in this market. Confronting the Chinese Privacy Myth .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

According to a report in Fintech Futures , the idea behind the project is to use permission-based blockchain technology so credit unions can reach more members that don’t have access to financial services. The blockchain network will be offered to all credit unions around the world later this year, noted the report.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2020

Speaking with PYMNTS, Aion Bank Chief Commercial Officer, Head of Corporate and X-Border Krzysztof Czuba identified some of the particular challenges that SMBs in the region face, and explored how FinTech and banking solutions must include both a local and global approach to help SMBs recover. Recovery Through Technology. ”

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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. “Ultimately, this can help speed the delivery of relief funds to more businesses.”

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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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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff. Technology through a trusted partner that automates those and other tasks frees up staff “for what you’re really paying for, and that’s business development,” Kirby noted. “I The result?

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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. In addition, the legislation would make sellers pay a third of commissions to a dedicated training fund for technology specialists each quarter.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

Cryptocurrency compliance company Elliptic has released the Elliptic Data Set, which aims to identify crypto transactions associated with money laundering. A big problem with compliance, in general, is false positives. And Busan has issued a “regulation-free” zone for blockchain development by South Korea’s national government.

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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

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Players in the sharing economy must contend with an increasingly complex online payments ecosystem as they move into new regions and attract participants to their platforms. Fraud, Payment Regulations Are Affecting Seamless Payments. International consumers’ payment preferences are relatively similar, but local regulations are not.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

FICO’s Integrated AML Compliance Survey has revealed that while the vast majority of banks in more than 11 countries around the Asia Pacific region believe that AI will strengthen anti-money laundering efforts, many remain unsure how to operationalize the advanced technology. Key drivers of financial crime strategy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

14 deadline — regulators in the majority of EEA countries formally confirmed that they would not be enforcing it, and would instead support a phased rollout of SCA. 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

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Such a move would see the United Kingdom exit the European Union and abandon the financial regulations that are in place in the region, and some FIs that have served both markets are now withdrawing to serve one or the other. Check out the Tracker® to read more. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Understanding who one is doing business with is the first step to mitigating a myriad of risks, including non-compliance, non-payment, violated contracts and more. In today’s age of tightening Know Your Customer ( KYC ) regulations, Know Your Supplier has also become an equally important priority in B2B trade.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Turkey announced it would be fully complying with PSD2 in mid-November, and many of the changes to its financial and technology industries will be routine — at least for the financial institutions (FIs) and businesses in markets that have already experienced these shifts. Preparedness helps with confident compliance .

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

That a market is massive and emerging as a target for digitization, does not necessary mean it will be an easy target to pursue — a lesson learned the hard way by Facebook in June when regulators hit the pause button on its adding payment capabilities to WhatsApp in Brazil. It’s not at full scale yet,” Hruby said. “We’re

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Cohen described the numbers tied to ill-gotten gains as “eye-opening and [likely to] raise flags for the regulators. What we really need is to move to the car – a sports car or luxury car, in a sense that we have to rethink how these [technologies] are being deployed and redesign the architecture.”. The Crypto Factor. How to Change.

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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

MAY 25, 2018

Among the enduring promises of computer technology is that it would give the “little guys” — all those Davids struggling to compete in a world full of corporate Goliaths — a new source of strength. Today, if you want to launch a financial services product, very, very few (of them) are regional anymore,” he said. Compliance is key.

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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

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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Celent Banking

MARCH 30, 2016

Last week, I participated in a Finextra webinar on the topic of “Connected Credit and Compliance for Lending Growth” with panelists from ING, Vertus Partners, Misys and Credits Vision. Cost of compliance. Changing client expectations. Competition from new entrants.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

“It is our strategic direction to enhance our digital technology capability, to deliver a better customer experience,” said Thanachart Bank EVP of Retail and Small Business Banking Anuwat Luengtawekul in a statement. Beehive first launched in 2015 in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to link SMBs to its marketplace lending solution.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

The time for “wait and see” is running out when it comes to new European privacy regulations. Soon enough, the financial and consumer impacts of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will become clear enough that companies that took a laggard’s approach may start to feel significant pain.

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