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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S. Varo Bank N.A.

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Today In Digital-First Banking: Sea Purchases Indonesian Bank BKE; PSCU Extends Partnership With Fiserv

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As it stands, PSCU works with CUs throughout the nation and helps with more than 5.4 Vietnam’s MoMo, the digital wallet company, has raised $100 million from a collection of six investors co-led by Goodwater Capital and Warburg Pincus. billion transactions annually.

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Kuwait Debuts FinTech Sandbox

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As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwait’s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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AML Compliance Controls Can Be Costly

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Money laundering has always troubled financial institutions, but today’s digital banking system creates additional complexities as fraudsters around the world take advantage of financial technologies. Challenges and Solutions.

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How Synchrony Financial Is Upgrading Its AML Strategy

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Money laundering has always troubled financial institutions, but today’s digital banking system creates additional complexities as fraudsters around the world take advantage of financial technologies to launder approximately $2 trillion annually.

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William Mills Agency Adds Mary Curtis, Angelo Jones, Alyssa Maker, Jacob Hamilton

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William Mills Agency , a premier financial public relations and content marketing services company, has hired Mary Curtis as senior account agent; Angelo Jones as account associate; Jacob Hamilton as account coordinator; and Alyssa Maker as digital marketing coordinator.

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The 35 Biggest Banking, Mortgage & BankTech Events in 2023

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These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.