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Fed Tackles Fraud On Legacy Rails As New Infrastructure Gains Traction

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New payments infrastructure continues to gain traction with financial service providers looking to modernize their services for business clients. The Clearing House’s RTP finds expansion within the community bank arena, while abroad, the Bank of Thailand is planning its own infrastructure development to accelerate B2B payments.

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Mastercard: Collaboration Is Key To Scaling Real-Time Payments

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With speed being the most obvious value proposition of real-time payments capabilities, it’s not difficult to imagine that corporate payers would be eager to embrace faster payments functionality in their accounts payable (AP) departments. And for many firms, that’s exactly what they’re beginning to do.

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SMBs Struggle Amid MyPayrollHR Fraud Inquiry

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Now, small business owners are struggling to make up thousands of dollars in tax payments that vanished or are in limbo , Chicago’s Daily Herald reported Tuesday (Oct. 23 and faces federal charges of committing $70 million in bank fraud, according to the U.S. 5 after Mann’s banks, suspecting him of fraud, froze his accounts.

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The Future Of Payments Beyond The Pandemic

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Any sudden shock to the system like we have observed with the pandemic exposes both vulnerabilities and opportunities, especially for payments. Payments are going to really exist in the context of our behaviors, of our expectations, of our norms, how we’re conducting the rest of our lives,” said Bottomline’s Eberle.

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Top News In Payments: China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades; Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T

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In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43 percent. Attempted Check Fraud Spiked 43 Pct. Check fraud has spiked from $8.5 billion in 2018 and makes up 60 percent of all attempted fraud against U.S. In Two Years.

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China’s Bank Watchdog Goes After Supply Chain Finance Fraud

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China’s banking regulator is introducing stricter requirements on banks and insurance institutions that provide supply chain financial solutions in an effort to curb fraud, according to China Daily reports last week. Technology, he said, is key to that endeavor. “As JD.com, Suning.com Spark Concerns.

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How Cannabis Can Become A B2B Payments Innovation Influencer

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That doesn’t mean these companies have the ability to easily adopt the same payments solutions that businesses in other industries can access. Speaking with PYMNTS, Muller highlighted the opportunity that the cannabis space has to adopt payments and other financial technologies that have leapfrogged over legacy solutions.