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Mastercard, Visa Rethinking Wirecard Deals Amid Accounting Scandal

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Mastercard and Visa are considering ending their agreements with Wirecard to process payments on their networks as the German financial technology company’s accounting scandal unravels, Bloomberg reported. In a statement on Monday (June 22), Wirecard said its IT systems continue to work without limitations. At issue is $2.1

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Cambodia, Singapore In X-Border FinTech Pact

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Deputy Managing Director of MAS Jacqueline Loh said the relationship demonstrates a FinTech that may extend to other countries in the ASEAN region. As reported, Singapore has been working on other cross-border initiatives as well. The Fed And FinTech Firms.

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People’s Bank Of China To Regulate FinTech

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The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced that it is planning to steadily develop a system of rules to regulate financial technology (FinTech) in the country. A lot of companies are not [there] in terms of their business plan, in terms of their risk management process, in terms of their overall management,” he said. “A

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Federal banking agencies issue guide for community banks on conducting due diligence on fintech companies

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The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Financial condition and competitive market environment and client base. Legal and regulatory compliance.

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Financial Software Firm OpenFin Raises $17M

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It has created an operating system that helps create and upgrade software applications for financial institutions — much like the way consumer apps get updated on phones. The process can help reduce the money and time for modernization of software for back- and front- office functions like risk management or trading.

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Mastercard, IFC Expand Partnerships To Bring Digital Payments To Emerging Markets

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Still, many financial institutions in emerging market have difficulty covering the transaction settlement obligations which makes it harder for financial services to scale in a quick manner in emerging markets. “This partnership will help bring modern financial services to underserved people around the world.

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Japan’s Mizuho Launching FinTech Venture

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“If we try to pursue business innovation within the bank, we have to ask around for permission from people in risk management, compliance and others. It’s not like building nuclear reactors or railway systems. It takes forever,” said the executive.

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