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Bitcoin Daily: Signal Messaging App Testing Crypto Payments; Gemini Adds 20 Tokens To Exchange; SIA, WizKey Partner For Credit Market Based On Blockchain

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In other news, European FinTech SIA is partnering with WizKey to create a platform to allow credit negotiations on blockchain for banks, financial operators and funds, according to a press release. Diokno, Philippines’ Central Bank (BSP) governor in the release.

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Fed Casting Wary Eye On FinTech Firms’ Infrastructure Access?

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As FinTechs eye growth, and look to gain scale by providing more “mainstream” financial services, might those plans hit a speed bump when it comes to the infrastructure needed to bring products to the masses? I am concerned that FinTech will be the source of the next crisis.”. In Asia, Examining Cross-Border FinTech.

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Whose Customer Is It When Banks And FinTechs Collaborate?

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Throw into the mix consumer protection guidelines, active anti-money laundering checks and capital requirements, and things get difficult, Oosthuizen noted. And, he noted, banks and FinTechs are going to need time to negotiate their relationships with each other, and with consumers the world over. Why Banks Need FinTechs.

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Brazil central bank's regulatory sandbox targets payment development

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Brazil's central bank and the country's National Monetary Council have established operation guidelines for a regulatory sandbox to encourage financial and payments technology innovation.

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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

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In late July, the Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force released its much-anticipated report on how to strengthen and operate the U.S. However, if recent developments in the financial services industry are any indication, innovation waits for no institution, company, agency or, for that matter, Fed report. faster payments system.

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Monetary Authority Of Singapore: What It Will Take To Win Digital Banking Licenses

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Other regulators in Australia, India and Singapore are examining financial innovation rules of their own, using GDPR and PSD2 as guidelines. The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) recently issued updated guidelines for compliance with GDPR, aiming to help affected banks and businesses answer any lingering questions about the rule.

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APIs May Be The Key To Singapore’s Open Banking Future

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“MAS’ latest initiative to issue new digital bank licenses is aimed at enabling non-bank players with strong value propositions and innovative digital business models to offer banking services,” the spokesperson explained. What we see is an opening up of customer data as a ground-up [innovation] process led by the banks themselves.