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APRIL 16, 2019

Cross-border FinTech efforts have seen increasing participation from central banks and monetary authorities. The MOU dictates that the banks will train FinTech startups with an eye on cross-border transactions. The Fed And FinTech Firms. The banks have also agreed to share data on emerging markets.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Though FinTech has, in many ways, heated up the competition with banks, traditional financial institutions (FIs) widely began to realize in 2018 that their best strategy to remain competitive in today’s financial services landscape is often to collaborate with (not against) those FinTech firms. Square Links Up With Handshake.

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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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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Morgan , the successful treasury transformation in the Asia Pacific region hinges on digitization — and not simply electronification. That is higher than the percentages registered in other regions such as Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America, where rates have been in the 50-plus percent levels.

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MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. MatchMove’s LightSpeed solution won top honors in the category “Best Payments Innovation of the Year” in the 4th Payments and Cards Awards 2019 held in Mumbai, India.

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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. It’s why, said Muller, payment innovators in the cannabis market must keep a macro view while targeting micro use-cases and user populations.

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JULY 22, 2019

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Opportunity, he noted, abounds. Meeting A Dynamic Market .

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JANUARY 15, 2019

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? As has been reported, the regulators include the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,

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JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing.

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MAY 24, 2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN ) is launching an initiative called the FinCEN Innovation Hours Program, as a call to private sector companies that have developed tech to fight money laundering and terrorist financing, the organization said in a release. FinCEN expects to hold events in the Washington, D.C.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

All of this has occurred as the company has continued to expand the pilot phase of its global payments innovation (gpi) initiative, thus far signing on dozens of major financial institutions to an effort aimed at streamlining cross-border payments. Region Stacy Rosenthal didn’t speak directly of Ripple’s swipes.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks, businesses and consumers fundamentally altered how they interacted with each other in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and regulators tasked with making sure their data and payments are kept safe took notice. Regulators in countries like Egypt have only recently rolled out their data protection rules.

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AUGUST 14, 2018

In technology, innovation, of course, is as critical as oxygen, fueling the “next big thing” and boosting top and bottom lines. And, according to Cipher , a data insights firm based in the United Kingdom, in FinTech, the patent race is one that is seeing some clear winners, among them large tech firms, with traditional banks trailing.

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JUNE 6, 2016

Whether it is equity or debt platforms, the trend is very much alive with regional variations and adapting regulations. Crowdfunding is real.

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JANUARY 2, 2020

Banks and FinTechs in the European Union have settled into a period of harmony with the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). These financial institutions ( FIs) have recognized how this regulation has affected the EU financial ecosystem, and they have passed that familiarity onto the merchants and payment providers that work with them.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The partnership will enable Bithumb to further expand in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, including Saudi Arabia and Bahrain. The company noted that it still needs to gain approval from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of the Abu Dhabi Global Market, which issued regulations for crypto exchanges last summer.

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MARCH 6, 2018

s exit from the bloc next year, the EU’s executive is set to propose a draft law aimed at boosting the FinTech market throughout the region. The proposed law would bypass the mixture of regulatory approaches FinTech firms currently have to deal with, as well as review how firms handle cybersecurity and cyber threats.

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APRIL 30, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an impact on open banking developments worldwide as regulators, financial institutions (FIs) and businesses set their sights on helping their current customers rather than future innovations. where regulators have been workshopping potential rules for several years. Seventy percent of U.S.

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AUGUST 21, 2019

In the latest Digital Banking Tracker , PYMNTS examines how legacy banks are approaching innovation among the rising tide of challenger banks and smaller FinTech startups, as well as how they’re approaching authentication and security as customers continue to demand more convenience and speed. Around the Digital Banking World.

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JUNE 4, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said this past week that it is linking up with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, eyeing a regulatory sandbox for FinTech firms. And, at the same time, if you overregulate, you sort of tamp down that creativity and you discourage the innovation.”. As noted at the time, the U.S.

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JULY 4, 2017

If the past few years has proven anything about financial services, it’s that innovation is the lifeblood of the industry, particularly where competition and greater consumer choice are concerned. The new generation of fintechs have relied on innovation to carve out their niche in the market. Image: iStock/chombosan.

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DECEMBER 13, 2016

This was a big year for fintech, with new regulations, new startups, and new technologies displayed across events like Sibos and Money20/20, making it clear that the progress of fintech can’t really be stopped. It’s almost time to wave goodbye to 2016. But how will it continue? That’s the real Read More.

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JULY 4, 2018

FinTech startups and big tech may provide competition for established banks that have bad loans on the books, The European Banking Authority (EBA) said on Tuesday (July 3). And, while London has served as Europe’s primary FinTech center, Brexit could change that: The U.K.’s s exit from the bloc next year.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

In looking ahead at the near-term emergence of FinTech markets, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration said in its “ 2016 Top Markets Report Financial Technology ” that Asia will hold sway over other regions. Payment services, with … 17.6 percent, insurance services at 7.7 percent,” said the U.S.

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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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NOVEMBER 24, 2016

is already a hotbed of FinTech startups, but the government is getting behind it in a bigger way, committing to invest £500,000 a year into financial technology companies. government is also gearing up to launch a network of regional FinTech envoys as an effort to enhance the country’s status as a leader in FinTech.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The November Smarter Payments Tracker® examines how FIs and FinTechs are innovating to deliver more compelling cross-border and international banking offerings. It also looks at the role of Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) solutions in powering FIs’ and FinTechs’ efforts to cater to expatriates and immigrant workers.

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JULY 18, 2019

The second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is changing how banks share data and interact with third-party providers and FinTechs, which are now relying on open banking information and application programming interface (API) access to build out new products. payments and financial innovations. PSD2 and the dawn of the platform .

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Major cities in Europe may not be the only ones after London’s FinTech crown. A new reported from the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) stated that Singapore’s fast-growing and lucrative FinTech sector is standing out as many larger rivals around the world are impacted by regulatory challenges and political turmoil.

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JUNE 15, 2020

B2B FinTechs continue to step up to introduce new solutions for their customers with an eye on helping business owners survive this market crisis and persevere into the future. Addressing these unique, location-specific points of frictions through technology also enables a FinTech like Aion Bank to address SMBs’ global needs as well.

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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. CULedger , a credit union, has inked a partnership with IBM to create blockchain services geared toward credit unions.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Randal Quarles has warned global financial regulators that they must accelerate the creation of a framework for cryptocurrency and other forms of digital money, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Feb. He sent the letter ahead of the 2020 IIF G20 Conference happening in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this weekend, Feb.

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OCTOBER 28, 2016

A few years ago when we started collaborating in creating the Latin American Fintech community there were no Fintech associations, no Fintech conferences and for sure there was no mapping of Fintech start-ups at all. By themselves or in cooperation with Fintechs? It has been quite a journey for all of us involved.

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MAY 30, 2018

What will it take to make Latin America more digital — in payments, commerce, FinTech or even healthcare? Cash remains king in the region, with about two-thirds of consumers in Latin America preferring that payment method over credit, according to estimates. As far as innovation goes, “FinTech is the most developed,” Monteiro said.

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MARCH 19, 2019

While the industry has expanded quickly to a large and complex scale over the years, regulatory directions keep changing and different regions have different rules.”. We hope regulators can give the industry a clear and definite timetable, and give guidance and a ray of hope for companies that stick to compliance,” Guo said.

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