Bank Innovation

JANUARY 17, 2019

regulators have taken a greater interest over the last year in technology startups promising to reinvent finance. This newfound attention is compelling the biggest names in fintech to prioritize a part of their business that’s often ignored.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2018

It doesn’t look like global banking regulators will be rushing to change their rules for FinTechs anytime soon. According to Reuters , traditional banks will feel the impact if FinTechs start offering services such as payments, crowdfunding, mobile banks and online trading.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

Compliance with financial regulations market-to-market around the globe is increasingly automated yet relies on the same human emotion that undergirds all forms of exchange: trust. In other words, banks and financial institutions (FIs) have an obligation to make sure you are who you claim to be. Here again, trust is the heart of the matter.

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JANUARY 25, 2021

Last week marked the third anniversary of PSD2 , the regulation that launched open banking in the U.K. Building on top of the open banking infrastructure, PayDirect is a new payment method that enables companies to take online payments in a highly secure way, and also pay out to customers through the same rails. and Europe.

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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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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ Banking Group) announced an investment in fintech startup Data Republic as the bank readies for new open-banking regulations from the government. Terms of the investment were not disclosed.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

The Cyberspace Administration of China is considering a revamping of internet oversight regulations, rules that have not been updated in more than 20 years, according to a Reuters report on Friday (Jan. The plan to revise cyberspace regulations comes at a time when China is stepping up the scrutiny of tech giants.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 30, 2016

If nothing else, 2016 was a year of change—nowhere more than in fintech, where developments in blockchain, payments, artificial intelligence, financial regulations, chatbots, and mobile rippled across the space to do what fintech does best—disrupt.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

IBM has acquired Montreal-based FinTech Expertus Technologies , according to a press release , in a bid to boost its hybrid cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) tech as well as its digital payment strategies.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

With an anticipated wave of de-regulation, neither the U.S. wants to apply the old way of regulation to the fintech firms that are becoming the new norm for financial services. Fintech has started to permeate the [global] economy in one way or another—fintech Read More. nor the U.K. Could regtech be the solution?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

The FinTech also has eCurrency licenses in Lithuania and the U.K. The new license from Ireland’s financial services regulator will enable SumUp to offer its services across 26 European countries. SumUp’s Dublin office is poised for growth and will become the central regulated location for the firm’s business across the EU.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Since the beginning of Michael Hsu’s tenure as Acting Comptroller of the Currency, bank/fintech partnerships have been a focus of OCC concern. Mr. Hsu also raised concerns about unknown risks or “nasty surprises” arising out of bank-fintech arrangements.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 29, 2018

billion only days before its IPO to major regulations such as GDPR going live last week. Here are some of the important trends that Bank Innovation pulled out of the fintech chatter […]. A lot happened in the digital banking world this month, from major events in the payments worlds like PayPal acquiring iZettle for $2.2

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

In today’s top news, Wirecard files for insolvency, and New York proposes easing regulations for cryptocurrency licenses. New York To Ease Cryptocurrency Regulations. For the launch, Samsung is linking up with Mastercard and FinTech Curve. Plus, California seeks a court order to make Uber and Lyft classify drivers as employees.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The newspaper cited Ripple’s use of blockchain technology and the ability of two small banks, one in Canada and one in Germany, to complete cross-border online transactions in record time as an example of the latest banking innovations. But some banks are competing with the FinTechs. trillion in 2014 to $2.3 trillion in 2019.

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

Members of Perficient’s Digital Asset Team have advised followers in multiple online articles about the digital asset revolution and relevant regulations affecting the same in the United States. Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2018

The movement toward linkups between traditional financial institutions (FI) and FinTech firms seems an inexorable one — in the cross-selling of corporate services into consumer bases that embrace individuals and, typically, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). However, looking elsewhere beyond U.S.

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JULY 6, 2020

According to analysts with Bank of America, even as the market begins to recover and people go out more often, the tendency to buy more online might stick, Bloomberg reported. Some of them had never used eCommerce at all, Bloomberg reported. The site is primarily focused on consumer-packaged goods and counts Brazil as its largest market.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 29, 2018

based CreditLadder, an online platform that enables tenants to help build credit score, launched an open banking service today, making it the first in its sector to do so. Thanks to European regulation PSD2, users can now authorize CreditLadder to access their banking transactions through open APIs.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

watchdog in charge of investor oversight proposed tough new regulations regarding peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms, in a bid to help consumers wade through the new landscape, according to a report by Reuters. has also sought clarity on regulations as a means to better compete against established banks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

When it comes to FinTech firms and lending, might it be that what we don’t know could hurt us? Viewed from high levels, the activity itself (lending, that is), has taken off in some of the countries one might expect, marked by relatively higher incomes, and where financial regulation might be relatively less stringent.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. of bankers are either strongly interested in or already working with fintechs in digital account opening. The benefits of fintechs. By Elizabeth Judd. Quick Stat.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Luxembourg regulators have given a thumbs-up to the FinTech PingPong , authorizing it to do business as an Electronic Money Institution (EMI). PingPong was founded in 2015 to enable eCommerce payments as online spending took off. “We The B2B company has offices in New York, San Francisco, Japan, Hong Kong and Hangzhou, China.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

FinTech firm MatchMove has struck a deal to acquire a “strategic stake” in eCommerce solutions company Shopmatic, according to reports. Shopmatic said it helps business owners increase their sales by accessing new markets through online channels and point-of-sale solutions. Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

While banks continue to open their application programming interfaces (APIs) to third-party providers and FinTech firms, many are still in the dark when it comes to SCA. Banks are being forced to share the spotlight with a rising number of FinTech firms as Open Banking expands. How PSD2 is Affecting Asia’s Open Banking Regulations.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Government Accountability Office (GAO) said that financial regulators should look more closely at the role of non-bank tech companies in the small business (SMB) lending and consumer lending markets. According to the banks that have linked with FinTech firms, such guidelines would help relationships between the parties.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

To challenge the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC)’s decision to allow online payment companies and lenders to have national bank charters, the top banking regulator in New York is suing the federal government. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M. Vullo announced the release of that report in mid-August.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Regulation. Tencent Holdings President Martin Lau said further regulations are needed in China to mirror a “new reality.”. As technology companies become bigger and more important to the economy, I would say more regulations to reflect the new reality are needed," Lau said, according to the report.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

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. Department of the Treasury that charters and regulates financial institutions. OCC is an independent bureau of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2018

CUs are also actively communicating with law enforcement agencies, keeping regulators informed about suspicious activity, while receiving tips on noticeable trends that these same agencies are eyeing. Many members first engage with their CU through its website or other online portal. Add it all up, and that can be a lot to handle.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

For short sellers – those who bet that stocks will fall rather than rise – amid Chinese FinTechs , this week has led to big gains. As reported by Bloomberg , a selloff was sparked on Friday among small cap stocks that belong to FinTechs. There are always company-specific considerations at hand when investors bet on or against a stock.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

s FinTech sector. In a deal expected to create the world’s largest online classifieds company, eBay Inc. has agreed to sell its ad division to Adevinta ASA, the Norwegian online marketplace, for $9.2 In a deal expected to create the world’s largest online classifieds company, eBay Inc.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2018

FinTech organizations like GDC, however, seek to provide a distributed network that allows these checks to be completed in near real-time – and the data stays local, so companies don’t have to deal with GDPR issues. Their efforts come as many online sites and services offer the ability to move money across borders.

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FICO

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The guiding ethos of fintech (and really any industry portmanteau ending in ‘tech’) is move fast and break things. The most prominent villain for fintech companies is regulation. And when fintechs and challenger banks aren’t constrained by regulation (as they mostly are in the U.S. and China).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

When it comes to the Chinese government and its regulators, it’s hard to read the tea leaves. But it is also a major Chinese lender , and that has attracted negative attention from regulators. Problems with regulators hit full force in November when the Shanghai Stock Exchange acted to delay Ant Group’s plan to go public.

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