PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

As China's Ant Group readies for its IPO — the biggest ever — founder Jack Ma wanted to clarify that the company is a tech firm, not a bank, Reuters reports. Ant, formed in 2004 as Alibaba's payments processor, also works to connect China's borrowers and lenders and can secure short-term loans in minutes.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2019

Dozens of cybercriminal groups have found a home on Facebook , using the platform’s online marketplace to sell illegal services such as stolen credit card information, as well as account theft and spamming tools, according to Cisco Systems’ Talos security unit.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

A cybersecurity research team at vpnMentor has discovered that The Pyramid Hotel Group, which manages Marriott and other hotel brands, underwent a data leak exposing vulnerabilities that could potentially be used by criminals, the company said in a report. The company said it contacted the hotel group about the breach.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ant Group has won the nod from China's top security regulators for its Shanghai offering, the last hurdle to clear for the $35 billion dual listing, Reuters reports. Ant, the FinTech backed by China's Alibaba Group, plans to list simultaneously in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

China’s Ant Group, which owns the widely used Alipay payments app, is looking at selling its 30 percent stake in India’s Paytm as friction between the two countries grows, sources told Reuters. Reuters said Paytm, which is partly backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., Like Alipay, Paytm is a digital payments platform.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

Raiffeisen , the third-largest Swiss banking group, has joined up with software provider CoCoNet to launch a payment and cash management service for companies, a statement says. We are very pleased to have won a new customer in Switzerland with the Raiffeisen Banking Group," he said, according to the release.

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Cisco

JUNE 7, 2022

It also put an even greater emphasis on cyber risk management within institutions and financial regulatory agencies. Ransomware groups will continue to professionalize. This is the number one cyber security challenge for financial institutions, according to the Deloitte Center for Financial Services and the FS-ISAC.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Financial regulators in China are moving to curb the influence of Jack Ma 's Ant Group by telling it to switch focus back to its mainstay payments business while fixing issues in personal lending, wealth management and more, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The People's Bank of China criticized Ant on Sunday (Dec.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 1, 2018

Credit Suisse Group and Dutch bank ING Groep NV today announced they successfully completed a €25 million ($30.48 million) securities lending transaction using blockchain-based software created by blockchain consortium R3.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. And yet, some industry experts have observed that AI is not yet being used to its full advantage in vendor management—one of the thornier problems that community banks are wrestling with today.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

What are some best practices for managing this new distributed workforce? Given the sensitivity of bank information, make sure to set the proper security standards. Look into project management tools to keep track of productivity, and don’t forget to have training available in digital format, too.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Kristen Larson, an attorney with almost two decades of in-house experience advising midsized and large national banks on financial services matters, has joined Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services Group. She is resident in the firm’s Minneapolis office.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A group of senators have introduced a bill that would classify Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra as a security under the law, according to a report by CNBC. The bill is called the “Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019” and was proposed by two members of the House Financial Services Committee, Reps.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

A group of senators have introduced a bill that would classify Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra as a security under the law, according to a report by CNBC. The bill is called the “Managed Stablecoins are Securities Act of 2019” and was proposed by two members of the House Financial Services Committee, Reps.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

To provide business-to-business (B2B) merchants with customized checkout experiences, Ingenico Group has connected its technology with Oro Inc.’s Firms can provide personalized payment experiences without compromising security via the integration, according to a Thursday (June 11) announcement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

Created in 2017, the API Standardization Industry Group has begun developing an application program interface (API) standardization “playbook” to help enhance support for payments and the business needs of financial institutions, companies, FinTechs and other industry stakeholders and participants.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

CIT Group Inc. Companies can shop for products, receive credit approval, choose terms and get documents to secure their purchases through an electronic experience. has debuted a new version of its B2B point-of-sale (POS) lending platform to help enable real-time lending for business purchases, the company said in an announcement.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Some data may exist in secure warehouses, others within Salesforce, or Amazon Web Services S3. Salesforce Data Cloud Securely Brings It All Together Businesses can leverage the power of tools such as Salesforce’s Data Cloud to bring together multiple data sets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

has entered into a definitive deal to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management, while Authentic Brands is reportedly in discussions with Arcadia Group and Debenhams. has entered into a definitive arrangement to sell Cost Plus World Market to Kingswood Capital Management. Riley Securities Inc.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Swedish peer-to-peer (P2P) lending upstart Lendify has reportedly secured $115 million of funding, while international trade platform Contour has teamed with information technology (IT) solutions firm Mphasis. Ant Group Moves Ahead With $35B IPO After China's OK. Morgan Stanley and J.P.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

David Watson, the former managing director and head of cash management for Deutsche Bank in the Americas, as well as the head of global digital cash products, has joined SWIFT as the new strategic relationship director in North America, according to a release. He has also been a member of TCH’s Company Board since 2017.

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Bobsguide

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

To better engage investors, empower advisors and accelerate digital transformation in the wealth management industry, global Fintech leader Broadridge Financial Solutions launched Wealth InFocus, a next-gen wealth communications experience designed on a foundation of investor research, with Cetera Financial Group (Cetera) as the first client.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

is looking to buy NSO Group, an Israeli company that sells military-grade technology, for around $1 billion. NSO makes cybersurveillance products, including Pegasus spyware, and sells them primarily to government security agencies. software company Verint Systems, Inc.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 3, 2020

Although that would cover around 85 percent of the loans, it would only cover about 26 percent of PPP loan dollars, the two groups said. The Consumer Bankers Association and Bank Policy Institute , in a co-signed letter , have called on Congress to automatically forgive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under $150,000.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Norwegian banking group Eika Group has invested in FinTech EedenBull to help its banks with new and innovative payment solutions to serve customers, according to a release. EedenBull was created last year by a group of payments experts from around the globe, and was immediately recognized as a strong partner for European banks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California. Contrast Security.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Automotive cybersecurity company GuardKnox announced it has secured $21 million in a Series A round of funding, bringing its total raised to $24 million. In addition, a group participated as private investors, including Dr. Jürgen Hambrecht, Dr. Paul Achleitner, Robert Taub, Michael Diekmann, Prof.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The latest IoT Tracker delves into new applications for IoT, as well as its limitations, with a focus on supply chains and security. What About Security? This seemingly small move signals Amazon’s faith in the growth of the Internet of Things (IoT), however. Why so bullish?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 5, 2018

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced the launch of Secrets Manager , which will be used to safely store important company information, including passwords. Managing application secrets like database credentials, passwords or API keys is easy when you’re working locally with one machine and one application.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Gary Meshell, WW Leader Financial Services, IBM Security, opened his IBM Think 2019 talk, How Financial Services Companies Should Respond to Cyber Security Attacks with a bold assertion and truism. IBM and TD Bank jointly developed cyber security incident response solution for the financial services industry. Have a plan.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Zopa received those funds from a group linked to IAG Capital Partners, a U.S.-based In December, PYMNTS reported Zopa expected to receive £130 million ($1.67 million) to become a challenger bank. The news of the funding it had struggled for came days before its conditional banking license was set to expire. based fund, and its U.K.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Australian digital identity management technology firm Identitii is joining a group of the nation’s largest banks to boost efficiency of digitizing data exchange for its financial institution customers. The tool deploys blockchain technology to enhance the movement of information via banks’ existing infrastructures.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 17, 2019

Sterling Bancorp announced that it has launched its new Innovation Finance Group , and has tapped veteran technology bankers John Hoesley and Josh Roberts to lead it. Before joining Sterling, Hoesley was at CIBC Bank USA with Josh Roberts, where the two established the Innovation Banking group in 2014.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

FinTech with a focus on small businesses secures a restricted banking license. Ordway , which works in billing and revenue automation for scaling companies, will offer SMBs multi-entity billing and revenue management support, according to a press release. Fiskl, Samsung Appstack Team On Finance Management For SMBs.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Through the collaborative efforts of those with backgrounds in payments and security, the Federal Reserve’s Secure Payments Task Force has published “Payment Lifecycles and Security Profiles.” They also cover security methods — and identity management controls — along with relevant laws and regulations, among other topics.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Last week, the Fed’s Secure Payments Task Force called for comment from industry stakeholders about what challenges they face when it comes to payments security. “The Secure Payments Task Force is particularly interested in understanding any barriers that may exist to implementing the planned solutions.”

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Perficient

JUNE 5, 2020

Secure software practices are at the heart of all system development; doubly so for highly regulated industries such as health-care providers. As a best-practice it is recommended to adopt automation of certain security audits, integration of compliance oversight into key development process areas (e.g. SonarQube Security Scan Result.

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