Accenture

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Core banking systems have sat at the heart of banks’ operations for decades. But with the banking landscape changing faster than ever – thanks to new digital innovations, regulations, and consumer expectations – many of these legacy platforms now struggle to keep pace. The result?

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Chris Skinner

MARCH 23, 2017

They manage the Fintech Istanbul program, and are the powerhouse behind many of the innovations we’ve seen in Turkey from mobile wallets to contactless payments. We may describe Turkish banking sector as strong, innovative, modern and well-regulated. There are 52 banking institutions which operate in Turkey.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

What makes the current developments so interesting and exciting is that “we're just seeing that they're at the end of the innovation growth cycle,” he explained. All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2017

In this week’s Commander in Chief series, PYMNTS talks with mobile capture and identity verification company Mitek Systems ’ CEO James DeBello about what moves the ball for the mobile industry. He also offers advice for how to innovate in the field. PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

Payments Canada is teaming up with Mastercard’s Vocalink for clearing and settlement for the country’s new real-time payments system, the Real-Time Rail (RTR). The RTR is expected to launch in 2022 and will be operated by Payments Canada and regulated by the Bank of Canada.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it has opened a 45-day public comment period on its proposed Innovation Pilot Program. Supporting a financial system that innovates responsibly is central to the mission of the OCC,” said Comptroller of the Currency Joseph M. As the prudential regulator of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

As regulators overseeing non-banks, our goals are clear: Ensure the safety and soundness of the financial system, protect consumers and streamline the multistate experience,” said Mark Quandahl, chairman of the CSBS Emerging Payments & Innovation Task Force, in a statement. “As

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

It’s really difficult, the banking ecosystem is not fast and that’s just reality,” Jim McCarthy, industry expert and former innovation head for Visa, told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. The Headwinds Creating The Innovations Gap . According to the latest edition of the Innovation Readiness report, only 22.3

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Banking institutions are responding by integrating advanced technologies, particularly artificial intelligence and data analytics, into their lending operations to enhance efficiency and adaptability. Explore and integrate alternative data sources and innovative scoring models to offer fairer assessments of creditworthiness.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 31, 2022

Associate Director Evangelista stressed “responsible innovation” by the cryptocurrency industry, in order to protect consumers and national security interests, as well as to combat cybercrime and other illicit financial activity. Responsible Innovation “. Responsible Innovation “.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) and Bank of England (BoE) announced Wednesday (Sept. 13) that the Payment System Operator Delivery Group (PSODG) has completed the necessary steps to meet a mandate handed down by regulators. s financial system.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Slow compliance checks and sluggish processing times are commonplace, especially on the legacy systems still used by many banks around the world. The following Deep Dive explores the various hurdles that payments face as well as how automation and cloud-based systems can help FIs overcome them. consumer purchases made with cash.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

House committee this week began reviewing the idea of allowing the likes of Amazon or Facebook to receive charters to operate as banks — an idea that’s already gotten plenty of pushback from traditional financial institutions (FIs). A lack of safety and soundness rules will expose the financial system to significant vulnerabilities.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

The move was described by Kansas Federal Reserve President Esther George as the biggest infrastructure upgrade embraced by the Federal Reserve since the ACH system went online in 1972. That stipulation is very important for the creation of the FedNow system.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

Innovation is happening at the speed of payments — which, as it turns out, can be pretty fast these days. I travel three weeks out of four to meet our stakeholders in the markets they are in — customers, agents, regulators and employees. I try to keep this to a minimum. This routine occurs no matter where I am in the world.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

In our crazy banking system, you don’t actually have to prove who somebody is to put their name on a piece of paper and stick it in the mail,” he noted. One is regulatory trends, where regulators are looking to increase competition in this field and drive innovation. "One The other is technological innovation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The surge in gig workers and independent contractors has professionals, service providers and regulators engaged in new debates about what it means to be an employee or a small business. ACH Innovation Breaks The Mold. One of the biggest barriers to payroll innovation in recent decades has been the process’s reliance on ACH.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

Innovation is oxygen in payments. For financial services firms, innovation is spurring speed, killing friction and fostering loyalty among customers. That, itself, begs the question: What is innovation, really? explained there is wide variation in the definition of innovation.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

The American workforce shifted to telecommuting almost overnight, and regulators have found ways to shorten decision making that once took months and years into hours and days. Flywire’s Talaga noted the crisis in action has also caused some rapid resetting of payments operations on the backend. What’s Next?

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Why change management is vital for banks and credit unions Regulators promote change management to manage risk, but banks and credit unions can also achieve important benefits when they manage change. This article describes recent comments by financial regulators about managing change.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2019

Some solution providers like Ripple are introducing new ways to bypass the correspondent banking system entirely. Regardless of how, these technologies and their innovators share common goals: to accelerate and streamline cross border payments. As the pace of payments innovation accelerates, banks will face rising operational hurdles.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Unlike social media … the terms of engagement for innovations such as Libra must be adopted in advance of any launch.”. One thing he wants to do right away is to enhance the coordination between financial regulators in the country. “To The Bank of England approaches Libra with an open mind but not an open door,” Carney said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

AML and the problem of innovation. Starting an innovation battle can be more difficult than expected for banks, in part because of how U.S. financial regulations work. banks have to analyze AML regulations before even beginning to innovate, and the rules in question change often.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Last month, Canada’s Competition Bureau released its final study on tech-led innovation in FinTech, offering regulators some thoughts on competition in the payments sphere, along with suggestions on where the competitive landscape could be improved. PYMNTS asked which countries might be a model and a template for innovation for Canada.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2021

On April 23, 2021, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) issued proposed regulations to implement the Debt Collection Licensing Act (“DCLA”). Section 1850.6 – Requires electronic filing of license application and related information through the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System (NMLS).

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Insights on Business

JUNE 28, 2018

Banks operating on legacy architecture will find it increasingly difficult to compete in an API-driven business environment, says Hans Tesselaar, executive director at BIAN. The key difference with these topics, which both play into the open banking agenda, is that they enable banks to innovate with the systems they already have in place.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 5, 2019

Reducing costs but appeasing regulators seems like an oxymoron, yet, many AML compliance and operations leaders are being asked to do just that. The key is simple: financial institutions just need to improve the efficiency of their people and systems. The question is, how to do this, while keeping the regulators happy?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Along with a new name, the Diem Association is also asserting its independence, a move that comes after concerns raised by regulators around the world about Facebook’s cryptocurrency project — specifically, the potentially negative impacts like the weakening of central banks as well as money laundering and privacy violations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Jamal El-Hindi, the deputy director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the 2019 Money Transmitter Regulators Association Annual Conference on Wednesday (Sept. 11) about the importance of innovation and the regulation of non-banking financial institutions (NBFI), according to a release.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

Real-time payments are imperative for running successful operations in today’s global ecosystem. Digital payments sent internationally are expected to move past $1 trillion in 2025, but getting to that point will require support from payment providers, regulators and other such firms still building out the necessary infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In Europe , as has been seen elsewhere, banks and other financial institutions (FIs) must grapple with payments modernization but are burdened by legacy systems and infrastructure. Consumers and businesses expect that payment channels and systems can cope with payments being made at any point and from any location.

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Abrigo

JUNE 10, 2020

The former Chief Operational Risk Officer was fined for insufficient action on AML program deficiencies and staffing issues. The regulators don’t care what your budget is,” Luttrell says. Adequately staffed and risk-focused AML resources with good documentation are critical. The recent $450,000 fine of U.S. learn more. “Mr.

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BankUnderground

MAY 15, 2024

These models form the bedrock of revolutionary technologies like large language models (LLMs), opening up new ways for regulators, such as the Bank of England, to analyse text data for prudential supervision and regulation. Analysing text data forms a core part of regulators’ day-to-day work.

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FICO

MARCH 7, 2023

Home Blog FICO Responsible AI: Are European Firms Ready for the Regulators? There are significant changes coming in Europe, which highlight getting a handle on responsible AI use, with the banking and financial services sector among those that will be most impacted by increasing regulation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

These legislative initiatives are why Latin America, a market not necessarily known for its FinTech innovation, has one of the strongest penetrations of eInvoicing in the world. The fact that there are no regulations that require them to do so means it pushes eInvoicing lower on the to-do list,” King told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The road to mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies will still have its bumps, its potential roadblocks set in place from regulators. At the heart of it all might lie a jousting existential in nature — namely, between the companies that create and issue cryptos and the agencies that regulate them.

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