FICO

MARCH 18, 2022

As a result of the attack on Ukraine, FICO is exiting all work in Russia. Consistent with directives by governments around the world, we are actively unwinding our business relationships in Russia and will not be pursuing new business in Russia. These donations are earmarked to specifically help the Ukrainian people. .

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Dario Bonciani and Johannes Fischer The UK economy has been hit by significant terms-of-trade shocks, most notably the rise in energy prices following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Specifically, we assess its performance in predicting UK inflation out of-sample at key dates around the start of the war in Ukraine.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Hackers around the world are taking advantage of coronavirus fears by posing as organizations like the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to maliciously advance espionage tactics and cause panic and confusion, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The corporate card is going through a change this year, like many other parts of the business world. Danske Bank was recently the center of controversy over accusations of laundering hundreds of billions of dollars for clients in Ukraine, Russia and other countries in February of 2019, the report says.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 1, 2022

In response to Vladimir Putin’s escalating assault on Ukraine, the UK has added more than 100 individuals and entities to its sanctions list. His new book is Butler to the World : how Britain became the servant of tycoons, tax dodgers, kleptocrats and criminals. Can the system be cleaned up? But will they be effective?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

In the January Digital Identity Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest developments in the world of digital IDs, including new government-provided identity initiatives from Malaysia, Morocc o and Ukraine, verification partnerships from Jumio and open-source digital ID initiatives that could be game-changers for identity security.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

Global seamless payment technology provider Ingenico Group recently announced an acquisition that will expand its footprint in the Ukraine. Ingenico Group recently acquired the Systems of Secure Transactions (SST) business unit from its long-time partner and distributor in the Ukraine Bancomzvjazok JSC (BKC).

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

In looking at just where the cyber attacks that hit the Ukraine and spread around the world last week may have originated, the Ukraine has pointed a finger at Russia. That assessment comes from the Ukraine’s state security apparatus, known as the SBU. Russia’s own response has been one of denial.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 24, 2024

More recently, this index shows a sharp increase following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The magnitude of these effects is somewhat smaller than Caldara and Iacoviello (2022), though they use a longer time sample (1900 onwards), which includes both World Wars.

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TheGuardian

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

It’s not just energy companies that should be forced to pay back windfall gains to taxpayers Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Discussion about a super profits tax has been focused on energy companies, which have enjoyed huge windfall gains thanks to the invasion of Ukraine.

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TheGuardian

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The murky world of Swiss banking. Amid fears the situation could quickly lead to a calamitous war, attention turned to how Ukraine and the wider world would respond. Amid fears the situation could quickly lead to a calamitous war, attention turned to how Ukraine and the wider world would respond.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

“In just seven years, we have managed to become the largest bus provider in the world, with more than 400,000 daily connections,” said CEO Andre Schwammlein, who co-founded FlixMobility along with Jochen Engert and Daniel Krauss. Popular for its branded green vehicles, in 2019, FlixMobility expanded into Ukraine.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

As a result, Uber is dropping its online food delivery business in the Czech Republic, Egypt, Honduras, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Ukraine and Uruguay. This continues our strategy of focusing our energy and resources on our top Eats markets around the world,” the company said, adding that the moves will not affect its ridesharing business.

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Abrigo

MARCH 7, 2022

Takeaway 1 Regulators have increased their focus on BSA in the first quarter of 2022, and the crisis in Ukraine will put OFAC in the spotlight. Regulators have seen an increase in BSA focus during the first quarter of 2022, and with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OFAC will be in the spotlight more than ever. 2022 Regulatory Focus.

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Abrigo

MARCH 11, 2022

Takeaway 1 NBFIs are not immune to regulatory penalties, especially with examiners' increased BSA focus and the Ukraine crisis putting OFAC in the spotlight. Regulators have seen an increase in BSA focus during the first quarter of 2022, and with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, OFAC will be in the spotlight more than ever.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This partnership is just another example of how Mastercard Send is providing innovative new solutions for customers and consumers all around the world, enabling them to send and receive money – when, where and how they want,” said Shari Krikorian, senior vice president for Mastercard.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Name screening has become a hot topic within the financial crime industry, especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the frequent addition of Russian oligarchs and other cronies to pep lists and sanctions lists worldwide. Continually updated world leader lists are available through third-party vendor’s screening programs.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

In a press release , the company said the malware was probably involved in the December 2016 cyberattack on Ukraine ’s power grid that prevented part of its capital, Kiev, from getting power for more than an hour. This report on cybersecurity comes as Ukraine is becoming more of a hotbed for cyber criminals. In February, U.S.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 1, 2022

Last week, JP Morgan opened banking’s first presence in the metaverse within the blockchain-based virtual world of Decentraland (go HERE for a primer). Now, if you think authenticating a customer is hard in the physical world, it’s really hard in the virtual one. Photo credit: Bloomberg. Crypto Banking.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2017

On June 27, the hostile software — dubbed “NotPetya” after initial reports misidentified it as the ransomware Petya — crippled organizations in more than 60 countries and in every possible vertical, from banks and shipping providers in the Ukraine to U.S. The main target, however, appeared to be the Ukraine. pharmaceutical companies.

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BankUnderground

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Geoeconomic fragmentation is one of the greatest risks to the international monetary and financial system at present, particularly since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Eikon from Refinitiv, IMF International Financial Statistics, IMF World Economic Outlook and Bank calculations. The opposite is true for Bloc 2 assets.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

The solutions are designed for what Xolo dubbed the “virtual company” to mitigate friction of new businesses launching in a world where they must interact with national governments and operate across borders. Ukraine and Turkey. Xolo is the quickest and easiest way to launch and run a one-person freelancing business in Europe.”.

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Abrigo

APRIL 26, 2022

Takeaway 1 With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, U.S. Russia-Ukraine heightens kleptocracy concerns. With heightened concern caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine , financial institutions should understand how to identify corrupt activity and associated money laundering that may be flowing through the U.S. government priority.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

In the coexisting — and sometimes colliding — worlds of FinTech and traditional financial services, a bit of collaboration often evolves. That signing took place at annual meetings earlier in the month via the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The sanctions were due to Russia’s role in the Ukraine. The Russian payment system is dubbed Mir, which translates as “World” or “Peace”, while China has a system called UnionPay, noted Reuters.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

Welcome to The Axis, your late look at payments news from around the world. In addition, EBANX is working with Light In The Box for card payments and Ukraine’s government says it doesn’t plan to regulate cryptocurrency mining. Coverage includes Hive Project’s deal with Gosocket for invoice financing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Solution providers around the world are preparing to counter such attacks. Fraudsters are now using low-cost, sweatshop-style workforces from countries such as the Philippines, Russia and the Ukraine to create larger numbers of crimes. Users who clicked the links would see their computers infected with viruses.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

for allegedly stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank around the world using a network of virus-infected computers. According to law enforcement officials and cybersecurity company Fox-IT, the Russian government focused on finding information related to military and intelligence services, specifically in eastern Ukraine and Syria.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2018

And last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple Pay would be making its debut in Norway, Poland and the Ukraine in the next several months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the service was launching in Poland. Additionally, the CEO said total transactions tripled on a year-over-year basis. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Something particularly notable in the emergence of FinTech platforms all over the world, Matt Dill, Visa’ s Global Head of Strategic Partnerships and Venture told Karen Webster when they discussed the worldwide launch of Visa Partner. The Changing Global Playing Field .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2018

Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple Pay would be making its debut in Norway, Poland, and the Ukraine in the next several months. The report also said that additional banks will be made available in September, possibly including PKO BP, Poland’s largest retail bank.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2016

The Guardian also took a look at the “hidden trade in our secondhand clothes given to charity,” that noted that Britain alone traffics in the trading of 351 million kilograms of these types of clothes per year, usually sending them to poorer countries like Benin, Ghana, Pakistan, Ukraine and Poland. billion annually.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2018

According to news from 9to5Mac , during a conference call to discuss fiscal second-quarter results with Wall Street on Tuesday (May 1), Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook confirmed Apple Pay will make its debut in Norway, Poland, and the Ukraine in the next several months. billion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Around the mPOS World. At airports around the world, mPOS is helping on-the-go consumers. Under the latest rollout, Android users in Portland, Oregon and Kiev, Ukraine can use the company’s payment app to access local transit systems. One of the latest solutions to take off came from South Africa’s FlySafair.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

We received entries that demonstrated the power of optimization to balance the European energy grid under pressure from the war in Ukraine, to others that show how life-changing and transformational financial inclusion programs can be for ordinary people. You can read more about our judges in this blog post.

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Abrigo

JUNE 8, 2021

OFAC sanctions can have real world impact. On September 9, 2020 Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (DBTCA) agreed to pay two civil monetary penalties – one for $157,500 and the other for $425,600 – to the Department of the Treasury OFAC for violations of the Ukraine-Related Sanctions Regulations. Importance of Compliance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

It’s not for financial gain, but a way of weakening the country, either in the press or in terms of the victimized country’s standing on the world stage. “In Our currency is the world’s reserve currency,” said Visner, “and the U.S. is an economic counterweight in the world.”.

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