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Fed aims to make instant payments the norm

Payments Dive

“It's going to be up to us to move instant payments from being novel to being normal,” Federal Reserve Financial Services’ chief payments executive told attendees at a major industry conference last week.

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Thought Machine Powers BCA Syariah’s Digital Transformation

Fintech News

BCA Syariah, the Islamic banking arm of Bank Central Asia (BCA), has partnered with Thought Machine to modernise its services in Indonesia. Using Thought Machine’s cloud-based platform, Vault Core , BCA Syariah has launched new products like Wadiah savings accounts, e-wallet top-up, and a Hajj Fee Deposit service. The bank also plans to introduce term deposit products and gold financing in the near future.

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Gaining Control of Transaction-Based Fee Structures

Payments Next

by Jim Merchant, Senior Program Director at BHMIFacing rising costs, competition, and complexity, many companies in the payments space are continually seeking The post Gaining Control of Transaction-Based Fee Structures first appeared on Payments NEXT.

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Mastercard Launches ‘Pay Local,’ Linking Its Cards to 4 Major Asian e-Wallets

Fintech News

Payment giant Mastercard has unveiled “Pay Local,” a new service that allows travelers to use their existing credit or debit cards within popular Asian digital wallets. Announced ahead of the Singapore Fintech Festival , Pay Local allows consumers to link their Mastercard credit or debit cards to local digital wallets. This will facilitate easy and seamless payments at over 35 million participating merchants across Asia Pacific.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Marketing plans: Something to be cheered, not feared

The Payments Association

A flexible, focused marketing plan improves budgeting, targeting, and adaptability, with ongoing analysis ensuring effective growth. The holiday season and 2025 will be here before you know it! Just like holiday preparations, budget planning and marketing strategies can sneak up on you, leaving little time to get them right if you wait until the last minute.

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New Privado ID Protocol Enables Users to Verify Identity Across Multiple Blockchains

The Fintech Times

Privacy-focused digital identity platform Privado ID , has launched a multi-chain, device-agnostic identity attestation protocol that enables people to verify their credentials across multiple EVM-compatible blockchains, in a move to streamline the end-user experience in the Web3 space. The new protocol from Privado ID introduces cross-chain compatibility, enabling users to verify their identity once and use it across any supported blockchain.

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Legacy Systems: Are Payment Methods Stuck in the Past?

Payments Next

By AW de Vries, Co-founder & CEO, Silverflow Despite handling countless transactions daily, the payments industry operates on a foundation of outdated The post Legacy Systems: Are Payment Methods Stuck in the Past? first appeared on Payments NEXT.

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Standard Chartered Taps Wise for Faster, Cheaper International Payments

Fintech News

Standard Chartered announced a new partnership with Wise Platform to improve speed and lower costs for its international payments service, SC Remit. This collaboration will initially benefit customers in Asia and the Middle East, allowing them to send money in 21 currencies, including USD, EUR, and GBP, with transparent pricing at the mid-market exchange rate.

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CFPB fines VyStar Credit Union $1.5 million for bungled online banking roll out

Finextra

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has levied a $1.5 million fine on VyStar Credit Union for a botched system switch that left customers in the lurch, unable to access their money and accounts.

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Alliant Credit Union saves customers $500M in 2024

Bank Automation

Alliant Credit Union is looking to create value for its customers by offering digital solutions that traditional banks don’t offer. The $20 billion digital-only financial institution is on track to deliver more than $500 million in savings this year to its members than if they were banking at a traditional financial institution, Sumeet Grover, […] The post Alliant Credit Union saves customers $500M in 2024 appeared first on Bank Automation News.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Fiserv, Capital One, others invest $150M in Melio

Payments Dive

Some of the corporate investors are also partnering with the accounts payable and receivable company they’re backing.

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payabl. Appoints Marios Tsiailis as New Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Fintech Finance

payabl. , one of Europe’s financial services providers, today announced that it has appointed Marios Tsiailis as its new Group CFO. With a strong track record in professional services, where he excelled in corporate finance and strategic planning, Marios steps into this role to drive initiatives aimed at optimising payabl.’s financial framework and fostering sustainable growth.

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Razer Gold Gets In-Principle Nod for Payment License in Singapore

Fintech News

Razer Gold has received in-principle approval from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) for a Major Payment Institution license. This development marks a major step for the gaming-focused virtual credit platform as it prepares to expand its payment services in Singapore. This approval positions Razer Gold to offer regulated payment services, including account issuance, domestic and cross-border money transfers, merchant acquisition, and e-money issuance.

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Confirmation of Payee reaches almost all transactions in the UK

Finextra

Confirmation of Payee in the UK has been extended to cover almost 99% of all transactions made through Faster Payments and Chaps after more financial firms implemented the fraud-fighting protocol.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.

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Finovate Global Nigeria: A New Unicorn, Mobile Wallets, and the Pursuit of Financial Inclusion

Finovate

This week’s edition of Finovate Global features news from the fintech industry in Nigeria. Africa’s newest fintech unicorn raises $110 million African fintech Moniepoint is the continent’s latest fintech unicorn. The firm, Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, announced this week that it has raised $110 million in a funding round led by private equity firm Development Partners International (DPI).

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MoneyGram cites cash-to-digital conversion opportunity

Payments Dive

A MoneyGram executive speaking at the Money 20/20 conference cooed about the trillion-dollar opportunity to lure cash users to digital options, but didn’t mention the company’s recent systemwide outage.

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Klarna Now Available at John Lewis & Partners

Fintech Finance

Klarna , the AI powered global payments network and shopping assistant, and John Lewis & Partners have partnered to bring Klarna to JohnLewis.com and in the John Lewis app. John Lewis’ customers can now choose to check out with Klarna’s interest-free Pay in 3 product allowing shoppers to spread the cost of their purchases over 60 days. The first payment is made at the time of purchase, followed by two subsequent payments at 30-day intervals.

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OCBC Becomes First Singapore Bank to Use Blockchain for Intraday Lending

Fintech News

OCBC announced that it is the first bank in Singapore to offer intraday institutional lending using blockchain technology. This approach aims to maximise returns on excess liquidity through reverse repurchase agreements (reverse repos) conducted on J.P. Morgan’s Digital Financing application, powered by the Onyx Digital Assets platform. OCBC is the first external counterparty with this reverse repo capability on the platform.

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Top Strategies to Future-Proof & Sustain Your Merchant Services Portfolio

Build a sustainable merchant services portfolio with practical strategies to ensure long-term success. Diversify across industries to spread risk and stabilize income, balancing high-risk and low-risk clients for a robust mix. Combine large and small merchants to create a resilient payment portfolio, leveraging each type's strengths. Foster long-term relationships through exceptional service and personalized support.

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Broadridge appoints David Fellah as VP of AI trading solutions

Finextra

Global Fintech leader, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., (NYSE: BR), today announced the appointment of David Fellah as Vice President of AI Trading Solutions at Broadridge, effective October 16, 2024.

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Financial inclusion boosted by AI, open banking, education

Bank Automation

Financial education, accessibility and overall inclusion has improved as technology has advanced in the past decade but many consumers remain unbanked or underbanked. The term “unbanked” refers to people who don’t use any financial institution; “underbanked” refers to those with insufficient access to financial services, according to Merriam-Webster.

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DOJ’s Visa suit is unfounded

Payments Dive

The government acknowledges payment volumes are rising, in part because of fintech growth. This competition wouldn’t be happening if a single entity, like Visa, controlled the ecosystem.

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Swift, UBS Asset Management, and Chainlink Successfully Complete Innovative Pilot to Bridge Tokenized Assets With Existing Payment Systems

Fintech Finance

Swift , UBS Asset Management , and Chainlink have successfully completed a pilot for settling tokenized fund subscriptions and redemptions using the Swift network. This initiative would enable digital assets transactions to settle with fiat payment systems across more than 11,500 financial institutions, across over 200 countries and territories. Traditional fund operations often face inefficiencies in subscription and redemption processes, including manual interventions, delayed settlements, and

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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SBI Digital Markets Pilots Commercial Use of Tokenised Securities in MAS’ Project Guardian

Fintech News

SBI Digital Markets is deepening its involvement in the Monetary Authority of Singapore’s Project Guardian , which explores tokenisation of financial assets. The company is working with financial institutions to create a framework for distributing tokenised securities in primary and secondary markets. It connects regulated digital asset exchanges across jurisdictions using a blockchain-agnostic platform.

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SEC charges JP Morgan affiliates $151 million

Finextra

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged JP Morgan Securities and JP Morgan Investment Management Inc. (JPMIM) in five separate actions.

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Multi-Processor Merchants: Why Innovators Are Using Multiple Payment Processors

Basis Theory

When accepting and processing payments is the lifeblood of business, having a multiprocessor payment strategy pays off.

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Sheetz accepting crypto at all locations

Payments Dive

After a limited trial run, customers can now use several popular digital currencies to buy items at all of the East Coast retailer’s 750-plus locations.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Plumery Partners with Payment Components to Modernise Global Financial Institutions

Fintech Finance

Plumery , a digital banking experience platform for true customer-centric banking, today announced a new partnership with Payment Components , a leader in payments and open banking solutions. By decoupling digital experience and payment processes from legacy systems, institutions can now innovate more flexibly and efficiently, streamlining operations while maintaining their existing core banking frameworks.

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6 Asian Companies Recognized Among the World’s Most Promising in Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

FXC Intelligence, a data platform specializing in the cross-border payment and e-commerce sectors, has released its annual selection of the world’s most promising cross-border payments companies in 2024. This year, the list spotlights six companies from Asia, recognizing them for their rapid growth, increasing market significance, and strong potential for future success.

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Central banks form steering organisation to oversee roll out of Project Nexus

Finextra

The five central bank partners in Project Nexus, a Bank for International Settlements initiative to interlink domestic real-time payment rails across borders, are to establish a managing entity, the Nexus Scheme Organisation (NSO), which will oversee the project in its live implementation stages, in Singapore.

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What is Zelle Real-Time Payments in the USA?

Clearly Payments

Zelle is a fast, convenient way for people in the United States to send and receive money almost instantly, known as a real-time payment service (a category of payment methods). It is considered a Launched in 2017 by Early Warning Services (a company owned by major banks), Zelle has become one of the most popular ways to send money between friends, family, and small businesses in the U.S.

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Loyalty 101: How To Turn Browsers Into Buyers For Lasting Engagement

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all retail, and say hello to experiences that keep your customers coming back for more! Customer loyalty isn’t just earned - it’s cultivated through meaningful engagement with the help of data. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.