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15,000 Blacklisted and 34,000 Accounts Suspended in Thai Banking Fraud Crackdown

Fintech News

The Thai Bankers Association (TBA) has blacklisted 15,000 individuals and suspended 34,000 bank accounts connected to call-center scam operations, according to The Nation. The move follows the implementation of an AI-driven Cross-Reference File (CRF) system designed to identify mule accounts used in money laundering activities.

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Modulr Acquires Accounts Payable Automation Disruptor Nook

Fintech Finance

Modulr , the embedded payments platform, today announces its acquisition of Nook , an innovative disruptor in accounts payable (AP) automation. These are significant concerns, as highlighted by Modulr’s survey of 250 accounting practices which revealed that nearly half (45%) of respondents spend over three hours per week on manual data entry.

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Digital Fraud Attacks Rise 17% in Financial Services, Driven by Payment and Account Creation Fraud

Fintech News

Global highlights: January – December 2023, Source: Confidence Amid Chaos: Managing Fraud and Scams with Data and Analytics, LexisNexis Risk Solutions In financial services, new account creation attacks increased by 12% YoY, driven by increases on the mobile channel, primarily mobile browser. of all cases.

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AI accounts for 31% of VC funding in Q3

Bank Automation

Global venture capital funding took a hit in the third quarter, but AI startups accounted for 31% of all global funding. This is surprising, because we […] The post AI accounts for 31% of VC funding in Q3 appeared first on Bank Automation News. Venture capital funding for startups globally dropped 21% year over year to $54.7

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Revolut Launches Joint Accounts in Singapore

Fintech News

Revolut, a global neobank with over 50 million users, has introduced Joint Accounts in Singapore to simplify financial management for various types of duos. Revoluts Joint Accounts aim to address these issues by providing users with an extra account within the Revolut app that can be jointly owned by two individuals.

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Do more with PAN: Push provisioning & account updater

Basis Theory

The personal account number, or PAN, can do more - understand push provisioning and account updaters to boost revenue.

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OCBC Bank to Offer Digital Bank Accounts for Children Aged 7-15 from October

Fintech News

OCBC Bank is set to offer Generation Alpha—children born after 2009—their own digital bank accounts through the OCBC MyOwn Account , available from 20 October 2024. This first-of-its-kind account in Singapore allows children aged seven to 15 to manage their finances digitally via the OCBC Digital app, under parental supervision.

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