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

Fintech News

It’s also registered with the US Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). From API to no-code integration, the company’s frictionless, white-label payment solutions are designed to blend smoothly into existing business operations, all while upholding the highest standards of security and compliance.

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FinCen, 'Panama' and Johnson Verdict Raise the Transparency Bar

Payments Source

As we approach the midpoint of 2016, two of the most pressing matters in the payments industry have become more acute—the push for greater transparency and accountability in merchant acquiring and processing.

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How to Stay Off the Naughty List in 2024

Segpay

In addition, most banks will not allow merchant information to be an image, it must be written out in text form so that it can be picked up by the different website crawler technology that acquirers and the card brands use. Acquirers don’t love lifetime memberships because they are a big credit risk for them. Starting in 2024, U.S.

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FIs Advised To Be On The Lookout For Imposter Scams, Money Mule Schemes

PYMNTS

On Tuesday (July 7), the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to enhance efforts by FIs to stop suspected illegal activity. Money mule schemes, where someone transfers illegally acquired cash at the direction of another person, span the spectrum of using unwitting, witting or complicit money mules.

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Keeping Cybercrooks Out Of Digital-First Banking

PYMNTS

It’s one of many such warning to come from FinCEN and other financial watchdogs as the digital-first era dawns, awash in promise but hounded by cybercrooks. For FIs that want to acquire new customers digitally, first and foremost they need to have an account opening/onboarding process that is quick and seamless.

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Real Estate Money Laundering An Increasing Focus Of Governments

PYMNTS

too has been a target for real estate money laundering and to combat that FinCEN, the U.S. Money laundering through real estate is about $1.6 trillion a year, reported Mansion Global, citing data from Accuity, a global risk and compliance company.

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Onboarding Tech Taps Into Banks’ KYC Burden

PYMNTS

It was also a busy year for banking technology provider Avoka, which announced it reached an agreement to be acquired by Temenos only weeks ago. Avoka CMO Don Bergal told PYMNTS what global markets can expect in 2019 in terms of bank KYC happenings. See what Bergal had to say below. The Big KYC Trend From 2018.