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Securing Your Wealth: How Cybersecurity Affects Investment Decisions

VISTA InfoSec

As an investor, due diligence in cybersecurity involves examining several areas. Such due diligence is of interest to you as an investor because cybersecurity affects the following: Regulatory Compliance Businesses with strong compliance records are safer investments, capable of mitigating risks and sustaining growth.

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iDenfy Launches Face Authentication to Weed Out Fraudsters in User Onboarding

The Fintech Times

However, they must do their due diligence too, especially in the age of deep-fakes. This ongoing due diligence process is crucial to ensure that businesses continue to meet know your customer (KYC) regulatory requirements.

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Absoft: Data Migration – Solving the M&A Headache

The Fintech Times

Cost implications can be substantial, yet many companies often neglect the necessary data due diligence vital for M&A success. Proactively finding, storing and migrating critical data before, during, and after M&A activity is paramount to safeguarding objectives and ensuring business continuity.

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How payment firms can prepare for the FCA’s proposed safeguarding regime

The Payments Association

Tighter oversight of third parties: When firms engage third parties to manage safeguarded funds, stricter due diligence and diversification will be required , reducing third-party failure risks. He says: “I think the onus will be on doing appropriate due diligence at the start.

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PwC Partners With Cockroach Labs to Reduce Risk, Cost and Complexity of Compliance and Modernisation

The Fintech Times

Through the new partnership, PwC UK and Cockroach Labs will offer end-to-end comprehensive solutions to banks and financial service institutions trying to ensure compliance and keep up with evolving regulatory complexities and impending mandates around operational resiliency, business continuity, and data sovereignty.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

Understanding, addressing, and managing them is crucial for maintaining business operations while ensuring safe payment processing for clients. Thorough due diligence, technology, and adherence to regulatory guidelines are essential in a PayFac’s risk management strategy. The due diligence doesn’t stop at onboarding.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Issues Guidance for Banks on Crypto Custody and Sale of Tokenised Products

Global Fintech & Digital Assets

Banks should have adequate resources, ensure sufficient training for staff, introduce appropriate reporting lines and senior management oversight, and establish business continuity policies.