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Ex-Revolut team launch DeFi wallet and crypto card

Finextra

A team of ex-Revolut employees have released Zeal, a DeFi wallet and debit card combination that enables direct cryptocurrency spending on everyday items, eliminating the need for conversion to fiat currency.

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JPMorgan identifies 3 gen AI uses

Bank Automation

JPMorgan Chase has identified three uses for generative AI to boost efficiency. “AI, and particularly large language models, will be transformational,” Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto said during the bank’s Investor Day on May 20, noting that the bank has been investing in AI for “a number of years.” The $3.

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Google Pay lets customers ditch CVVs for biometrics.

Finextra

Google Pay has received a revamp to make it easier for shoppers to see card benefits, use BNPL on more sites, and ditch CVV codes in favour of biometrics at checkout.

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Transactions: Fintech Lili teams up with AWS for gen AI chatbot

Bank Automation

Fintech Lili, which provides a business platform for small and medium-sized businesses, has teamed up with Amazon Web Services to deploy a generative AI-driven chatbot for its customers.

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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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Citi fined over $444 billion fat finger error

Finextra

British financial regulators have fined Citigroup £61.7 million over a $444 billion fat finger error that led to a $1.4bn sell off of equities in European markets.

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Types of Payment Tokens: Universal, PSP, and Network

Basis Theory

Tokenization is a PCI-compliant way to secure and mask sensitive cardholder data in what is called payment tokens. These payment tokens can take one of three forms, with the means, approach, and benefits of each diverging from one another.

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InvoiceMate and 24SEVEN Look to Offer Blockchain Financing Solutions to Thousands of UAE-Based SMEs

The Fintech Times

InvoiceMate , a blockchain and AI-powered invoice financing enabler has agreed to support the retail supply chain across the UAE alongside retail technology provider 24SEVEN , as part of a new partnership. By partnering, InvoiceMate and 24SEVEN will potentially strengthen financial inclusion for thousands of SMEs by combining retail and payment data with blockchain financing solutions.

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Synapse fallout leaves Copper customers unable to access funds

Finextra

The collapse of BaaS platform Synapse has forced teen finance app Copper to suddenly discontinue its bank deposit accounts and debit cards, leaving some customers unable to access their funds.

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How AI is Shaping the Future of Client Relations in Finance

Fintech News

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is revolutionising the financial sector, transforming how institutions operate and cater to their clientele. As AI becomes increasingly integrated into finance, it is reshaping how we manage and interact with our money daily. Financial institutions navigating the digital age must recognise AI’s immense potential and harness its power to drive growth, or risk getting left behind.

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Majority raises $20m for migrant banking platform

Finextra

Majority, the platform offering mobile banking, international services and more to migrants in the US, today announced $20M in funding after a year of record growth, despite the tumultuous fintech market.

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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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Mastercard Deploys Generative AI to Enhance Compromised Card Detection

Fintech News

Mastercard has announced the implementation of generative AI technology to significantly accelerate the detection of compromised cards, enhancing protection for cardholders and securing the payment ecosystem. Fraudsters frequently steal millions of payment card numbers through methods like spyware, malware, and card skimming, often selling partial card details on illegal websites.

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Biden opposes digital asset bill

Finextra

President Biden and SEC chair Gary Gensler have both criticised a new cryptocurrency bill ahead of a US House of Representatives vote.

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Google Pay adds card reward details to checkout

Payments Dive

American Express and Capital One cardholders can now see what rewards they would earn from purchases when checking out with Google Pay, the tech giant said in a blog post.

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DriveWealth makes new senior hires

Finextra

DriveWealth, a leading financial technology platform providing Brokerage-as-a-Service, has announced the hiring of two new executives: Kyla Murphy, as Chief Product Officer and Lauren Veisz as Head of Operations.

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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.

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Coinbase Leads Coalition of Tech Giants Against Financial Scams

Fintech News

Crypto exchange Coinbase has launched the Tech Against Scams coalition, teaming up with industry leaders like Match Group (the parent company of Tinder and Hinge), Meta, Kraken, Ripple, Gemini, and the Global Anti-Scam Organisation (GASO) to tackle online fraud and financial schemes. The Tech Against Scams coalition focuses on preventing online fraud and financial schemes targeting consumers across various industries.

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Jaja Finance launches Gen AI chat assistant

Finextra

Jaja Finance (“Jaja”) has today become one of the first UK fintechs to launch a Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI) chat assistant using Anthropic’s state-of-the-art Claude 3 model family, accelerating the fintech’s journey to becoming the UK’s leading digital lender.

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What are Payment Reversals? Why Do They Happen & How Can Merchants Stop Them?

Fi911

When merchants accept credit card or debit card payments, the hope is that the funds from that sale will remain in their account as revenue. What happens when a transaction needs to be reversed, though? In this article, we will delve into the topic of credit card payment reversals. Understanding payment reversals is crucial for both consumers and businesses, as they can impact financial stability and consumer trust.

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UK bank fraud losses topped £1 billion last year

Finextra

Fraud losses in the UK dropped by four percent in 2023, but still topped the £1 billion high watermarket.

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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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HPS Expands Global Footprint With New Office in Pune, India

Fintech Finance

HPS , the leading global provider of payment software and services, is thrilled to announce the official opening of its new office and delivery center in Pune, India, marking a significant milestone in the company’s global expansion strategy. The new office, strategically located in Pune, reflects our Group’s commitment to enhancing its global presence and strengthening its capabilities in delivering exceptional services to clients worldwide.

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What Are the Biggest Cryptocurrency Innovations We Have Seen in the Last Year?

The Fintech Times

In recent years, digital currencies have been all the rave. However, the idea that digital assets are exclusively some form of currency is slowly falling by the wayside as different use cases are emerging and being rapidly adopted. This May, The Fintech Times is looking to showcase some of these new methods and explore how the digital asset ecosystem is evolving.

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Complete the Bank Automation News 2024 reader survey

Bank Automation

At Bank Automation News, we want to ensure we are providing the most relevant, useful articles, reports, data and content to our readers. The financial services industry is constantly evolving, and we need your help to ensure we stay on the right path.

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Mastercard Accelerates Card Fraud Detection With Generative-AI Technology

Fintech Finance

As fraudsters seek new ways to exploit technology, Mastercard is using generative AI to double the speed at which it can detect potentially compromised cards, further protecting cardholders and securing the ecosystem. Fraudsters steal millions of payment card numbers through spyware, malware, and other clandestine practices such as card skimming. In a bid to sell this data to other criminals, they place part of the 16-digit numbers on illegal websites.

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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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Pursuit of faster settlement times via DLT will hit market quality

Finextra

Adopting distributed ledger technology in the pursuit of faster settlement times could hit liquidity and increase transaction costs, warns research from the World Federation of Exchanges (WFE).

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Top 4 APAC Firms Leading The in The War Against Financial Crime

Fintech News

Over the past years, financial crime tech has risen to prominence, driven by increasing complexity and frequency of financial crimes, stricter regulations and compliance requirements, and technological advancements. The Global State of Scams 2023 Report by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) and ScamAdviser reveals a severe global increase in scams.

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ICE fined $10m for late cyber intrusion disclosure

Finextra

The Intercontinental Exchange has been hit with a $10 million penalty for the failure of its subsidiaries - including Nyse - to quickly report a cyber intrusion to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SumUp Launches Direct Debit Payments to ‘Simplify Operations’ for UK Merchants

The Fintech Times

Global fintech SumUp has launched direct debits, in a move it hopes will provide merchants with an even more streamlined payment experience. The new direct debit payments feature is immediately available for UK-based merchants that use a SumUp Business Account, an all-in-one, zero-fee solution introduced in 2021. A full UK current account that gives merchants total control of their finances on the move, the Business Account is managed via smartphone and enables merchants to spend, save, and mana

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.

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Lending Modernisation: Quick Wins for Banks

Finextra

Join FinextraTV in conversation with Robert Downs, Global Head of Corporate & Syndicated Lending, Finastra and Prakash Pattni, Managing Director - Digital Transformation, IBM Cloud for Financial Services, IBM, as we explore a plethora of topics including digitalisation gaps, cloud innovation, data and knowledge management, regulation, and competition and how they all intersect with each other to modernise lending.

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FinovateSpring 2024 Best of Show Winners Announced

Finovate

The demos are done. The votes have been counted. And the people have spoken. After two days of live fintech demos here at FinovateSpring 2024, we are proud to introduce the winners of Best of Show. Bloom Credit for its technology that helps banks and credit unions offer a deposit retention and credit building tool to their client base. Cascading AI for its platform that improves efficiency in banks by 30x by automating rote tasks, enabling banks to leverage that step-change in efficiency to grow

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FinTech Australia Prepares to Spotlight Consumer Data Rights at Second Summit

The Fintech Times

FinTech Australia is gearing up to host its second annual Consumer Data Right (CDR) Summit, setting the agenda for the regime ahead of a broader consumer rollout. This year’s Consumer Data Right Summit has plans to showcase local and international experts, policymakers, founders and builders who will take to the stage to discuss the future of the CDR and the most exciting emerging use cases at The Hilton in Sydney on Wednesday 3 July.

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HKMA and PBoC expand e-CNY pilot for cross-boundary payments

The Paypers

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority ( HKMA ) and the People’s Bank of China ( PBoC ) have advanced the e-CNY pilot for cross-boundary payments, expanding its scope in Hong Kong.

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Secure SaaS Success: Embedded Finance as a Competitive Advantage

Speaker: Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

Join us for an exclusive webinar hosted by Ian Hillis, SVP of Growth at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, where he’ll explore the significant impact of embedded finance on the software industry! This session is designed to provide you with the strategic insights needed to navigate the future of SaaS successfully, all while gaining a deeper understanding of how these trends can enhance your competitive edge, boost revenue, and deepen customer loyalty.