Sat.Feb 24, 2024

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One in Six Top Crypto Exchanges May Remain Unregulated, Says VASPnet and CCData

The Fintech Times

Many cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) that facilitate trades between users of various digital currencies have often come under fire for mismanaging money, or engaging in unlawful activity. Most famously, Bahamas-based exchange FTX collapsed after a spike in customer withdrawals revealing significant mismanagement of funds. But following these events, how regulated are the top CEXs across the globe?

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Exploring DORA: Countdown to Compliance in European Finance

The Fintech Times

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has quietly emerged as a significant regulatory force in the financial landscape, demanding attention and action from industry players across Europe. DORA solves an important problem, says the European Commission. As the digital transformation of the financial sector accelerates, it also increases the exposure of companies to the risk of a major disruption if technology fails whether through a deliberate cyber attack or ICT system flaws and disruptio

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Nium Provides Competitive Exchange Rates for Enjaz App Users In Saudi Arabia

The Fintech Times

Having established a foothold in South America by partnering with Ebury to launch cross-border payments for Brazilian SMEs, Nium , the real-time payments firm, has turned its sights to the MEA region as it partners with Enjaz Banking Services , the remittance division of Bank Albilad in Saudi Arabia. Nium will work with Enjaz Banking Services to offer free international money transfer services through the Enjaz app for smart devices.

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Tink Joins European Payments Council’s SPAA Scheme

The Fintech Times

Payment services and data enrichment platform Tink has joined the SEPA Payment Account Access (SPAA) scheme, which aims to transform account-to-account (A2A) payments in the EU. It has entered the official register to become one of the first participants of the European Payments Council ’s newly launched SPAA scheme. SPAA is designed to unlock the potential of open data access while ensuring that banks are adequately motivated to invest in maintaining their application programming interfaces (AP

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From Start to Scale: Driving Growth Through Seamless Payments Implementation

Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting

Embedding payments can be a transformative step for software companies looking to enhance their platform capabilities, boost customer satisfaction, and drive long-term growth. However, the success of payments hinges on a single thing: implementation. Drawing on real-world insights and experiences, payments implementation experts Michael Veatch and Ella Aguirre will explore actionable strategies that can lead to a transparent, friction-free launch and mitigate potential challenges like technical