Tue.Jul 16, 2024

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FedNow zooms past RTP participation in inaugural year

Payments Dive

The Federal Reserve’s nascent instant payments system has collected hundreds of bank participants across the country in its first year of operations, although a few major banks are holdouts.

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Morgan Stanley using AI to grow adviser operations

Bank Automation

Morgan Stanley is using AI to improve efficiency and deepen the relationship between its advisers and customers. The bank is deploying technology to aid growth across its three divisions — investment banking, wealth management and institutional securities — Chief Financial Officer Sharon Yeshaya said during Morgan Stanley’s second-quarter earnings call today.

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Regulatory spotlight: Payment services and sales staff remuneration

The Payments Association

Firms must navigate complex payment service regulations and the often-overlooked EBA Guidelines on Remuneration Policies to ensure compliance and foster fair customer outcomes.

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Authorization Rates: What to Know When Migrating PSPs

Basis Theory

Upon completing the migration to a new payment service provider (PSP), payment professionals often let out a sigh of relief. The 6-month (or longer) process of migrating all the data, flows, and processes to a new PSP finally ends with green checkmarks and live checkout flow.

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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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The 12 PCI DSS Requirements to Ensure PCI Compliance

Stax

The writing on the wall is clear. Cash payments are passé. Consumers are increasingly opting for debit and credit cards or other digital payment methods—for in-store and eCommerce purchases alike. A study by the Pew Research Centre found that in 2022, 41% of consumers didn’t use cash for weekly purchases of essentials like groceries and gas. This was a huge leap from 2018 when only 29% used cashless payments for the same.

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Slt Edge updates Open Banking Gateway API

Finextra

Salt Edge, a leading open banking solutions provider, recently launched its 6th Open Banking Gateway API version. The company is releasing its newest version of the Account Information API first, with the Payments API slated to follow suit in short order.

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GIC Explores Potential Sale of Minority Stake in Bukalapak

Fintech News

Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC , is considering selling its minority stake in Bukalapak , an Indonesian e-commerce platform, sources told DealStreetAsia. Discussions are in the preliminary stages, and GIC has not yet decided whether to hire bankers for the sale or handle it internally. When contacted by DealStreetAsia, GIC and Bukalapak both declined to comment on the potential divestment.

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Open Banking: Unlocking Innovation and Consumer Empowerment

Fintech Review

Open banking is transforming the financial landscape by fostering innovation , competition, and improved customer experiences. It involves sharing financial data through secure application programming interfaces (APIs). This practice allows third-party providers (TPPs) to access banking data with customer consent, enabling the development of new financial services and products.

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Paycorp Leverages ATM Transaction Data to Offer UK Businesses Funding in Under 2 Hours

The Fintech Times

Payment solutions provider Paycorp has expanded its embedded, pre-approved business funding offering into the United Kingdom, to meet growing demand in the region. Paycorp has launched its embedded funding offering in the UK as ‘Recap Global’ and plans to serve SMEs across all sectors, including wholesale and retail trade, restaurants and pubs, hotels, mechanics, and taxi firms.

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Redefining community finance: Practical strategies for payment leaders to drive financial inclusion

The Payments Association

The financial struggles of UK adults highlight the vital role and challenges of community finance institutions in promoting financial inclusion.

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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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Prepaid card spending accelerates

Payments Dive

The rise of digital wallets hasn't dampened prepaid card use, including the payroll cards some employers use to pay their workers.

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In the mind of the CEO: Top challenges and priorities for the next 12 months

The Payments Association

CEOs discuss top challenges and priorities in a Payments Lab roundtable, focusing on technology, fraud prevention, and regulatory compliance.

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OANDA Prop Trader Enables Crypto Payments

Fintech Finance

OANDA announced today that it has introduced cryptocurrencies* as a payment method in its prop trading business, OANDA Prop Trader, giving customers globally the option to pay for trading Challenges using cryptocurrencies via the program’s user portal. Prop Trader is a program that enables self-directed traders to become signal providers, on a profit-sharing basis, to the firm’s proprietary trading business.

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StraitsX Secures MAS Licenses for Stablecoin Issuance, Crypto Payments

Fintech News

StraitsX, a digital asset payments infrastructure provider in Southeast Asia, has received Major Payment Institution (MPI) licenses from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). The licenses were issued to StraitsX USD Issuance Pte. Ltd., StraitsX SGD Issuance Pte. Ltd., and StraitsX Payment Services Pte. Ltd. Additionally, Xfers Pte. Ltd. obtained approval to expand its existing MPI license to include account issuance, domestic and cross-border money transfers, merchant acquisition, and digit

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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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Swipesum Partners with 4aGoodCause and Authorize.net to Support Fundraising

Fintech Finance

Swipesum , a payment processing and merchant services consultancy, and Authorize.net , a Visa solution, are both collaborating with 4aGoodCause , an all-in-one online donation platform, to enhance customer support and streamline payments for mission-driven nonprofit organizations and their donors. Swipesum and Authorize.net will provide organizations on the 4aGoodCause platform with flexible payment options and hands-on customer service and payment management.

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Complex eKYC Hinder Singapore’s Digital Banking Adoption, Says FICO

Fintech News

Global analytics software leader FICO unveiled its latest global consumer fraud research , highlighting that complex identity checks are stalling Singapore’s digital banking progress. Many consumers are opting for in-person applications for mortgages and loans due to cumbersome digital experiences when opening an account via mobile app or website.

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Thought Machine and Quantifeed Join Forces to Drive Cloud-Native Transformation in Banking and Wealth Management

Fintech Finance

Thought Machine , the cloud-native banking technology company and Quantifeed , the leading provider of digital wealth management solutions, today announce a new partnership which brings together their joint capabilities to service the private banking sector worldwide. Thought Machine is having exceptional success in delivering modern, cloud-native core and payment technology to retail and commercial banks worldwide.

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Bank of America taps AI to keep clients happy

Bank Automation

Bank of America continued to see digital adoption grow during the second quarter while keeping up with the digital needs of clients by looking to AI. “AI has moved from cost savings ideas to enhancing the quality of our customer interactions,” Chief Executive Brian Moynihan said during today’s second-quarter earnings call.

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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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FSB Consults on Recommendations Related to Data Flows and Regulation and Supervision in Cross-Border Payments

Fintech Finance

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) published today, for public consultation, its proposed recommendations to promote greater alignment in data frameworks related to cross-border payments and consistency in the regulation and supervision of bank and non-bank payment service providers. These reports take forward priority actions under the G20 Roadmap to address legal, supervisory and regulatory frictions in cross-border payments to help achieve the quantitative targets in 2027.

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Haruko Raises US$6M for SE Asia Expansion in Digital Asset Management

Fintech News

Haruko, a digital asset investment management platform based in London, has announced a US$6 million funding round as it expands into Southeast Asia. The Series A funding was co-led by White Star Capital’s Digital Asset Fund and MMC Ventures, bringing Haruko’s total venture capital funding to US$16 million. Founded in 2021, Haruko has a presence across North America and Europe, serving over 50 investment management institutions with offices in London and Singapore.

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Inside look: EverBank’s technology strategy

Bank Automation

EverBank considers strong platforms and API-first integrations when selecting third-party vendors to modernize operations. “If we build good platforms that are API-first, we can plug in the best of the best [into the bank],” Lindsay Lawrence, executive vice president and chief operating officer, told Bank Automation News.

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Georges Elhedery to Succeed Noel Quinn as HSBC Group CEO

Fintech News

HSBC has announced the appointment of Georges Elhedery as Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 2 September 2024. Elhedery, who joined HSBC in 2005, has served as Group Chief Financial Officer since January 2023 and has previously held key roles, including Co-CEO of Global Banking & Markets and CEO of the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkiye region.

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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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PayPoint Issues Warning Over Continued Rise in Unauthorised Cheque Fraud Cases

Fintech Finance

PayPoint today issues a warning over the risks of Unauthorised Cheque Fraud which last year cost victims in the UK £5.6 million according to the UK Finance Annual Fraud Report 2024. Despite the overall value of Unauthorised Cheque Fraud losses falling by -25% in 2023, the number of cases rose by almost a quarter (+24%) in parallel, indicating that criminals still view it a highly lucrative crime.

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Industry Favourites: Emerging Ethical Fintech Solutions

The Fintech Times

Now encapsulating a focus on societal impact and the environment, the term ‘fintech for good’ has evolved from its initial meaning of charity. But it doesn’t stop there. This July, we are on the hunt to find out how the fintech industry is doing ‘good’ for local communities and the world, revealing current and future plans to make change. The terms ethical finance and ethical banking often go hand in hand with climate awareness and focusing on net zero.

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Jordan Kuwait Bank Partners With Mastercard and FOO to Unveil eliWallet

Fintech Finance

Jordan Kuwait Bank (JKB) is pleased to announce its strategic collaboration with Mastercard and FOO to introduce eliWallet, a groundbreaking multicurrency payment. eliWallet, developed by Jordan’s leading banking provider JKB, is a state-of-the-art prepaid wallet offering both virtual and physical cards for multicurrency transactions, and methods to provide a timely method of payment for customers, enabling them to carry out transactions with ease, whether in store, using the app, or shopping on

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Tiger Global explores $500m Revolut share deal - Sky News

Finextra

Existing investor Tiger Global Management is in talks to lead a $500 million secondary share sale for Revolut that would value the UK-based fintech giant at at least $40 billion, according to Sky News.

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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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Adyen and Ventrata Expands Partnership to Deliver Better Payments Experience for Booking Platform

Fintech Finance

The financial technology platform of choice for leading businesses, Adyen and Ventrata partner to power Ventrata’s market-leading booking platform with real-time data processing and unified payments through Ventrata Payments. This expanded partnership improves the ticket purchasing experience for visitors to iconic sites like the Empire State Building, which was recently named the number one attraction in the world by Tripadvisor travelers.

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Webull opens access to savings marketplace

Finextra

Digital investing platform Webull has launched Webull Savings, an offering that provides users with access to a marketplace of savings accounts and the ability to move funds quickly between trading accounts and banks.

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Computop Brings CloudPOS to Over 500 freenet Shops

Fintech Finance

Following the replacement of card terminals across the freenet retail network in Germany, Computop’s A77 Android-based mobile devices will provide a payment alternative with immediate effect. As part of its new shop concept, freenet is also introducing CloudPOS technology to integrate its solutions-oriented advice approach with the payment process. CloudPOS: ERP triggers card terminals By using CloudPOS technology, freenet’s card terminals will be controlled directly by a cloud-based server whic

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Temenos integrates Visa Direct with Payments Hub

Finextra

Temenos (SIX: TEMN), the banking software company, today announced a collaboration with Visa, a world leader in digital payments, to integrate Visa Direct, a Visa money movement solution, with Temenos Payments Hub and make available to banks via Temenos Exchange, the Temenos ecosystem of partner solutions.

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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.