VISTA InfoSec

APRIL 5, 2024

Incorporating remote work among companies has been one of the developments in recent years. In fact, a staggering 98% of employees express their desire to have this kind of dynamic in their jobs. The shift is here to stay as more and more organizations are adopting it as part of their work culture because of its many advantages. This integration is essential as employers move forward with their business continuity plans.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 25, 2024

About 700 financial institutions have connected to the Fed’s instant payment network since last July, with at least 1,000 more in the pipeline, a FedNow official said this week.

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PCI Security Standards

APRIL 29, 2024

Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I'm Alicia Malone, Senior Manager of Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. At our Community Meetings in 2022, the Council announced a significant change to its Participating Organization program. Today, I am joined by the Council's Senior Vice President of Education and Engagement, Mark Meissner who has been spearheading this effort, and is going to talk about some of these changes over the past couple of years, and how t

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 17, 2024

The UK’s Regulated Liability Network has chosen R3 , a company specialising in enterprise distributed ledger technology and services, as well as Quant , a blockchain provider for finance, to develop the technology prototype for its experimental stage. This initiative, spearheaded by UK Finance and backed by EY , aims to advance regulatory solutions within the financial sector.

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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

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Fintech Finance

APRIL 24, 2024

With just over 18 months to go until the ISO 20022 compliance deadline, leading Quality Engineering company, Roq , is urging UK financial institutions to take the necessary measures now to finalise their plans and focus on the execution of a programme that is, by all published metrics, some way behind the curve. Failure to meet the date has major ramifications for individual organisations and perhaps the UK’s financial services sector in part or whole.

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Finextra

APRIL 22, 2024

The Bank for International Settlements together with seven central banks is embarking on a major project to explore tokenisation of cross-border payments.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 30, 2024

To make instant payments a reality for consumers, the payments industry must work together to develop a common framework for the transactions, top industry executives say.

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Consumer Instant Payments Payments Transactions 190

Bank Automation

APRIL 12, 2024

Citigroup is focused on simplifying its infrastructure and overall technology through automation and cloud migration as it upped tech spend 6% year over year to $2.2 billion in the first quarter.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 15, 2024

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As the space rapidly develops, we look to highlight the latest developments, initiatives and challenges embedded finance has to offer and overcome across the globe. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated discussion across all fintech sub-sectors for at least the last couple of years and continues to do so.

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Fintech News

APRIL 28, 2024

Thailand’s crypto exchange Bitkub Capital Group plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of 2025, aiming to expand its operations across Southeast Asia, particularly targeting emerging markets like Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. According to Nikkei Asia , this move is part of a strategic effort to establish a significant presence in regions currently underserved by major digital asset platforms.

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Finextra

APRIL 25, 2024

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that National Bank of Iraq (NBI), part of the Capital Bank Group, has successfully gone live with Temenos core banking and payments.

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Payments 136

TechCrunch Fintech

APRIL 17, 2024

The African tech ecosystem, buffeted by huge potential but also lots of economic, political and social instabilities, is no stranger to major drama affecting even its most promising-looking startups. But recently, LemFi, the Nigeria-based fintech that provides money transfer services to African migrants, is shaping up as an example of a bounce-back — and a […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 12, 2024

Gen Zers will abandon a transaction in one out of two cases if their preferred payment method isn’t available, says an EY payments specialist, citing the firm’s survey results.

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Bank Automation

APRIL 8, 2024

JPMorgan continues its cloud migration efforts as it works to move its applications and data to the cloud this year. “Getting our tech to the cloud. … It’s essential,” Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said today in his 2023 letter to shareholders. The $3.

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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 Fintech Times

APRIL 22, 2024

The Fintech Times recently attended Token2049, the premier crypto event held annually in Dubai and Singapore where founders and executives of leading Web3 companies and projects meet, network and share their views on the industry. There were several opportunities for us to catch up with industry leaders throughout the event, to understand the overlap between the traditional financial services sector and this fast-expanding world of crypto.

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Fintech News

APRIL 14, 2024

In the rapidly evolving financial services landscape, the journey from entrenched legacy systems to cutting-edge digital payment platforms is a technological upgrade and a fundamental transformation. This transition embodies a shift towards fostering innovation, operational excellence, and superior customer engagement. It’s a strategic move that redefines the essence of banking in the digital era.

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Payment APIs and Integration Payments Innovation On-Demand 126

Finextra

APRIL 28, 2024

HSBC and PayPal are among the founding member of a new working group investigating the adoption of quantum-safe cryptography in the payments industry.

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TechCrunch Fintech

APRIL 9, 2024

TransferGo, the UK-based fintech best known as a consumer platform for global remittances, has raised a $10 million growth funding round from Taiwan-based investor Taiwania Capital, with a view to expanding in the Asia-Pacific region. It last raised a $50M Series C funding round in 2021. TransferGo claims the new investment doubles its valuation to […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 1, 2024

The settlement gives merchants the ability to surcharge for nearly all Visa and Mastercard credit card transactions, and puts pressure on American Express to allow the same.

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Bank Automation

APRIL 9, 2024

JPMorgan Chase’s chief data and analytics officer sits within its operating committee to keep up with ongoing AI investment and implementation bankwide. Appointed in June 2023, Chief Data and Analytics Officer Teresa Heitsenrether serves on the $3.

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 3, 2024

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As the space rapidly develops, we look to highlight the latest developments, initiatives and challenges embedded finance has to offer and overcome across the globe. As time passes, consumers are seeing the number of embedded finance offerings increase across the wide range of products and services they use.

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Chargebee

APRIL 18, 2024

Chargebee’s London-based user conference, beelieve, hummed with excitement as it united trailblazers and innovators from the subscription and revenue growth sector. A standout moment was the “beelievers” awards, honoring visionary leaders and organizations shaping the subscription landscape’s future. Let’s explore the winners in each category, highlighting their exceptional contributions to efficiency, transformation, retention, revenue growth, and leadership.

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Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Finextra

APRIL 30, 2024

There were nearly 500 fintech financing and M&A deals in the first quarter of 2024, with insurtech, crypto and blockchain proving hot areas, according to data from Royal Park Partners (RPP).

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TechCrunch Fintech

APRIL 24, 2024

Stripe continues to hold the title of being the biggest financial technology business still in private hands, with a current valuation of about $65 billion and a whopping $1 trillion in total processed payment volume last year alone. But fintech is fragmented and a fast-moving target, and with competitors chipping away at its place, Stripe is […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 9, 2024

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin postponed a plan to call credit card chieftains on the capitol carpet at a Tuesday hearing, but he’s still aiming to get them to Washington.

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Bank Automation

APRIL 8, 2024

Financial institutions are looking to new technology, growing their innovation teams and investing in AI and generative AI. Citigroup goes beyond the technology when starting innovation projects, looking to its clients and existing capabilities. When the $1.

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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.

Payments

The Fintech Times

APRIL 27, 2024

Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to increase in popularity across the globe. However, many have proven fallible to cybercriminals who are increasingly finding new ways to breach their security. In fact, in the UK, IoT malware attack volume increased by 163 per cent in 2022, compared to the previous year, cybersecurity firm Sonicwall revealed in its 2023 ‘Cyber Threat Report’ In response, in December 2022, the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI A

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Fintech News

APRIL 3, 2024

The Central Bank of Brunei Darussalam (BDCB) and the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) have formally joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC) initiative. This expansion brings the number of ASEAN central banks involved in the RPC to eight, joining the ranks of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The initiative, which began in late 2022, aims to make cross-border payments faster, more affordable, transparent, and inclusive, leveraging technologies like QR code-based

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Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Central Bank Payments 121

Finextra

APRIL 15, 2024

The UK's biggest banks are pushing ahead with the experimentation phase of a Regulated Liability Network, a financial market infrastructure for programmable money operating on a multi-bank shared ledger.

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TechCrunch Fintech

APRIL 7, 2024

Welcome to TechCrunch Fintech! This week, we’re looking at just how many fintech companies made it into Y Combinator’s Winter 2024 cohort, how much funding slid in the first quarter, and more! To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important fintech stories delivered to your inbox every Sunday at 7:00 a.m. PT, subscribe […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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FinTech 116

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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