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Navigating AML obligations in the age of virtual IBANs

The Payments Association

While vIBANs offer innovation in payment systems, they introduce risks like money laundering due to insufficient oversight. The primary focus on monitoring master accounts leaves an oversight gap that can be exploited for illicit financial activities. Why is it important? What’s next?

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Numisma Bank starts operations backed by SAP Fioneer Cloud for Banking

Fintech Review

Numisma is the first bank to receive a State of Connecticut Innovation Banking Charter, a Federal Reserve Master Account and FedCash Services. Connecticut) chartered and regulated bank with direct access to the Federal Reserve System including master account and cash services.

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Centtrip Launches Real-Time Payments Service For Multinational Firms

PYMNTS

With CenttripNow and other innovative products and services, we are set to be at the forefront of this movement,” Jamieson said. According to the company’s announcement, corporate customers of the company are provided with a master account, with the ability to open sub-accounts in different currencies and regions.

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The Future Of Payments Beyond The Pandemic

PYMNTS

As Ingo Money’s Edwards said, there’s been very little innovation for decades on the disbursement side of payments. Edwards termed real-time payments “an ACH killer … it’s moving today’s batch process of banks exchanging files with each other to a Federal Reserve centric master account to an ‘instant’ way for banks to do it.”.

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Happy First Birthday FedNow: But is This a Cause For Celebration?

The Fintech Times

Both offer similar services, but FedNow participants can transfer funds from their Federal Reserve master account, which means they have an extra pool of resources for liquidity management. “Banks have a difficult choice between TCH’s RTP network and the new kid on the block, FedNow.

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PayFac Model 101: Payment Facilitators Explained

Exact Payments

Thanks to innovations in cloud-based technology and the proliferation of APIs, it’s now easier than ever for non-payment software companies to integrate payment features within their platforms. Additionally, PayFacs can offer merchants a much simpler account onboarding process.

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How Payment Facilitation Works: An Overview for SaaS Providers

Exact Payments

This shift has paved the way for payment facilitation, an innovative merchant services model that’s increasingly leveraged by software-as-as-service (SaaS) companies. They are then able to onboard and aggregate sub-merchant accounts under their master account.