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Reflecting on 2024: A transformative year in payments regulation

The Payments Association

MiCA’s primary aims were to impose stringent requirements on stablecoin issuers in order to protect consumers from potential risks associated with unregulated digital assets, promoting a safer environment for crypto transactions.

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

Fi911

A payment reversal is the process through which funds from a transaction are returned to the payer’s account. When a payment reversal occurs, the transaction is effectively undone, meaning that the payee loses the funds that were initially transferred, and the payer regains their money. What is a Chargeback?

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Visa’s Bill Sheley: Eliminating FX Uncertainty Boosts Cross Border Commerce

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Providing Payer Certainty. For card issuers, there is the competitive advantage of a more favorable payments experience for customers which will drive more top-of-wallet usage for cross-border transacting. Sheley also highlighted the recent rise in neobanking as a key driver of the growing sophistication of consumer demands.

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FICO Data Uncovers Positive Impact Pandemic Had on UK Consumers’ Payments

Fintech Finance

As these customers have the potential to increase spend, issuers will want to ensure they get that business. Promoting payment by direct debit will help to reduce the number of sloppy payers and in turn, reduce the number of customers missing payments. Fewer consumers are now paying off less than the minimum due.

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How Direct Debits Can Help with Persistent Debt and IFRS 9

FICO

With IFRS 9, issuers will be looking at ways to prevent credit card accounts moving from stage 1, where they must provision for a 12-month expected loss (based on the balance and a proportion of the remaining limit), to stage 2, where this moves to a lifetime losses provision. to 3 times higher than that of those with a Direct Debit.

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In 2019, Mobilize The Commercial Card: JPMorgan

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Even so, experts predict a steady trickle of mobile payments adoption from corporate payers. Below, Pandit sounds off on how increased support for mobile commercial card payments will not only boost convenience for corporate payers, but the added benefits of security that mobile wallets provide (and that corporates demand).

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UnionPay Steps Into UK With Prepaid Corporate Cards

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China payment card issuer UnionPay is stepping into the market with prepaid cards for corporates and consumers, the company announced this week. The UPayCard is a multi-currency card designed for business and consumer payers. The UPayCard is a multi-currency card designed for business and consumer payers.