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Navigating AML obligations in the age of virtual IBANs

The Payments Association

The primary focus on monitoring master accounts leaves an oversight gap that can be exploited for illicit financial activities. Since vIBANs are often treated as extensions of master accounts rather than independent relationships, firms fail to apply appropriate risk assessment frameworks.

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How Does Merchant Underwriting Work?

EBizCharge

Underwriting examines various factors like business type, financial history, transaction volumes, and the potential risk they pose. Underwriters analyze factors such as transaction volumes and potential risks to determine the likelihood of financial instability or fraud. This helps in classifying the business as high risk or low risk.

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Nexus Explores Unexpected Challenges Of Faster Supplier Payments

PYMNTS

. “A typical real estate customer will have multiple banking relationships, hundreds of checking accounts, multiple integration packages and they want to provide multiple payment types to suppliers.” Plus, the security associated with virtual cards far surpasses that of paper checks.

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

The Fintech Times

Even since the introduction of FedNow, it seems its popularity has only grown – as it hit new quarterly high values and volumes. 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.

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