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Fraudsters Turn to WhatsApp: Revolut Reveals UK Consumers Lose £2,437 From WhatsApp Scams

The Fintech Times

WhatsApp prides itself on the security of its encrypted messages, however, according to new research from Revolut, the global fintech with 11 million UK customers and 50 million globally, UK consumers are losing an average of 2,437 from scams originating on the communications platform. Google platforms accounted for 0.09

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Payfinia Receives $4.5 Million from Star One Credit Union to Launch CUSO

Finovate

Star One Credit Union originally partnered with Payfinia parent company Tyfone to build Instant Payment Xchange (IPX), a payments-as-a-service (PaaS) framework to send and receive instant payments via FedNow. Each transaction settled in less than five seconds. million in the organization. million in Seed funding.

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PayPal On Its Xoom Into The Continent And The UK

PYMNTS

When adding other payment types and wire transfers, that brings cross-border transactions into the trillions of dollars. The Monday announcement comes as 80 percent of the company’s transactions originate (to send) on a mobile platform. In addition, the current transaction limits in the U.S.

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Over 200 DBS Customers Lose S$446K This Year to Sophisticated Phishing Scams

Fintech News

Victims of these scams receive unsolicited text messages, which may originate from short codes, foreign, or local numbers. These messages falsely alert them about unauthorised access to their accounts and prompt them to click on links to verify their identities and supposedly halt fraudulent transactions.

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Navigating AML obligations in the age of virtual IBANs

The Payments Association

Mitigating risks by limiting the number of vIBANs issued to a single customer, imposing transaction limits on vIBAN usage based on the risk profile and enhancing scrutiny of high-risk accounts through periodic audits or on-site visits. Finally, there are substantial risks linked to vIBANs on the consumer side.

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ACH Payment vs Wire Transfer: What’s the Difference and Which Payment Method Should You Use?

Stax

Global ACH is available but only for bank-to-bank networks Wire transfers have no geographic limitations. To initiate an ACH transfer, the originating bank account sends ACH instructions requesting the funds, which are transferred into the receiving account. Every transaction is submitted as part of a batch.

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TCH Ups Limit For General Transactions To $100K

PYMNTS

The RTP Business Committee — comprised of representatives from community banks, credit unions and TCH member banks — green-lighted the new transaction limit. However, individual participants may set a lower value limit for payments they originate.

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