Fintech News

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

MAS’ advisory outlines several key measures for FIs • Stay informed about quantum computing advancements and understand the cybersecurity risks they pose. • Ensure senior management and third-party vendors are aware of the quantum threats and the importance of transitioning to quantum security solutions. • Work with IT vendors to assess and (..)

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Innovative Payments Association

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

In today's interconnected business landscape, companies often rely on third-party vendors, suppliers, and partners to help them operate efficiently and effectively. While these relationships can bring numerous benefits, they also come with inherent risks.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 7, 2024

The copilot plug-in is system-agnostic, acting as one central copilot that can be used on top of all web-based enterprise applications, pulling data from any system including Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems, case management systems, third-party vendors, and Excel documents.

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Fintech Finance

MARCH 5, 2024

Spencer Hanlon, Global Head of Travel Payments at Nium, said: “For too long, the travel industry has retrofitted outdated payment methods to its unique ecosystem of travellers, tourism suppliers, and third-party vendors.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

A new Walmart service will let third-party vendors hire the retailer to shelve, pack and ship items to customers in a move that could help Walmart compete better with eCommerce giant Amazon, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

The EU announced formal antitrust probes into Amazon , questioning its responsibility to third-party vendors versus itself as a rival on the platform. Congress has also looked into accusations that Amazon abuses its position as an online platform. .

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The Paypers

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

has announced it was among the victims of a data breach involving a third-party vendor’s file-transfer service.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

The new integration is intended to make it easier for users of Work.com — whether employees of the organization subscribing to the Salesforce service or third-party vendors to whom a subscriber wants to provide access — to quickly log in once and then work with various tools.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

The judge said Amazon might be liable because the company’s business model “enables third-party vendors to conceal themselves from the customer, leaving customers injured by defective products with no direct recourse to the third-party vendor.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

At issue is Amazon’s parallel responsibility to third-party vendors as an eCommerce ecosystem, and to itself as a rival on the platform with competing merchandise, the sources told FT. .

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Global Fintech & Digital Assets

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Third-Party Risk Banks furnishing BNPL loans may not have direct control over the activities of third-party vendors or merchants.

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The Paypers

DECEMBER 5, 2018

(The Paypers) Feedzai has released Risk Ledger, a financial crime prevention tool that uses federated data from Feedzai’s diverse customer base and third-party vendors.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

“In the digital age, the only players that will maintain client contact are those who can offer the best products, even if they are provided by third-party vendors.” ” Deutsche Bank joins almost 100 financial institutions from 18 countries using the Deposit Solutions platform.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

which suffered a data breach last year as the result of a cybersecurity incident at a third-party vendor. T-Mobile ‘s breach in 2015 that compromised the data of 15 million customers was the result of a third-party security lapse, too. Such cases have been reported at Ticketmaster U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2017

Since its 2015 inception, Amazon has generated massive amounts of money by offering up discounts on its tech devices and third-party vendor’ products. It’s no secret that Amazon’s Prime Day has become a highly sought-after shopping day for consumers over the last few years.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Mastercard said in a statement that the incident “has no connection to Mastercard’s payment transaction network … there was an event involving the Specials loyalty platform in Germany managed by a third-party vendor, which resulted in the unauthorized distribution of certain information.”. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

.” The company also recommends that businesses consider cyber insurance “and other forms of indemnification,” and explore the New York Department of Financial Services’ Cybersecurity Rules, specifically its third-party vendor cyber requirements.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 29, 2024

Ross Lancaster head of research at Acuiti “For firms that are not already operating under MIFID II, MiCA will present a significant operational lift to become compliant, and it is no surprise that we found that firms were looking to third-party vendors to assist them in their preparations,” says Ross Lancaster headof research at Acuiti.

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Exact Payments

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Online Marketplaces The third major category of businesses that are becoming PayFacs is online marketplaces. Online marketplaces like Amazon and eBay are e-commerce platforms that sell goods and/or services from a wide range of third-party vendors.

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The Fintech Times

JUNE 20, 2024

As organisations rely on third-party vendors for various services like cloud computing, payment processing or customer service, these external relationships can introduce vulnerabilities if proper oversight and due diligence aren’t conducted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

“Is it something that we can look at the governance structure at these third-party providers? The Bank Service Company Act gives financial regulators the power to audit third-party vendors that offer banking services, Ashton said. Can we look at their overall compliance management program?”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

The Italian watchdog said in a press release that it is looking into allegations that Amazon only granted enhanced visibility on the website to third-party vendors using its logistics service.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

“Historic compromises have included small to medium-[sized] financial institutions [FIs], likely due to less robust implementation of cybersecurity controls, budgets or third-party vendor vulnerabilities.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

More than 50 percent of Amazon’s sales are from products offered by third-party vendors. . Both eBay and Amazon have a similar sales model, even though eBay used to be more known as an auction site. Lately, 90 percent of its goods are sold at a fixed price.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2019

The solution is able to assist clients through the resolution of any case, using an intuitive user interface that provides insights into the progress of agents and third-party vendors, as well as case communications from different devices.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2017

New York rules for banks and insurers include stipulations that firms must scrutinize all third-party vendors that provide them goods and services. Vullo made the remarks to a task force of state insurance commissioners who are struggling with crafting cybersecurity regulations.

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FICO

JULY 23, 2020

I recently spoke with Chris Wallace, Director of Cyber Risk at T-Mobile , on how his team of professionals is managing the additional risk that fourth parties — companies that T-Mobile’s 30,000 existing third-party vendor partners may subcontract to — can introduce. . Identifying Critical Third-Party Connections.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Tech companies benefit by avoiding payment processing fees to third-party vendors whenever customers use their virtual accounts for payments, the report said, while JPMorgan benefits by being the sole payment processing and cash movement firm for tech companies that offer the eWallet to their customers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2018

Regulators in China have reportedly launched an investigation into Pinduoduo following on the heels of media reports that third-party vendors are selling fake goods on the marketplace. According to a report in Reuters , the inquiry comes a few days after the startup raised $1.63 billion in what was China’s second largest U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Prior to Wing, Masud was chief technology officer at Staples, where he was responsible for building out the third-party vendor platform. He also spent seven years at Amazon, where he built Amazon Warehouse and Amazon’s Reverse Logistics platform and was part of the AmazonBasics founding team.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Tech companies benefit by avoiding payment processing fees to third-party vendors whenever customers use their virtual accounts for payments, the report said, while JPMorgan benefits by being the sole payment processing and cash movement firm for tech companies that offer the eWallet to their customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The data, which was processed from 2007 through 2014, was accessible to developers of third-party vendors without the Facebook users providing consent. .” CNBC , citing the ICO, reported that the government watchdog alleged Thursday (Oct. 25) that the personal information of one million or more U.K.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2018

disclosed it had suffered a data breach, the company also revealed the cause of the cybersecurity incident: a third-party vendor. When Ticketmaster U.K. As the latest breach to hit a major, global conglomerate, the attack on Ticketmaster highlights the growing threat of cyber-weaknesses down a company’s supply chain.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2017

The complaint alleges the two routinely reimbursed themselves for payments that were never actually made to third-party vendors using their personal credit cards. They also allegedly conspired with vendors to inflate invoices and receive kickbacks from the overpayments.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

I’m offering 10 tips — things most vendors won’t tell you that are absolutely critical to selecting the right system. Can the selected vendor? Is there a third-party vendor that can get at your data and provide it to your new vendor? How do data extracts work — and how much will they cost?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2019

14) that retail juggernaut Walmart is subsidizing some of its third-party vendors that sell across its online marketplace. But then, what happens when the price wars stop and pricing levels return to some degree of normality? Welcome, perhaps, to the eCommerce platform pricing wars. Bloomberg reported Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Many merchants acquire heavily discounted goods from third-party vendors and then resell them on Amazon for a marked-up price. .” Amazon’s main global competitor, Alibaba, has been dealing with a highly publicized counterfeiting issue of late, but Amazon also does not seem to be immune to the issue.

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