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FinTech versus Banks, Round One: PSD2

Chris Skinner

These legislative acts foster innovation and drive both competition and choice in the market. We welcome the adoption of the amended Payment Services Directive (PSD2) that seeks to improve competition by opening payment markets to new entrants, thus fostering greater efficiency and cost-reduction.

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Why N26 Is Keeping Fraud Top Of Mind In The US Market

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Banks need to keep this requirement top of mind as they compete against other FIs in newer markets, however. It is thus imperative that those seeking to expand into new markets adjust their fraud protection strategies to better fit local customer needs. Bringing a global fraud approach to a new local market. operations.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Expands In Europe; Morningstar Makes Blockchain Plans For Debt Securities

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He is accused of setting up and operating Darkode, a black marketplace that operated between 2008 and 2013, as well as creating and deploying Mariposa, one of the largest botnets. And Samsung-backed Blocko is now in the UAE after it secured funding in Asia Pacific and Europe.

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Why Lowering SMBs’ Barriers To The Bond Market Can Boost Investors, Too

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The bond market, on the other hand, isn’t the most likely of places for an entrepreneur to seek financing. Typically seen as a low-risk, low-rewards instrument reserved for middle-market and large enterprises, corporate bonds offer the opportunity for businesses to remain private while raising money and diversifying debt.

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SEC’s Ripple Suit Shows Bumpy Road In Defining Crypto

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News came this week that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission has filed suit against Ripple over its XRP cryptocurrency. billion unregistered securities offering, and named CEO Brad Garlinghouse and Co-Founder Chris Larsen in the suit. Currencies are excluded from the statutory definition of a security.

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Bitcoin Daily: Luxembourg Passes Blockchain Bill; Overstock tZERO Volume Sluggish

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The company issued 26 million TZROP last August during its security token offering (STO). Those investors and others who likely lost their shirts in the last 6 months on crypto and maybe even traditional market investments are the ones selling now.”.

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The Security Threat Of T&E’s Rise To The Cloud

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New analysis from Global Market Firm finds a promising future for the cloud-based corporate travel and expense management industry. But the report, published this week, also suggests that data security could trip up the industry’s expansion this decade.

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