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Celebrating FinCrime Fighter Day: Honoring the heroes of financial security

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Say "thank you" this National FinCrime Fighter Day BSA professionals and financial crime fighters are tasked with the challenge of protecting our financial system daily. October 26 is National Financial Crime Fighter Day , and it’s the perfect time to pause and applaud everything these professionals do.

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Cross-Border Payment Efforts Look To The Blockchain And Beyond

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These shortcomings make the cross-border payment industry ripe for disruption and innovation. In reference to costs, the average global remittance (overall) cost stood at 7 percent as of Q4 2018 – 4 percent higher than the 3 percent target set in the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

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How To Build A Digital ID In Layers

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In perhaps the most sweeping example, the member states of the United Nations have embraced, as part of “sustainable development goals,” a target to “provide legal identity for all, including birth registration,” by 2030. An ambitious goal, to be sure, and one that the U.N.

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Grab Creates Accelerator For Vietnam Startups

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Grab Ventures Ignite will nurture and support promising Vietnamese startups in their journey to become national champions in Vietnam’s tech startup ecosystem, in line with the government’s national strategy to create 10 technology unicorns by 2030,” Grab said in a statement.

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 World Bank Sees DLT Potential For Cross-Border Transactions

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These shortcomings make the cross-border payment industry ripe for disruption and innovation. The average global remittance (overall) cost stood at 7 percent as of Q4 2018 — 4 percent higher than the 3 percent target set in the Sustainable Development Goals for 2030.

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Vocalink Brings Real-Time Payments To Saudi Arabia

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“Our partnership with Vocalink and IBM to enable instant payments between financial institutions, businesses and consumers will introduce innovative solutions that will benefit our society for generations.” ” Mastercard’s General Manager of Saudi Arabia & Bahrain J.K. .

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How A Subscription Nutrition Brand Aims To Help An Aging Population

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eCommerce innovators are offering plant-based nutrition beverages designed for baby boomers and their parents with the help of the subscription business model. The United Nations 2017 World Population Prospects found that 13 percent of the global population is over 60, and that figure is forecasted to rise to 16 percent by 2030.

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