PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Treasury’s difficulties getting relief money to individuals, has renewed calls for the government to accelerate its FedNow national real-time payments network, still not expected to be operational until at least 2023. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) disbursement fiasco, coupled with the U.S.

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Bobsguide

MAY 29, 2019

Payments markets are changing drastically, forced by the hand of national and regional regulators as well as a technological advances driving at an incredible pace. Banks and other financial institutions are sitting up to take note. Here, bobsguide speaks with Mohammed Kateeb, group chairman and.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that Europe is likely entering into the “acute” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic as nations scramble to quell the latest surge in infections. The approval is the second by European regulators, who greenlighted a vaccine developed by Pfizer and Germany’s BioNTech last month.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Sageworks consultants have hosted and spoken at roughly two dozen regional and national events and industry conferences attended by hundreds of banking and credit union executives, regulators and industry professionals. See upcoming regional and national events hosted or attended by Sageworks here.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Among the most recent headlines, in Asia this past week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), that Business Times said will boost partnerships on FinTech and financial services innovation. The banks have also agreed to share data on emerging markets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Making cross-border payments in the EU therefore requires interconnectivity between the regions’ various real-time payments rails. This marked the first real-time payments regulatory framework in the region that addressed all EU countries. Official guidelines and regulations can only go so far, however.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

The People’s Bank of China has announced new anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing regulations for online financial institutions (FIs). China isn’t the only region dealing with these issues. According to Reuters , the new rules — which take effect on Jan.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

In China, the battle of the regulators versus FinTech behemoth has seemingly been joined. . That delay came following controlling shareholder Jack Ma’s meeting with Chinese regulators. The regional bank manager is apt to rely on the calculations and computations of Ant above all else. . Tall Tree’ Worth a Second Look? .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

The EU regulators are set to release this data as part of their year-long investigation into potential barriers of the cross-border eCommerce ecosystem. That report is supposed to be released next week and will include details of the 28 nations in the EU. The final report is set for release early next year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

News came this week that a (virtual) meeting between regulators and Big Tech – which would center on draft proposals that might impact their very operations on the Continent –has been postponed briefly from Nov. For Big Tech, there’s just a hint of a bit of a reprieve in Europe. 24 to Dec 2. As noted by Yahoo!

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 17, 2024

We believe that this substantial number of regulated creditors has led to a more vibrant business climate, more access to capital, and higher economic competitiveness. We feel that the community bank industry consolidation is not explained by scale, regulation, or access to technology or employees.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. the region. The potential impact of the crisis on open banking’s future in the region is a different story, however.

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Bobsguide

OCTOBER 16, 2018

When the Financial Stability Board (FSB) published its guidelines to national and regional regulators to encourage greater oversight into financial markets, even they couldn’t foresee the deluge of rules and compliance requirements those regulators would begin to craft. In Europe, the most.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

Not only do regulations vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, but the consequences of non-compliance vary greatly, too. Efforts to promote fair competition and boost international trade could offer some relief eventually, especially as the nation aims to harmonize its regulations with those of the European Union.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

in particular, a cross-section of states that CEO Douglas Bystry says has its own unique demands and impacts on regional economies. But Clearinghouse CDFI can also offer interesting insight into the state of regulation of small business lending and how greater oversight may impact the SMEs that prop up their local communities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

The top court of the 28-nation bloc ruled the transfer of personal data to platforms in the U.S. Companies will have to choose between whether to move personal data to servers in Europe or stop doing business in the region. servers, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

If the European Union (EU) gets its way, the 27-nation bloc will have the power to split or force the sale of giant technology companies that threaten smaller rivals and their customers. Breton said regulators in Brussels are preparing a list of activities that tech companies would be required to eliminate.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Clearly there's regional saturation, which leads to consolidation.”. Lukies said that prior to the 2008 financial crisis, regulators and the like normally left banks to their own devices, as long as they didn’t mess it up so that people couldn’t pay their bills or go shopping. Banks Let Themselves Get Left Behind.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

“A central entity may be a central bank which regulates a monetary supply,” the company wrote. “A A central entity may maintain exclusive rights to create or destroy currency in a region such as a nation. A central entity may be associated with a government of such a region.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Data management is becoming an increasingly pressing concern for most financial institutions, as bank regulations continue to shift around the globe, according to new research. Regulation over data management is similarly a rising concern for banks, with 60 percent citing achieving data requirements as their top compliance hurdle.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Randal Quarles has warned global financial regulators that they must accelerate the creation of a framework for cryptocurrency and other forms of digital money, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2020

“Every bank is under the cosh of its national regulators, who in times of crisis show a huge home bias,” said Jan Pieter Krahnen, director of the Center for Financial Studies at the University of Frankfurt, according to FT. This heavily influences risk management and regional exposure, which comes at the expense of clients abroad.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to meet AML/KYC requirement challenges can be costly for FIs, too, with regulators issuing heavy fines for lax security practices or failure to devote sufficient resources to oversight.

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TheGuardian

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

A new report by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (Apra) found climate change could make banks more vulnerable to economic downturns as they face up to a threefold increase in lending losses by 2050, but that the system should be able to absorb the impact.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

The country was once a principal location for Wirecard's partner businesses in the region. Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra also said on Sunday (Nov. 8) that three immigration officials had been formally charged and suspended for 90 days last month over Marsalek's travel records.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Scrutiny of tech firms is spreading across the globe, hinting at broader regulations over privacy and, possibly, bigger tax bills. Together, we are 80 percent of the region,” Indonesian Communications Minister Rudiantara told the newswire. Reuters noted this past week that such approaches would take place through a unified effort.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

To that end, Bloomberg reported at least some financial regulators from the European Union say there need to be strict controls governing central bank digital currencies in place — and Libra (among other private efforts) may present a threat to financial stability. Central bank digital coins on the Continent – but plenty of room for cash.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

Even as some countries move away from physical currency in favor of more modern payment methods, demand in larger nations means the Asia-Pacific region is still clinging to cash. With China and India driving economic growth, countries in the Asia-Pacific region are estimated to spend some $8.1 trillion in cash payments in 2015.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. Opportunity, he noted, abounds.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

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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PYMNTS

APRIL 6, 2020

Based on information from six nations, with the inclusion of the U.K., regulators in Europe said on Monday (April 6) that Mastercard ’s plans to purchase a portion of Nets presents a sizable risk to competition on the continent. The European Commission said it had agreed to a request from the U.K., and the European Economic Area.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 22, 2019

Training is especially important for the BSA officer, who “is expected to be fully knowledgeable about the BSA and all related regulations,” as a recent Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis publication noted. One option that makes it easy for BSA officers to complete required training is to attend regional meetings. Ready to Attend?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Office of Foreign Assets Control stated in announcing the deal: "As a result of deficiencies related to BitGo’s sanctions compliance procedures, BitGo failed to prevent persons apparently located in the Crimea region of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria from using its non-custodial secure digital wallet management service. If the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Open Banking is making its rounds across the globe as regulators embrace financial services industry competition, and as financial services players — both banks and FinTech firms — recognize their market opportunities by embracing data sharing.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

Beyond the technological advances, of course, China’s push toward a digital economy comes as the government has also digitalized the national ID card, which must be wielded by every citizen over the age of 16. National efforts to issue digital IDs to everyone may be hallmarks of China and India. The Big Tech Effect.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) and merchants from other regions have been dipping their toes into the Chinese market, but open banking has compounded the difficulty involved in setting up operations. The country’s government and regulators are keeping pace with those in the European Union and the U.S. he remarked. “I

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