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The Journey of Payments and Clearing Systems in India

Finextra

Indigenous Banking (Shroffs and Mahajans): Long before modern banks, India had a thriving indigenous banking system. Moneylenders, traders, and Shroffs (money changers and bankers) facilitated credit and remittances. They were crucial for financing trade routes within India and internationally.

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The Full List of Fintech Unicorns in Asia (2025)

Fintech News

The city is home to four fintech unicorns in Asia: HashKey Group, WeLab, Micro Connect, and ZA Group, each pushing the boundaries of digital finance in unique ways. The fintech unicorns in Asia are moving to reshape the very fabric of how people and businesses interact with money. billion insurtech Matrixport 1.05 billion payments Coda 2.5

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Hyperwallet Adds Visa Direct To Payout Methods

PYMNTS

21) the addition of Visa Direct , a real-time push-to-card payment solution, to Hyperwallet’s existing payout methods. payees to transfer their earnings onto an existing Visa debit card. Visa can also transfer funds to non-Visa branded debit cards. Visa Direct will allow U.S. in Q1 2017. in Q1 2017.

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Mastercard’s Incoming CEO’s Take On The Future Of Payments

PYMNTS

However, those trend lines soon gave way to growth in the early 2010s and beyond — driven by the digitization of commerce — with the card network’s revenue tripling in the last decade. So Mastercard is focused on identifying and pursuing those segments where there are opportunities beyond the card.”

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The Search for Payment Page Perfection

Segpay

You’ve likely noticed that acquirers are actively pushing back on allowing merchants to offer a negative option, upsell, or cross-sell on payment pages. The FTC is now enforcing negative option offers tied to the Restore Online Shoppers Confidence Act (ROSCA), enacted by Congress in 2010. What is a Negative Option?

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FinCEN Files Show Banks’ ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Battle Against KYC/AML

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21), Commerzbank recounted in a statement that the transactions detailed in the FinCEN files are “based entirely on reports made by Commerzbank to the responsible authorities, mainly in the period 2010 to 2016,” and that the bank had reached a settlement in 2015 to pay regulators about $1.5 In one example, reported on Monday (Sept.

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An Inside Look at the Wise Expansion Across Asia Pacific

Fintech News

Founded in 2010 and launched in 2011, the former TransferWise has grown to a team of over 5,000 people representing 125 nationalities across 11 global key locations. Wise has been making significant strides in the Asia Pacific region as it continues to revolutionise the way people and businesses move and manage money globally.