The Payments Association

JUNE 16, 2025

The experiment was carried out in partnership with Thales, Secretarium, and Consult Hyperion, demonstrating both the technical plausibility and the layered complexities of enabling a central bank digital currency (CBDC) to function without internet connectivity. For payments leaders, the findings are not simply a technical footnote.

Settlement

The Fintech Times

JULY 29, 2025

This unique regulatory status enables Clear Junction to provide one of the most secure and compliant digital asset solutions currently available. The launch comes at a time when the convergence of fiat and digital currency systems is accelerating globally.

Stablecoins

Finextra

JUNE 25, 2025

What Ukrainian Banks Should Do Now Dont wait - start adapting processes to European standards now Invest in compliance - AML/KYC procedures will become critically important Prepare teams - specialists in European regulation will be needed Develop automated currency control systems for SEPA operations This is an important step, but not a revolution.

FinTech

Finovate

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

.” The partnership between Fenergo and Boerse Stuttgart Digital will speed the onboarding of banks, brokers, and asset managers ready to launch their own cryptocurrency and digital asset offerings. ” Headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, Fenergo made its Finovate debut at FinovateEurope 2012 in London.

Blockchain

The Payments Association

JULY 18, 2025

Across the EU, operational resilience, real-time payments, and the steady rollout of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) are redefining compliance baselines for digital finance. Globally, preparations for central bank digital currencies and evolving open finance frameworks signal longer-term structural change.

Regulations

Finextra

JULY 27, 2025

Integration Bus: Connects ERP/TMS, SWIFT gateways, AML/KYC services, and tax authorities and translating between token events and legacy formats. Smart-Contract Engine: No code UI for corporates to define conditional workflows (e.g., "if invoice approved and ESG score > 80 then release payment").

CBDC

Finovate

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

In India, while cash payments still account for 60% of consumer expenditure, digital payments have doubled in the past three years. CBDCs are more relevant than ever According to the report, “More than 90% of central banks are pursuing or considering central bank digital currency (CBDC) projects, and more than 30 have rolled out pilots.”

Payments Trends

Finovate

AUGUST 1, 2025

Companies also must comply with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CTF) regulations as well as maintain obligatory risk management, disclosure, and auditing standards. Founded in 2020, RD Technologies provides technology to help bridge the Web2 and Web3 worlds.

Stablecoins

Payments Dive

JULY 10, 2025

Deep Dive Opinion Library Events Press Releases Topics Sign up Search Sign up Search Retail Banking Restaurants Regulations & Policy Risk Technology B2B An article from Dive Brief Wise to reform AML oversight The money transfer firm will pay $4.2 arm of the British money transfer firm Wise has agreed to pay $4.2 By Caitlin Mullen • Aug.

AML

Finextra

JUNE 27, 2025

26 June Nikunj Gundaniya Product manager at Digipay.guru Understanding PCI DSS, PSD2, and AML in Payment Processing: A Practical Guide 26 June Now Hiring All companies Welcome to Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services.

AI

The Paypers

JUNE 25, 2025

The FATF also strengthened its Recommendation 1 earlier in 2025 to encourage countries to promote financial inclusion and to reinforce the expectation that AML, CFT, and CPF controls have to be implemented through a proportionate and risk-based process.

Financial Inclusion

Finextra

JUNE 27, 2025

26 June Nikunj Gundaniya Product manager at Digipay.guru Understanding PCI DSS, PSD2, and AML in Payment Processing: A Practical Guide 26 June Now Hiring All companies Welcome to Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services.

AI

Payments Source

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Other central banks have considered phasing out cash as they explore digital currencies. Should the idea take hold in the U.S., Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said it would not replace the physical dollar.

Digital Currency

Clearly Payments

AUGUST 29, 2024

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have received attention in recent years as central banks worldwide explore the potential to evolve the way we conduct financial transactions. With the rise of digital payments, cryptocurrencies, and fintech innovations, CBDCs represent a new frontier in the evolution of money.

Central Bank

PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Tom Lee, head of research at Fundstrat Global Advisors , noted that bitcoin has had a tough time because it couldn’t separate itself from smaller digital currencies during last year’s massive sell-off. In other news, bitcoin prices fell again on Monday (Jan. 28) to $3,443, its lowest level since mid-December.

Digital Currency

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

CipherTrace noted in a report that digital currency theft has nearly topped $1 billion over the first three quarters of the year at $927 million, Reuters reported. The organization noted that digital currencies are not an effective store of value, unit of account or payment means.

Digital Currency

Fintech News

APRIL 10, 2024

These efforts cover a comprehensive range of regulatory concerns, including but not limited to licensing requirements, reserve asset management, redemption rights, capital adequacy, consumer protection, and compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CFT) guidelines.

Stablecoins

Fintech Finance

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

MoonPay is pleased to announce that MoonPay is registered with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) to provide digital currency exchange services in Australia. This will help MoonPay establish local payment processing relationships across the country and consequently enable Australian payment methods.

Alternative Payment Methods

Fintech News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

SC Ventures, the innovation, fintech investment, and ventures arm of Standard Chartered, and Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) successfully completed a proof-of-concept (PoC) on the Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN). Central Bank Digital Currencies must therefore be able to work together quickly, easily and securely across national borders.

CBDC

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

PYMNTS December 2020 AML/KYC Tracker® done in collaboration with Trulioo probes the heightened fraud climate accompanying the mobile-digital shift, zeroing in on key aspects of prevailing in the digital fraud wars. This distrust is reflected in usage rates among businesses,” 23 percent of which don’t use automated AML processes.

Money Laundering

Fintech News

JANUARY 30, 2024

Other payment trends in Asia preceding 2024 including the rise of B2B buy now pay later (BNPL), growing prominence of central bank digital currency (CBDC), and prevalence of composable, cloud-based ‘as-a-Service’ IT architecture models have helped shape much of what we anticipate for 2024.

Payments Trends

Fintech News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

The platform also enables fast customer onboarding, tokenization, diverse payment and transfer options, and comprehensive financial management tools including dispute and risk management, omnichannel management, anti-money laundering (AML), fraud prevention, and integration with both fiat and digital currencies, among others.

Digital Currency

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). Following scandals at several European lenders, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced last month that it wants the European Union (EU) to step up enforcement of AML rules.

Central Bank

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

With regulations surrounding digital currencies still in flux from one market to the next, compliance remains one of the most challenging obstacles for both crypto firms and banking providers to overcome. As Karalevi? . ” Contributing To The Payments Ecosystem.

Cryptocurrency

PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2018

DMG Blockchain Solutions announced a new tool for crypto exchanges and enterprise payment platforms that facilitate cryptocurrency transactions aimed at enabling anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-fraud capabilities for users. Regulatory compliance for crypto exchanges is an emerging focus for industry players.

AML

PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

CoDi also helps broaden the financial ecosystem itself, said Diaz, as account openings are streamlined (lower-tiered accounts and small retail-focused transactions need not have the same AML/KYC scrutiny that would be in place with larger payments, he said).

Central Bank

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

EMTECH is rolling out its new Modern Central Bank Sandbox, which will help to streamline regulatory reviews and test central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), a press release says. The platform will also help central banks that want to collaborate with innovators on new technology.

Central Bank

Fintech News

MAY 22, 2024

Arctic Intelligence is trusted by a wide range of financial services organizations, from SMEs to multinational corporations, across various industry sectors including banking, insurance, credit unions, foreign exchange (FX), money remittance, digital currencies, wealth and asset management, and gaming.

Financial Crimes

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Compliance failures are prevalent worldwide: Approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance between 2008 and 2018. These currencies typically provide anonymity and quick international transactions, features that can facilitate money laundering and terrorist financing.

Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)

PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

Weber was most recently head of Financial Crime Prevention for the Americas at UBS, spearheading all facets of sanctions, BSA and AML compliance. He led a team of more than 3,500 while there, managing complicated financial crime probes involving digital currency, among other matters. dollar and Euro.

Bitcoin

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Morgan Andres Betancourt, Vice President, AML Sanctions Canada & International Advisory at PNC Bank Andrew Eichel, VP of Payments & Compliance at Lotto.com Inc. Lisa Lechner, Chief Compliance Officer at SpotOn Matt Shustrin, CCO (Chief Compliance Officer), BSA/AMLOfficer, Sr.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

While the pandemic has accelerated the use of digital payments in general, the broader market’s understanding and embrace of the scale of digital currencies (Voyager currently facilitates 50 on its platform) remains quite slim. Establishing Trust And Confidence.

Treasury

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

The IRS has been trying to combat cryptocurrency tax evasion, and the agency has been working on establishing more concrete guidelines for digital currencies. The attack comes just days after the first one, which claimed over $350,000 worth of digital currency from the bank.

IRS

Fintech News

JULY 3, 2024

In the heart of Southeast Asia, a small island nation is making giant strides in digital currencies. percent of its population owning digital assets, the city-state isn’t just participating in the crypto revolution—it’s leading it.

Financial Literacy

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In July, reports in the Financial Times said Switzerland is working to open the nation’s traditional corporate banking market to cryptocurrency companies finding it difficult to get banked, thanks to fears over anti-money laundering (AML) violations and other compliance issues. “Time is pressing,” he said.

Cryptocurrency

The Payments Association

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The flaws in prevailing central bank digital currency (CBDC) designs and suggestions for improving them. These design flaws could undermine efforts to create a public digital payments system for the future economy. What is this article about? Why is it important? What’s next? But the damage was done.

Privacy

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

31, focuses on anti-money laundering (AML) practices and countering financing terrorism (CFT). The ministry’s AML and CFT policies incorporate the suggested policies set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will be monitored by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF).

CBDC