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Decoding the FCA’s Safeguarding reforms: Practical steps for payments and E-money firms

The Payments Association

Central to these changes are new statutory trust requirements, more prescriptive record-keeping, reconciliation standards, and the mandate for external safeguarding audits. Safeguarding audits: Firms are required to arrange safeguarding audits to assess compliance with the rules.

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Rethinking how PSPs onboard network partners-counter party

The Payments Association

By embedding checks for frameworks such as WTR2, FATF, PSD2, and various national regulations early in the onboarding process, organisations can reduce manual intervention and improve audit readiness. Ready for global expansion: Multi-currency and payment localisation support legal access to different jurisdictions.

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PS25/12 – FCA Changes to the Safeguarding Regime for Payments and E-Money Firms

Finextra

Annual safeguarding audits for most firms, unless they hold under £100,000 in safeguarded funds. Fintech Application: Consider a fintech EMI that offers multi-currency accounts. In this case, the firm designs a bespoke reconciliation process that factors in settlement lags and currency conversion cut-offs.

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Finmo Launches MO AI to Simplify Global Treasury Operations

Fintech News

Designed for CFOs, controllers, and finance professionals, MO AI aims to improve the efficiency and accuracy of tasks such as cash management, forecasting, compliance, and reporting across multi-entity, multi-currency operations.

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Medius Launches Medius Payments to Fully Embed Payment Execution Into AP Automation

Fintech Finance

This breadth, combined with multi-currency and international capabilities, gives finance departments a consistent and compliant way to pay any supplier. Approval rules, fraud detection, and audit trails are embedded directly into the system.

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Credit Card Payment Integration: How to Integrate Payments into Your Website and Point of Sale

Stax

Some of the key features to look for in a provider are multi-channel support, reporting tools, and recurring billing capabilities. Here are five key features to look for when choosing a payment solution: Multi-channel support Its becoming increasingly rare for merchants to focus on only one channel for their business activities.

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How a Payment Consultant Helps Enterprises Optimize Payments Infrastructure, Operations, & Costs

Clearly Payments

Clearly Payments helps enterprises: Audit and map existing payment flows across systems, departments, and markets Design a modern, modular payments stack that supports both online and offline channels Integrate with new technologies , from tokenization to real-time payments and crypto Migrate legacy systems with minimal disruption Enable multi-currency (..)