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Top regulatory priorities for the payments sector

The Payments Association

Safeguarding customer funds The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has proposed significant changes to the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money firms. These changes aim to enhance consumer protection by ensuring that customer funds are adequately safeguarded.

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

The Payments Association

The FCA’s proposed safeguarding reforms for payments and e-money firms, aiming to enhance consumer protection and operational compliance. The reforms ensure robust safeguarding practices, bolster consumer trust, and address risks like fund shortfalls during insolvency. Why is it important? What’s next?

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What Regulatory and Compliance Issues Face Impact Platforms?

The Fintech Times

But I’m not so sure that these organisations are fully aware of the IRS regulations that have already begun to come into effect about additional reporting requirements for collecting over only $600 on these apps. “Adhering to stringent data protection laws is a primary challenge.

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5 Things Banks Should Know about the FDIC’s Recordkeeping Requirements Rule

Finovate

The purpose of this stipulation is to ensure consumers are able to access their funds without delays and to increase the reliability of custodial funds arrangements. Consumer protection and transparency Consumer protection is the underlying reason behind the new proposed rule.

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Extra time for payment service providers to investigate fraud

Neopay

Under the forthcoming legislation, PSPs will have the authority to delay outbound payments for up to four business days if there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud or dishonesty. This extends the current requirement, which mandates crediting the transaction amount to the payee’s account by the end of the next business day.

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The CFPB Sets Its Sights On Marketplace Lending

PYMNTS

The agency, she said, is using the rules on the biggest market participants “to really expand its supervisory authority, including over emerging lenders, and the statute allows for that.”. As of right now, marketplace lenders have no direct federal supervisor, though they are still subject to FTC and CFPB consumer protection laws.

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Can LLMs Do the Heavy Lifting When it Comes to Compliance?

Finovate

The newer regulations are more complex and reporting on them is more frequent. Compliance platforms of the past are not able to cope with these new kind of reporting requirements. As a private SaaS platform, our proprietary AI software addresses the newer compliance requirements with ease.