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Token.io Receives Strategic Investment from HSBC

Finovate

Purchasers are given a request for pre-populated payments and, once the payment is authorized, the seller is granted an “instant and irrevocable credit” to their account. The technology enables businesses to connect their checkout pages with online apps or mobile platforms used by customers. “Our investment in Token.io

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Clearing Up Instant Payments No ‘Stop Payment’ Confusion

PYMNTS

Consumers love the opportunity to get paid instantly when they can. But with innovation comes risk — and anything that consumers use will always attract fraudsters looking to steal a cut of the action. . There is nothing Venmo can do to stop a consumer from willingly sending their money to a crook,” Edwards said. .

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Will Real-Time Payments Increase Financial Crime in the USA?

FICO

For many consumers and businesses, the ability to quickly send money directly from their bank account is a win in terms of convenience, but it isn’t without risk, when it comes to fraud and other types of financial crime. Authorized push payment frauds rely on creating a sense of urgency that pushes victims to act before thinking.

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HSBC Debuts Open Payments Platform For eCommerce As Alternative To Debit, Credit

PYMNTS

Then the purchaser is given a request for pre-populated payments, and upon authorization, an "instant and irrevocable credit" is applied to the seller's account. The HSBC Open Payments application will let businesses connect their checkout pages with the customers' online apps or app-based mobile platform.

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Offline settlements with a digital pound: Lessons from the BoE’s report

The Payments Association

If implemented, offline CBDC capability could introduce new consumer behaviours, shift merchant requirements, and alter the economics of digital payment acceptance. Key policy questions remain unresolved, including liability, privacy, and consumer demand. For payments leaders, the findings are not simply a technical footnote.

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How Fraud Changes in the World of Real-Time Payments

FICO

In February 2018 Australia launched their New Payments Platform for use by consumers. The new real-time payment schemes, whether used directly or as the rails for e-wallets and person-to-person payments, are cleared instantly and are irrevocable.

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Retail Payments Fraud: How Consumers and Banks Can Fight Back

FICO

There’s a lot going on in the retail payments space – defined as transactions between two consumers, between consumers and businesses, or between two businesses. Other changes are centered on the challenges of bank and ATM closures limiting consumer access to cash. With any change, fraud comes hand-in-hand.