PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

businesses has broadened growth opportunities and opened up new revenue streams, the banking and financial services space hasn’t quite caught up to the modern needs of U.S. An alternative to this payment strategy is to open up a bank account in each market in which a business operates. New Goals, Old Tech.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2019

No doubt by now most payments watchers are familiar with Libra , the Facebook plan to bring a new global cryptocurrency to market that seemingly seeks to do nothing less than upend global banking. In addition, she said, many of these merchants in non-European and non-U.S. markets seek to trade with one another. The Roadmap. “I

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

Danske Bank, Denmark’s largest bank, is being investigated over what has been termed “massive money laundering flows” from Russia and several former Soviet states. The probes are ongoing and relate to transactions tied to the bank’s Estonian branch — and focus on $150 million that made its way through accounts of non-Estonian holders.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2018

investigation into money laundering at Danske Bank ’s Estonia branch, shares of the bank have reached the lowest level in four years on Friday (October 5). and the bank is trying to comfort investors, Reuters reported. Danske Bank’s interim chief financial officer Morten Mosegaard noted that the U.S. Amid a U.S.

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The Fintech Times

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Wise is now also able to directly settle with the central bank of the Philippines, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ’ (BSP) real-time gross payment system , PhilPaSS Plus. Wise customers located in the Philippines moving funds from their Wise account to their local banks or e-wallets will also see the money arriving in under 20 seconds.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2017

Reports Wednesday (July 5) said the FSB released the results of a survey that found banks across the globe are reducing the number of correspondent banking relationships, used for cross-border payments, as they grow increasingly concerned about falling out of compliance with anti-money-laundering and other regulations.

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FICO

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

“There is clear evidence that economic and financial crimes are some of the fastest growing offences globally,” said Dr. Chiranjivi Nepal, governor, Nepal Rastra Bank. “In In Nepal, we can ill afford for these activities to drain our economy or to destroy business and banking confidence.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

That, according to the release, will encompass speeding up the payment process, cleaning up any possible potholes where fraud or non-compliance might occur, and making sure that “legitimate businesses obtain the loans they need.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The results come across hundreds of billions of dollars’ worth of payments each day, and across hundreds of financial institutions (FIs), with the roster including 60 of the largest banks in the world. Upon universal adoption, the thousands of banks joining the service will be able to offer same-day payments with full tracking.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Australian banking giant Westpac has agreed to a massive fine of $920 million ($1.3 The bank also failed to pass on information about the source of some of international funds transfers to other bank, or to keep records on where some of these transfers came from. million transactions totaling more than $7.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The fraudsters who hacked their way into the Bangladesh central bank two years ago got there by getting into software tied to the SWIFT financial platform. The Bangladesh Bank Hack. Phishers caught a big one — any way it’s sliced, $81 million is a big haul. The way they got there? The Methods.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2017

With increasing globalization, cross-border, or global, payments have become a very big piece of the banking business. The space is also a hotbed for competition as a number of non-banks are offering the multicurrency payment processing capabilities that businesses need more efficiently and at a better value than the big banks.

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Payment Savvy

JUNE 18, 2020

Fully known as the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication , it is a bank to bank payment instruction system. The SWIFT system can be used by money brokers, clearing systems, security broker-dealers, and even non-bank financial institutions, amongst others. It was a superior alternative to Telex.

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The Fintech Times

MARCH 14, 2024

Banks have dramatically reduced their hiring over the past 12 months following well-publicised restructuring across the sector last year. The app leverages open banking and Personetics’ AI-powered personalised engagement platform to increase the financial health and viability of small and medium-sized businesses. MillTechFX.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

China’s central bank, for instance, took steps last month to boost the efficiency of cross-border transactions involving Chinese parties by lengthening its clearing window time span. Individual jurisdictions around the globe are pressing for both faster and more efficient cross-border payments. In the U.S.,

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The Payments Association

MAY 16, 2025

Non-compliance could lead to regulatory enforcement by national authorities, as well as reputational harm and potential exclusion from EU markets. Legal issue/risk Next steps/action required Legal issue/risk: Merchants may be caught by evolving data privacy obligations or inadvertently rely on non-compliant partners.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Another show of support for blockchain-powered payments comes from Japan’s MUFG, though the bank declined to confirm the exact nature of its joint venture with human resources company Recruit Holdings. M10 Eyes Central Banks’ Rail Demands. MUFG’s Unconfirmed Digital Currency. It’s moving slowly.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2017

The company intends to bolster its small business banking service and boost banking services done over mobile, with the new wrinkle that those services will be provided across multiple currencies. Even while the bigger banks are encamping on the Continent, the smaller upstarts may be smelling opportunity. Time will tell.

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Evolve Payment

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In some situations, the nefarious hacker will replace the pay now button with a direct link to their bank account, all without a single notification to the customer or merchant. These new entrants and innovative solutions are challenging the dominance of traditional bank and card-based payment systems on a significant scale.

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Segpay

JUNE 13, 2024

Since its launch in July last year, about 700 banks and credit unions have joined the FedNow network, and this list is expected to grow as the Fed seeks 8,000 financial institutions. Accessibility: Available to all banks and credit unions. Interoperability: Designed to work alongside existing payment systems.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2018

Which means 15 minutes till the bank closes in New York, which means … gotta get it done now. But in the world of contextual banking , we’re likely a lot closer than we’ve been, even in a world where corporate payments still cross borders and move from bank to bank through what is largely a black box process. in England.

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Nanonets

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

ACH (Automated Clearing House) payments are electronic fund transfers that use the ACH network to move funds between bank accounts in the United States. A wire transfer is an electronic transfer of funds from one bank or credit union to another. This is why wire transfers are sometimes called "bank wires." What is ACH?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS , Ripple Senior Vice President of Business and Corporate Development Kahina Van Dyke explained why building new infrastructure from the ground up can be an effective way to combat friction in the legacy correspondent banking system that lacks transparency and is plagued by slow transaction speeds and high FX costs.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

law enforcement agencies are examining Danske Bank over what has been termed “massive money laundering flows” from Russia and several former Soviet states. Of those two banks, Deutsche had been handling wire transfers, acting as a correspondent bank. dollars that are directed to those banks. 14) that U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2017

The Bank/Blockchain Break-Ups. It’s been a rough week for the relationship between banks, bitcoin and the blockchain. Three major blockchain exchanges — Bitfinex, OKCoin and BTC-e — have all separately reported that they’ve been unable to process transactions in dollars as global banks are pulling out of high risk areas.

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