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

The Payments Association

The immediate safeguarding of funds could strain liquidity for smaller firms, requiring adjustments to workflows and potentially increasing reliance on credit facilities. Statutory trusts, while beneficial for legal clarity, may prolong insolvency proceedings and introduce additional legal complexities, especially for cross-border operations.

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MoneyGram Teams With Visa Direct, Checkout.com To Advance P2P Payments

PYMNTS

In 2019, MoneyGram was the first company in the industry to enable cross-border transfers from the U.S. MoneyGram’s cross-border P2P and money transfer capabilities give people the ability to send money to more than 200 countries and territories. using Visa Direct. MoneyGram is in favor of a proposal by U.S.

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Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration

PYMNTS

FinTechs, too, face growing scrutiny among regulators and struggle with data sharing requirements that, if unmet, can shut a company down. Just ask Sergiy Barybin, CEO of Lithuanian cross-border payments technology company SatchelPay.

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Real-Time Payments Driving Real-Time Liquidity: Deutsche Bank

PYMNTS

A new report from Deutsche Bank said this industry path is guiding banks and corporates to a new destination: real-time treasury. The report also predicted further changes in banks’ intraday liquidity reporting requirements, highlighting the need for industry standardization.

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Regulatory Challenges in Cryptocurrency Taxation Across Different Jurisdictions

Fintech Review

Each country has the discretion to establish its own rules for taxes, leading to discrepancies across borders. These differences in taxation rates create significant challenges for taxpayers moving across borders within the EU. Global inconsistency in taxation rules also poses significant challenges.

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Project Savannah, a Blueprint to Simplify ESG Integration for Small Businesses

Fintech News

The project’s development of basic ESG digital credentials for MSMEs seeks to promote green inclusion, improving access to green financing and opportunities in cross-border supply chains.

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Online Sales Tax’s ‘Pivotal,’ Post-Wayfair 2019 — And What Lies Ahead

PYMNTS

Georgia stands ready to lower its remote seller sales threshold and eliminate some reporting requirements as of January 2020. Cross Border Complexity. Cross-border commerce, said Armbruester, is slated to be as much as 15 percent of the online retail market. “We Firms that are based in the U.S.

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