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APAC Sees 23% Decline in Crypto Fraud

Fintech News

The report, based on Sumsubs internal identity verification and user activity data from 2023 and 2024, along with a survey of over 300 companies across the crypto, banking, payments, and e-commerce sectors, reveals that APAC was the only region to record a decline in crypto fraud in 2024, with fraud rates dropping from 2.6%

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Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act examined: A guide to avoiding failure-to-prevent fraud measures

The Payments Association

It highlights new corporate responsibilities, significant penalties for non-compliance, and the businesses need to implement strong fraud prevention measures to protect their financial and reputational standing. Due diligence : Ensuring employees and third parties adhere to anti-fraud policies. Why is it important?

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Mastercard Joins Forces With Buna to Tackle Cross Border Payments Challenges in MENA

The Fintech Times

Buna’s compliance program integrates rigorous anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CTF), and sanctions screening protocols both before and after settlement, offering real-time monitoring and thorough due diligence to safeguard financial transactions.

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Navigating RBI’s 2025 Gold Loan Directives with our Comprehensive Loan Management System

M2P Fintech

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has released the Draft Directi ves 2025 on Lending Against Gold Collateral, bringing a much-needed regulatory reset to a sector thats long operated in silos. Due diligence was inadequate, and end-use monitoring, especially for high-value or income-generating loans, was inconsistent or missing.

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Australia To Buy $1.4B In Non-Bank Small Business Loans

PYMNTS

The Australian government has announced a new initiative to support small business finance following a series of steps to crack down on bank mistreatment of SMBs. billion in small business loans from non-bank lenders to increase availability of working capital for the nation’s SMBs.

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Singapore Ramps Up Anti-Money Laundering Measures After S$3 Billion Bust

Fintech News

One major focus is on proactive prevention, where the IMC advocates for tighter regulations on corporate service providers and enhanced due diligence for non-financial sectors vulnerable to exploitation by money launderers.

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Mastercard Joins Buna, the Arab Regional Payment System

Fintech Finance

Buna’s compliance program integrates rigorous Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorism Financing (CTF), and sanctions screening protocols both before and after settlement, offering real-time monitoring and thorough due diligence to safeguard financial transactions.