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The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) has published a new Information Supplement: PCI DSS Scoping and Segmentation Guidance for Modern Network Architectures. This document was produced by the 2023 Special Interest Group (SIG), the members of which provided their extensive payment security expertise and technical knowledge around best practices, guidance, and real-world scenarios for applying PCI DSS scoping and segmentation techniques in a variety of modern network architectures.
HSBC Holdings is reportedly considering a major overhaul of its operations, exploring the merger of its commercial and investment banking divisions, Bloomberg reports. This comes as new CEO Georges Elhedery explores plans to streamline operations by cutting layers of middle management This potential restructuring, spearheaded by Elhedery, aims to streamline the banking giant’s structure and eliminate redundancies, ultimately reducing costs.
Thunes , the Smart Superhighway for money movement around the world, is proud to welcome OJCS “Commercial Bank Kyrgyzstan” | MBANK as a Member of the Thunes Direct Global Network. This collaboration allows MBANK to connect businesses and individuals in Kyrgyzstan directly to over 7 billion mobile wallets and bank accounts around the world, to make payments in real-time in over 130 countries and 80 currencies in a faster, more convenient, and reliable way.
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Tokocrypto, a subsidiary of Binance , has obtained a Physical Crypto Asset Trader (PFAK) license from Indonesia’s Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency (Bappebti). The PFAK license allows Tokocrypto to officially operate as a physical crypto asset trader. Tokocrypto’s user base has surpassed 4.5 million this year, with its average monthly trading volume increasing by 138%, reflecting steady growth and trust in the platform.
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iOS 18.1: Developers will be able to offer NFC services that make use of the iPhone’s secure element Ten years ago today, the NFC industry collectively popped open the champagne to celebrate Apple’s launch — finally — of the first iPhone to include support for NFC. Now, a decade on, Apple has taken its first steps towards fully opening up access to the iPhone’s NFC functionality.
Fintech startup Finture , which operates the credit payment platform YUP , has secured US$30 million in its Series B funding round. The funding was led by Hong Kong’s MindWorks Capital, with participation from XVC, SWC Global, Richen Pioneer, and Antao Capital. The funds will be used to support the platform’s expansion across Southeast Asia and efforts to obtain a banking license in Indonesia.
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Judo Bank, Australia’s SME-focused challenger bank, has successfully transitioned its lending business to Thought Machine ‘s Vault Core platform, a cloud-native core banking system. This transition marks a major step in Judo Bank ’s efforts to modernise its operations with more flexible and scalable technology. The project began in 2023, following Judo Bank’s decision to partner with Thought Machine after a comprehensive search for a vendor capable of supporting its growth.
Speaker: Michael Veatch, Senior Director, Implementations & Ella Aguirre, Director of Solution Consulting
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Speaker: Benjamin Woll, Tiffany Spizzo, and Jaime Santos Alcón
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DailyPay , a worktech company and leading provider of earned wage access, is rebranding its “Friday by DailyPay Visa® Prepaid Card,” launching the ‘DailyPay Visa® Prepaid Card.’ The newly rebranded DailyPay Card adds additional capabilities to DailyPay’s existing suite of money movement services to help meet the needs of employees on their financial wellness journey.
Singapore’s Nium, a cross-border payments platform, has postponed its anticipated US initial public offering (IPO), shifting the timeline by more than a year to the end of 2026. Prajit Nanu Bloomberg reports that this allows Nium to focus on expanding its operations and strengthening its leadership, as revealed by co-founder and CEO Prajit Nanu. Originally slated for the second quarter of 2025, the decision to delay the IPO came after the company struggled to secure a new chief financial officer
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