April, 2024

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Remote Work Business Continuity: Best Practices

VISTA InfoSec

Incorporating remote work among companies has been one of the developments in recent years. In fact, a staggering 98% of employees express their desire to have this kind of dynamic in their jobs. The shift is here to stay as more and more organizations are adopting it as part of their work culture because of its many advantages. This integration is essential as employers move forward with their business continuity plans.

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Fed seeks 8,000 financial institutions for FedNow

Payments Dive

About 700 financial institutions have connected to the Fed’s instant payment network since last July, with at least 1,000 more in the pipeline, a FedNow official said this week.

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Coffee with the Council Podcast: Help Shape the Future of Payment Security as a PCI SSC Participating Organization

PCI Security Standards

Welcome to our podcast series, Coffee with the Council. I'm Alicia Malone, Senior Manager of Public Relations for the PCI Security Standards Council. At our Community Meetings in 2022, the Council announced a significant change to its Participating Organization program. Today, I am joined by the Council's Senior Vice President of Education and Engagement, Mark Meissner who has been spearheading this effort, and is going to talk about some of these changes over the past couple of years, and how t

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UK Finance Taps R3 and Quant for Blockchain Prototype to Advance Digital Payments Infrastructure

The Fintech Times

The UK’s Regulated Liability Network has chosen R3 , a company specialising in enterprise distributed ledger technology and services, as well as Quant , a blockchain provider for finance, to develop the technology prototype for its experimental stage. This initiative, spearheaded by UK Finance and backed by EY , aims to advance regulatory solutions within the financial sector.

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eCommerce in 2025: How Customer Experience Drives Online Retail Success

Speaker: Jennifer Wright and Nick Barron

2025 is right around the corner, and with it comes a new wave of consumer expectations, competitive pressures, and operational challenges. Success lies in finding the balance between operational flexibility and creating experiences that keep customers coming back. The future of retail belongs to those who can stay ahead of shifting customer preferences and marketing trends. 🔮 In this session, we’ll dive deep into what it takes to keep customers engaged and your operations nimble, no matt

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Central banks embark on tokenisation project

Finextra

The Bank for International Settlements together with seven central banks is embarking on a major project to explore tokenisation of cross-border payments.

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UK Banks Urged to Act Now Ahead of New Cross-Border Payments Legislation ISO 20022 to Prevent Exclusion from International Payment Networks

Fintech Finance

With just over 18 months to go until the ISO 20022 compliance deadline, leading Quality Engineering company, Roq , is urging UK financial institutions to take the necessary measures now to finalise their plans and focus on the execution of a programme that is, by all published metrics, some way behind the curve. Failure to meet the date has major ramifications for individual organisations and perhaps the UK’s financial services sector in part or whole.

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Real-time consumer payments need standards to rise

Payments Dive

To make instant payments a reality for consumers, the payments industry must work together to develop a common framework for the transactions, top industry executives say.

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Citi focuses on streamlining, automation in Q1

Bank Automation

Citigroup is focused on simplifying its infrastructure and overall technology through automation and cloud migration as it upped tech spend 6% year over year to $2.2 billion in the first quarter.

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How Has AI Impacted the Embedded Finance Space in Recent Years?

The Fintech Times

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As the space rapidly develops, we look to highlight the latest developments, initiatives and challenges embedded finance has to offer and overcome across the globe. Artificial Intelligence (AI) has dominated discussion across all fintech sub-sectors for at least the last couple of years and continues to do so.

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National Bank of Iraq goes live with Temenos core banking and payments

Finextra

Temenos (SIX: TEMN) today announced that National Bank of Iraq (NBI), part of the Capital Bank Group, has successfully gone live with Temenos core banking and payments.

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7 Essential Criteria for Choosing the Right Payments Partner

Speaker: Brad Pinneke, VP of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms

In this webinar, Brad Pinneke, Vice President of Business Development at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, will dive into the 7 must-have criteria for evaluating payments partners, helping you maximize both efficiency and the long-term value of your investment. From assessing technology capabilities to leveraging business development opportunities, this session will give you a clear, actionable strategy to select the right partner for scaling your business.

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Bitkub to Pursue IPO in 2025, Targets Expansion in Southeast Asia

Fintech News

Thailand’s crypto exchange Bitkub Capital Group plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of 2025, aiming to expand its operations across Southeast Asia, particularly targeting emerging markets like Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. According to Nikkei Asia , this move is part of a strategic effort to establish a significant presence in regions currently underserved by major digital asset platforms.

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Inside LemFi’s play to be fintech to the Global South diaspora

TechCrunch Fintech

The African tech ecosystem, buffeted by huge potential but also lots of economic, political and social instabilities, is no stranger to major drama affecting even its most promising-looking startups. But recently, LemFi, the Nigeria-based fintech that provides money transfer services to African migrants, is shaping up as an example of a bounce-back — and a […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Gen Z clings to new payment tools

Payments Dive

Gen Zers will abandon a transaction in one out of two cases if their preferred payment method isn’t available, says an EY payments specialist, citing the firm’s survey results.

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JPMorgan CEO: 70% of applications to be cloud-native by yearend

Bank Automation

JPMorgan continues its cloud migration efforts as it works to move its applications and data to the cloud this year. “Getting our tech to the cloud. … It’s essential,” Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said today in his 2023 letter to shareholders. The $3.

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Enhance Customer Value: Unleash Your Data’s Potential

The complexity of financial data, the need for real-time insight, and the demand for user-friendly visualizations can seem daunting when it comes to analytics - but there is an easier way. With Logi Symphony, we aim to turn these challenges into opportunities. Our platform empowers you to seamlessly integrate advanced data analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting into your applications, transforming raw data into actionable insights.

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Unveiling the Future: Insights from Token2049 on Crypto, Web3 and the Evolution of Finance

The Fintech Times

The Fintech Times recently attended Token2049, the premier crypto event held annually in Dubai and Singapore where founders and executives of leading Web3 companies and projects meet, network and share their views on the industry. There were several opportunities for us to catch up with industry leaders throughout the event, to understand the overlap between the traditional financial services sector and this fast-expanding world of crypto.

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HSBC and PayPal tackle quantum-safe cryptography in payments

Finextra

HSBC and PayPal are among the founding member of a new working group investigating the adoption of quantum-safe cryptography in the payments industry.

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Celebrating Innovation: Announcing the Winners of the Beelievers Awards- London Edition

Chargebee

Chargebee’s London-based user conference, beelieve, hummed with excitement as it united trailblazers and innovators from the subscription and revenue growth sector. A standout moment was the “beelievers” awards, honoring visionary leaders and organizations shaping the subscription landscape’s future. Let’s explore the winners in each category, highlighting their exceptional contributions to efficiency, transformation, retention, revenue growth, and leadership.

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TransferGo raises $10M to expand its remittance business in Asia, doubling valuation

TechCrunch Fintech

TransferGo, the UK-based fintech best known as a consumer platform for global remittances, has raised a $10 million growth funding round from Taiwan-based investor Taiwania Capital, with a view to expanding in the Asia-Pacific region. It last raised a $50M Series C funding round in 2021. TransferGo claims the new investment doubles its valuation to […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Top Strategies to Future-Proof & Sustain Your Merchant Services Portfolio

Build a sustainable merchant services portfolio with practical strategies to ensure long-term success. Diversify across industries to spread risk and stabilize income, balancing high-risk and low-risk clients for a robust mix. Combine large and small merchants to create a resilient payment portfolio, leveraging each type's strengths. Foster long-term relationships through exceptional service and personalized support.

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How Amex is entangled in the Visa-Mastercard settlement

Payments Dive

The settlement gives merchants the ability to surcharge for nearly all Visa and Mastercard credit card transactions, and puts pressure on American Express to allow the same.

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Why JPMorgan’s chief data and analytics officer sits on operating committee

Bank Automation

JPMorgan Chase’s chief data and analytics officer sits within its operating committee to keep up with ongoing AI investment and implementation bankwide. Appointed in June 2023, Chief Data and Analytics Officer Teresa Heitsenrether serves on the $3.

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What Should We Expect to See From Embedded Finance in 2024?

The Fintech Times

This April, The Fintech Times is focusing on all things embedded finance, the integration of financial services into non-financial products and services. As the space rapidly develops, we look to highlight the latest developments, initiatives and challenges embedded finance has to offer and overcome across the globe. As time passes, consumers are seeing the number of embedded finance offerings increase across the wide range of products and services they use.

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Q1 sees almost 500 fintech deals

Finextra

There were nearly 500 fintech financing and M&A deals in the first quarter of 2024, with insurtech, crypto and blockchain proving hot areas, according to data from Royal Park Partners (RPP).

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Secrets of a Successful Sale: Optimizing Your Checkout Process

Speaker: David Nisbet, Everett Zufelt, and Michaela Weber

Once upon a time, in the vast realm of online commerce, there lived a humble checkout button overlooked by many. Yet, within its humble click lay the power to transform a mere visitor into a loyal customer. 🧐 💡 Getting checkout right can mark the difference between a successful sale and an abandoned cart, yet many businesses fail to make payments a part of their commerce strategy even when it has a direct impact on revenue.

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Laos and Brunei Joins ASEAN’s Initiative for Real-Time Cross Border Payments

Fintech News

The Central Bank of Brunei Darussalam (BDCB) and the Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) have formally joined the Regional Payment Connectivity (RPC) initiative. This expansion brings the number of ASEAN central banks involved in the RPC to eight, joining the ranks of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. The initiative, which began in late 2022, aims to make cross-border payments faster, more affordable, transparent, and inclusive, leveraging technologies like QR code-based

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Stripe, doubling down on embedded finance, de-couples payments from the rest of its stack

TechCrunch Fintech

Stripe continues to hold the title of being the biggest financial technology business still in private hands, with a current valuation of about $65 billion and a whopping $1 trillion in total processed payment volume last year alone. But fintech is fragmented and a fast-moving target, and with competitors chipping away at its place, Stripe is […] © 2024 TechCrunch.

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Visa, Mastercard CEOs throw hearing off track

Payments Dive

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin postponed a plan to call credit card chieftains on the capitol carpet at a Tuesday hearing, but he’s still aiming to get them to Washington.

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3 criteria for innovation at Citigroup

Bank Automation

Financial institutions are looking to new technology, growing their innovation teams and investing in AI and generative AI. Citigroup goes beyond the technology when starting innovation projects, looking to its clients and existing capabilities. When the $1.

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Loyalty 101: How To Turn Browsers Into Buyers For Lasting Engagement

Speaker: Shaunna Bruton, Danielle Wyllie, and Kailey Holmes

Say goodbye to one-size-fits-all retail, and say hello to experiences that keep your customers coming back for more! Customer loyalty isn’t just earned - it’s cultivated through meaningful engagement with the help of data. This webinar will take you behind the scenes of how top retailers turn customer data into personalized experiences that drive engagement and retention.

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The New PSTI Act is a Good Start, But do Smart Devices Still Need Better Protections?

The Fintech Times

Internet of Things (IoT) devices continue to increase in popularity across the globe. However, many have proven fallible to cybercriminals who are increasingly finding new ways to breach their security. In fact, in the UK, IoT malware attack volume increased by 163 per cent in 2022, compared to the previous year, cybersecurity firm Sonicwall revealed in its 2023 ‘Cyber Threat Report’ In response, in December 2022, the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act (PSTI A

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UK moves to experimentation phase of Regulated Liability Network

Finextra

The UK's biggest banks are pushing ahead with the experimentation phase of a Regulated Liability Network, a financial market infrastructure for programmable money operating on a multi-bank shared ledger.

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Thailand’s T2P Taps Wise Platform to Offer Global Money Transfers for DeepPocket Users

Fintech News

T2P Co., Ltd., a payment solution provider in Thailand, has announced a new partnership with Wise Platform, which provides infrastructure for banks and financial services. According to Wise , this alliance marks T2P as the first fintech in Thailand to offer international money transfers without exchange rate mark-ups or hidden fees through its e-wallet app – DeepPocket.

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Shepherd: How Stripe adapted Chronon to scale ML feature development

Stripe

This blog discusses the technical details of how we built Shepherd and how we are expanding the capabilities of Chronon to meet Stripe’s scale.

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Deliver Mission Critical Insights in Real Time with Data & Analytics

In the fast-moving manufacturing sector, delivering mission-critical data insights to empower your end users or customers can be a challenge. Traditional BI tools can be cumbersome and difficult to integrate - but it doesn't have to be this way. Logi Symphony offers a powerful and user-friendly solution, allowing you to seamlessly embed self-service analytics, generative AI, data visualization, and pixel-perfect reporting directly into your applications.