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What You Need to Know about Singapore’s Upcoming Shared Responsibility Framework

Fintech News

Entities and Types of Scams Covered Under the Shared Responsibility Framework The SRF applies to all full banks, major payment service providers (PSPs), and telcos with major roles in safeguarding consumers’ financial and communication activities. Telcos’ Duties Telcos play a key role in securing SMS channels used in digital banking.

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Encryption vs. Tokenization for Banking and Payment Professionals

Fi911

Data protection is a top priority in banking and payment systems, where sensitive information such as cardholder details and personal data are frequently exchanged. Ideal for secure communications, such as internet banking or email encryption. Example algorithm: RSA (Rivest-Shamir-Adleman).

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CFPB: Santander Must Pay $4.75 Million For Credit Reporting Violations

PYMNTS

Santander is an originator and servicer of non-prime auto loans and leases and provides credit information to CRAs via monthly data files, according to the CFPB release. According to the release, Santander allegedly knew that it provided incorrect consumer data to the three major credit reporting agencies (CRAs).

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Singapore Continues Suspension to Safeguard Remittances to China

Fintech News

This suspension, now extended until 30 September 2024, pertains to the use of non-approved channels by remittance companies for transferring funds to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Since the original suspension on 1 January 2024, there have been no further reports of such incidents.

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From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing

The Payments Association

From open banking to open finance and beyond: The future of financial data-sharing March 18 2025 by Payments Intelligence LinkedIn Email X WhatsApp What is this article about? The evolution of open banking into open finance, examining regional regulatory approaches and adoption trends. Why is it important?

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Capitalise Teams Up with Plaid

Finovate

The collaboration integrates Plaid’s open banking services with Capitalise’s Instant Offers to simplify and streamline small business funding. The partnership is designed to simplify business funding, leveraging Open Banking to offer pre-approvals to 150,000 small businesses. are embracing open banking technology.

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LTA Postpones SimplyGo Adoption, Commits S$40 Million to Maintain EZ-link Systems

Fintech News

This decision marks a shift from the original plan to phase out these systems in 2024. The delay follows shortly after LTA’s announcement that non-upgraded Nets FlashPay and Ez-link cards would be obsolete for public transport payments starting June 1. It also supports the use of contactless bank cards for transit payments.

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