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

The Payments Association

The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, specifically the “failure-to-prevent fraud” offence, and outlines how businesses can mitigate fraud risks. Compliance requires proactive fraud risk assessment, the implementation of preventive procedures, and a culture of accountability.

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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

Stax

The merchant underwriting process helps reduce fraud (including chargeback volume), ensures compliance with regulations, and protects financial stability in the payment processing space. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification.

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Future of Loan Management Systems: Predictions for the Next Decade, 2025-2035

M2P Fintech

Borrowers can now apply for loans, track progress, and make payments through digital platforms and mobile apps, eliminating the need for physical branches and banking hours. Smart Contracts: Self-executing agreements streamline loan distribution, repayment, and compliance, cutting costs and speeding up transactions.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks. Major risk factors for PayFacs include fraudulent transactions, merchant credit risk, regulatory compliance, and operational risks.

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Merchant-facing regulation: What merchants need to know in 2025

The Payments Association

The FCA’s final guidance, issued in April 2025, outlines “reasonable procedures,” including fraud risk assessments, internal controls, staff training, and governance oversight. Next steps/action required: Conduct a comprehensive fraud risk assessment across all channels and partners.

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How loan automation can improve loan origination and overall operational efficiency

Nanonets

A report by McKinsey states that by embracing digital lending processes, leading banks have brought down the “time to yes” from weeks to minutes, and “time to cash” from even longer to less than 24 hours. Manual compliance processes increase the risk of non-compliance and may result in costly fines or penalties.

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Financial Crime: Technology can Transform Compliance

FICO

In this excerpt from that article, Jürgen elaborates on the importance of compliance. . A partnership aimed at helping banks, payment providers and fintechs meet the ever stronger regulatory demands while reducing effort and expense. . What do you do? Why is it so hard? In the U.S.