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Confirmation of Payee Might Not Stop Push Payment Fraud

FICO

Given the impact this type of fraud has on both victims and banks Pay.UK (previously known as the New Payment System Operator) has announced that from next year there will be a confirmation of payee service. This will allow those sending payments to check that the name on the account matches that of their intended recipient.

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Recital 34 of EU AML Regulation Must be Clarified or PIS Will be Left at Risk

The Fintech Times

The organisations looking for this clarification are the European Third Party Providers Association (ETPPA), the European Fintech Association (EFA), the Electronic Money Association (EMA) and the European Payment Institutions Federation (EPIF). To be clear, payers never get into the CDD scope of e.g

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PayPoint Appointed Open Banking Supplier to Central and Local Government

Fintech Finance

It has since launched numerous Open Banking products, including Confirmation of Payee (CoP), Payer Name Verification (PNV) and Account Information Services (AIS) solutions.

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50 Fintech Buzzwords Explained

M2P Fintech

eCheck eChecks are digital versions of physical checks, offering a secure and convenient method of payment initiated online through the user’s bank account. Push Payments Push payments are a type of electronic transaction where the payer actively initiates the transaction and sends funds directly to the payee.

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Why Accounts Receivable Is Warming Up To Digital Currency

PYMNTS

In many ways, the rise of crypto and digital currencies like Bitcoin aims to address some of these issues, empowering payers and payees with a way of bypassing the “middleman” of the inter-banking system for faster transaction speeds.

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When It Comes To Corporates, Faster Payments Aren’t Always About Speed

PYMNTS

At least, that’s according to a report from the EuroFinance Corporate Treasury Network published last month, which found less than half of corporate treasurers say having the ability to make a real-time payment is a priority. But as more FinServ players explore B2B payments use cases for faster payments initiatives, like the U.K.’s

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Real-Time Payments & Fraud – What Can be Done?

FICO

What Can the Industry & Real-Time Payments Schemes Do? There are systemic steps that can be taken to protect the payments infrastructure independent of the banks, including: Confirmation of payee. Schemes could look to integrate a “confirmation of payee” service into the real-time paymentsinitiation process.