Fintech News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Tencent, through its Singapore subsidiary Tencent SenseTech, ensures data localisation and offers technical support, prioritising data security and privacy compliance. The technology uses a dual-layer security approach that combines palm print and vein recognition, providing accuracy even in challenging lighting.

Enrollments

Fintech Review

APRIL 20, 2025

Cybertech refers to the suite of digital tools designed to secure networks, systems, and users from cyber threats. Whether protecting mobile banking apps or securing blockchain wallets, cybertech plays a foundational role. New features can be launched with confidence that systems will remain secure. What Is Cybertech?

Finance

Fintech News

JANUARY 9, 2025

The PoC represents the Immediate State phase of Project Garuda, an initiative designed to explore the application of distributed ledger technology (DLT) in creating a secure and efficient wholesale digital currency system. Smart contracts automated key processes, minimised human intervention, and enhanced transaction security.

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

Fintech News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Liink, a blockchain-based platform developed by Kinexys, facilitates secure and private information exchange among global institutions, including banks, credit unions, fintechs, and digital banks. This scalable network ensures streamlined payment processes while maintaining sovereignty, security, and privacy.

Cross-Border Payments

Fintech News

OCTOBER 28, 2024

In a separate use case, involving capital investment transactions between South Korea and Australia, it automated sanctions screening and conducted compliance checks for unlisted securities transactions for financial institutions. We are optimistic about the potential of these early results to enhance cross border payments.”

Cross-Border

Finextra

JUNE 13, 2025

While enterprise systems like ERP and CRM often have strong security protocols, these systems don’t operate in a vacuum. Why Traditional Defences Fall Short Historically, businesses have relied on layered security controls like encryption, firewalls, and access policies to protect payment information. That’s where the real risk lies.

Data Security

The Payments Association

JUNE 3, 2025

Usage patterns differ, technological approaches diverge, and key challengesfrom privacy concerns to merchant adoptionremain unresolved. In doing so, they risk missing the core innovation that digital money promises: the ability to transfer value directly, securely, and potentially without the need for intermediaries.

CBDC

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 24, 2024

AFAQ is a regional payment system provided by the Gulf Payments Company that aims to facilitate financial transfers in the local currencies of the Gulf countries instantly and at low rates with a high level of privacy and information security. “AFAQ” is set to transform how users engage with digital payments.

Cross-Border Payments

Payments Dive

JULY 28, 2025

By signing up to receive our newsletter, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Rather than assembling their stack through third-party integrations, they chose to build from the ground up, securing acquiring and banking licenses, developing their own platforms, and building compliance into the core of their operations.

Privacy

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 30, 2024

It’s more complex than domestic payments, as it requires a payment infrastructure that supports global payment options and multiple currencies while ensuring security and compliance with foreign regulations. Fraud Prevention and Security Cross-border transactions have higher fraud risks than domestic payments.

International Payments

Bank Automation

JANUARY 10, 2025

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a request for information today asking the public to comment on data privacy protections on digital payments. When people pay […] The post CFPB requests public comment on consumer privacy protections appeared first on Bank Automation News.

CFPB

The Fintech Times

MAY 10, 2025

It is about becoming part of the customers world, offering context-aware, proactive, and secure services. We have already started integrating post-quantum encryption standards to ensure our systems remain secure as these technologies evolve. “The future of banking goes beyond a customer interacting through a screen.

AI

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Mastercard, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) and Egyptian Banks Company (EBC), brings Apple Pay to users in Egypt, providing a safer, more secure and private way to pay in-store, in-app and online. Security and privacy are at the core of Apple Pay.

Visa

Fintech Review

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

For these businesses, securing a loan can be challenging, time-consuming, and costly. Fintechs are revolutionising payment solutions, offering SMEs accessible, secure, and flexible payment options that help them streamline transactions and expand their customer reach.

FinTech

The Payments Association

MARCH 19, 2025

According to Yaccarino, the partnership will allow for secure and instant funding to users X Wallet via Visa Direct, connecting to their debit cards and allowing for peer-to-peer payments. Digital wallets, also known as e-wallets, are digital applications that securely store payment details and enable users to make electronic transactions.

Digital Payments

Stax

APRIL 24, 2025

With a tone that mixed caution and optimism, he stressed how crucial transparency is, especially when it comes to data usage and privacy. “We need to make sure that we understand where our data is going so we can try to eliminate the privacy concerns and making sure that people aren’t training on our data.”

Fraud Detection

Clearly Payments

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Security Features : With advances in fraud protection, debit cards now offer a high level of security, contributing to their growing popularity. Growth Forecast : Mobile wallets are expected to grow by 15% annually , with nearly 5 billion users by 2025 , driven by smartphone proliferation and security advancements.

Online and Mobile Banking

The Payments Association

JUNE 16, 2025

It highlights major trade-offs in security, privacy, and policy that must be addressed before offline CBDC payments can scale. Simultaneously, it would entail trade-offs in security, user experience, and operational design that demand careful scrutiny across the industry. Why is it important? What’s next?

Settlement

The Finance Weekly

JANUARY 5, 2025

These chatbots enhance security and build customer trust by alerting users in real-time. It even adds a security layer with image-based identity verification, which is perfect for sensitive banking environments. High-level security standards (SOC2, GDPR compliant). Multilingual support (80+ languages).

AI

Finextra

JUNE 11, 2025

Future Outlook based on Government Policies and RBI Initiatives Indias future payment landscape will be shaped by a continued push towards digitization, financial inclusion, security, and internationalization, guided by the RBIs "Payments Vision 2025" and governments "Digital India" initiatives.

Financial Inclusion

Finextra

JUNE 12, 2025

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Privacy

Finextra

AUGUST 6, 2025

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Rules

Finextra

JULY 30, 2025

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ISO 20022

Open Banking Excellence

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Therefore cybersecurity, alongside digital ID and data governance and privacy, is a key pillar of our national digital transformation programme. The guiding standard is the Digital Architecture of Armenia, a Government approved approach that places interoperability, security, and high-quality service delivery as its core pillars.

Governance

Tearsheet

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

She further explains that PayPal maintains the same security and protections that merchants are accustomed to. ii) Privacy concerns: Using PYUSD involves blockchain tracking due to centralized control. This may raise concerns about user data privacy and transaction transparency.

PayPal

Fintech News

JUNE 10, 2025

Payments made via Click to Pay will use tokenisation, replacing card numbers with secure digital tokens. Transactions routed through eftpos will be processed domestically, which AP+ says helps meet Australia’s security, privacy, and data sovereignty standards.

Debit Card

Fintech Review

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Dubai, UAE, November 28th, 2024, Chainwire Serenity , a tech and blockchain solution provider, and IDEMIA Secure Transactions (IST), a global leader in payment and connectivity solutions, announced the launch of sAxess , a biometric security card to improve data access control, security, and recovery.

Security

Payments Dive

JUNE 12, 2025

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Privacy

Clearly Payments

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

For payment processors and financial institutions, however, understanding BINs is essential for smooth transaction processing, security, and even risk management. Security and Fraud Detection : The BIN can provide valuable data points that help prevent fraud. What is a Bank Identification Number (BIN)?

Process

The Payments Association

JULY 18, 2025

However, these integrations must be secure, seamless and widely accepted. Even the most privacy-preserving or sovereign wallet will struggle if it fails to match the usability of global competitors. Building trust: security and fraud prevention As digital wallets proliferate, security remains a top concern.

Payments

Clearly Payments

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Alternative Payment Methods (APMs) have become a big part of todays evolving fintech landscape, as consumers seek faster, more convenient, and secure ways to pay. Why It Matters : Digital wallets eliminate the need for physical cards, simplify transactions, and enhance security. In the U.S.,

Alternative Payment Methods

The Payments Association

DECEMBER 10, 2024

It highlights the urgent need for payments firms to address AI-driven fraud to protect financial security, maintain customer trust, and comply with regulations. Fraudsters are leveraging these advanced tools to enhance the sophistication and scale of their attacks, making it harder for traditional security measures to keep pace.

AI

Payments Dive

JUNE 30, 2025

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Card Services

Clearly Payments

JULY 23, 2025

Card networks like Visa and Mastercard are enforcing stricter standards, regulators are expanding privacy laws, and payment providers are under pressure to monitor merchant activity more closely. These are global rules designed to keep cardholder data secure. What merchants need to know in 2025: PCI DSS version 4.0

Compliance

Finextra

JULY 22, 2025

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API

Finextra

JUNE 26, 2025

But what’s often unclear is how to stay secure and compliant in a space that’s constantly changing. In this guide, you’ll understand what digital payment security is and what these regulations mean, how they impact your payment operations, and what you need to do to meet them. It pushes you to be more secure, transparent, and open.

PCI DSS

Fintech News

APRIL 23, 2025

In collaboration with Supermicro, NeuroWatt introduced NeuroBrick, a modular Tier 3 data center aimed at organisations with strict data privacy requirements, including government agencies and financial institutions.

AI