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What Impact Does Proposed U.S. Legislation on Authorized Fraud Liability Have on Banks?
Date: November 21, 2022
Jake Emry, Fraud Prevention Subject Matter Expert, NICE Actimize Social engineering scams are flourishing, putting a spotlight on the way unauthorized and authorized electronic transactions are interpreted under Regulation E (Reg. E), a regulation designed to protect consumers who use electronic methods to transfer funds. Currently, financial institutions (FIs) in the U.S. are facing increased...
The Inevitable Shift to Mcommerce in Emerging Economies
Date: November 16, 2022
By Arunabh Madhur, Regional VP & Head Business EMEA at SHAREit Group We live in a mobile-first world, where market penetration of smartphones and widespread use of mobile apps are rising exponentially. Reports estimate that the number of global smartphone users will continue to grow rapidly and hit 7.49 billion by 2025. The global pandemic has...
Regulation and Regulatory Compliance Are Critical if Africa Is to Reap the Rewards of Interoperability
Date: November 16, 2022
By Patrick Gutmann, Managing Director, MFS Africa Why should your geographic location limit your ability to send and receive money? Why should it affect your ability to buy goods and services from around the globe? And why should someone from Lagos or Kampala not have the same kind of access to global markets as someone...
The Need to Incorporate Banking APIs Into Your Technology Stack
Date: November 16, 2022
By Alistair Cotton, Co-founder & CEO of Integrated Finance There is a noticeable shift in the way consumers and businesses use financial technology. What started off as banknotes and physical ledgers, has evolved into decentralised currencies and payment transactions that can reach and clear on the other side of the world in an instant. Due...
Italy’s Intesa to Sell 654 Million Euro Stake in Payments Group Nexi
Date: November 15, 2022
By Valentina Za MILAN (Reuters) -Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo said on Monday it was selling its entire 5.1% stake in Nexi, in an effort to cash in on a recent rally in shares of the payments group. Intesa agreed to a 25-year partnership as part of the Italian bank’s 2020 sale of its retailers’ payments business...
Creating Financial Inclusion Through Cross-Border Payments
Date: November 14, 2022
Why is sending real-time, cross-border payments so complex? Interview From Cecilia Tamez, CSO of Dandelion, a Euronet company Legacy cross-border payments are slow, clunky, and lack transparency because the value-chain is disjointed. Nobody owns the experience end-to-end, which leads to low transparency and poor predictability for time and cost. SWIFT is used by banks as a...