The Bancorp announces release from consent order
Restrictions related to growth within The Bancorp’s Payments businesses are removed.
Compliance
First Data agrees to $40m FTC settlement
The money will be used to provide refunds to consumers who may have been harmed.
OP Financial chooses Finnish fintech Enfuce for turn-key PSD2 services
The services will help develop APIs alongside evolving regulations.
Four EU banking bodies request one-year delay to T2-T2S consolidation
The consolidation is due to be completed in November 2021.
New digital business models depend on agile and adaptive compliance processes
Flexibility, rhythm, and simplification are vital in helping institutions survive and thrive in this riskier world.
E-book: Are you using the best approach to verify customer identities?
Safely onboard more customers, supercharge your operations team, address identity AML & KYC compliance.
Banks investigate sales push linked to corporate loans
Barclays, Deutsche, HSBC and Santander among lenders conducting internal reviews.
UK SME lender B-North adds TruNarrative to its tech stack
The two have been working together since early 2019.
Morgan Stanley pays $5m fine for misleading investing clients
The bank’s retail “wrap fee” programmes incurred non-transparent charges.
UBS vies for Chinese digital bank licence
The rules are designed to ease foreign access to China’s financial market.
European Commission plans to plug gaps in AML and CTF rules
The EC wants to “shut down” any “loopholes” and remove any “weak links” in current rules.
Making a case for payment initiation services (PIS)
It’s a cheaper, faster & more secure method for online payments, so why aren’t PIS being more widely used?
White paper: The digitalisation of sell-side risk management
What are the latest trends in risk management for sell-side institutions and what shapes them?
Rocker and Enfuce sign Nordic card issuance partnership
Enfuce to supply Visa card issuing to Swedish neobank.
IBM, R3, Mastercard, and Accenture form Trust over IP Foundation
The group want to create a standard for a decentralised digital identity exchange.
Only the best wealth management CRM can meet today’s regulatory challenges
It is not possible to overplay the economic and reputational importance of compliance.
Webinar: Transform your customer experience with modern information management
Real-life examples of how FIs delivered value to customers, reduced technology costs & transformed their businesses.
IHS Markit acquires Singapore-based Catena Technologies
Previously a fintech consultancy, Catena was overhauled in 2014.
FCA extends SCA deadline for merchants by six months
The new timeline is 14 September 2021.
The old-school approach to risk management you need to dump right now
Data that is submitted manually for compliance in many cases can be erroneous.
KPMG’s Wirecard audit fails to verify payments processing profits
Six-month investigation into the German firm encounters stumbling blocks.
Revolut seeks help applying for UK banking licence & loses four more execs
Revolut’s goals remain the same, despite coronavirus.
Temenos rolls out its Financial Crime Mitigation tool on Microsoft Azure
“The cloud is a big investment for us, as we believe it’s the future.”
Monzo applies for US banking licence
Monzo applied to the US OCC for the licence on Monday.
Webinar: Getting reconciliation right in the ‘decade of data’
A blueprint for consolidating, automating and driving efficiency across reconciliation.
Israeli fintech BioCatch raises $145m in Series C
More than 40 financial institutions use BioCatch’s technology.
Certified liveness detection a must for FCA recommended customer selfies
How to comply with the legislation and ensure that appropriate safeguards and additional checks are in place.
Identity verification platform Onfido bags $100m from TPG
The start-up wants to create an alternative “identity verification” layer for the internet
HSBC reports money laundering breaches in Australia subsidiary
The breaches involved small amounts of cross-border foreign currency transactions.
The ABCs of eKYC
A how-to guide for online identity verification and eKYC.
Biometric authentication to continue gaining ground in next decade
It’s a known fact, but it’s worth repeating: your personal data is never safe.
Trustonic lands security deal with South Korea’s biggest bank
“KB Bank are taking a more open market approach,” says Trustonic.
Driving revenue through data privacy and compliance
Financial leaders can lay the foundation for turning data privacy into a revenue driver.
ECB calls for bank bonus moderation
The ECB will act against banks which don’t comply.
Poland’s KIR issues e-signatures with Cryptomathic
The release will push along deals otherwise on hold due to social distancing measures.
ABN Amro withstands $200m loss from margin call failure of one client
The loss is equivalent to almost 10% of the bank’s annual profits.
Coronavirus: FCA announcements round-up
We collated a round-up of these notices to assist our readers on COVID-19 updates.
FCA requests listed companies delay publishing preliminary financials
It highlights that this statement does not apply to AIM-listed companies.
UK auto-saving app Chip lands authorisation from FCA
The app has seen an influx of savers using its platform as of late.
ESMA delays SFTR implementation
The EU regulator acknowledges the business impact of COVID-19.
