June 11, 2024 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Tandem Bank reveals that it has delivered a second year of profitability as increasing numbers of mainstream consumers choose the Bank to help reduce their carbon footprint while saving money. Tandem’s savings products are described as “a smart and secure home for savers’ money.” They… Read More

 Tagged banking, digital bank, tandem bank, uk, united kingdom

June 11, 2024 @ 6:45 am By Tony Zerucha  |  

AU10TIX, a provider of identity verification and management, this week released its Q1 2024 Global Identity Fraud Report. Drawing insights from millions of transactions processed around the globe from January to March 2024, the report uncovers significant trends in large-scale organized identity fraud. Most notably, the online gaming industry’s share… Read More

 Tagged au10tix, dan yerushalmi, fraud, gaming, payments

June 11, 2024 @ 6:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Conversational AI provider boost.ai announced Credit Union of Colorado and Desert Financial Credit Union (DFCU) as new customers alongside a partnership with Pindrop, industry participants focused on voice security solutions. The news reinforces the company’s continued growth in “the US market, following its recent launch… Read More

 Tagged ai, boost.ai, pindrop, security

June 10, 2024 @ 11:23 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Government in Australia reportedly introduced new consumer protection legislation for Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) that will see BNPL operators “regulated as consumer credit.” Most BNPL products are “not currently covered by the National Consumer Credit Act (Credit Act) meaning these providers are not… Read More

 Tagged australia, bnpl, buy now pay later, consumer credit

June 10, 2024 @ 7:45 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The FDIC has recently released a consent order made against a Tennessee banking institution as part of its publication of January 2024 Enforcement Decisions and Orders. The FDIC said that within 60 days of the effective date of the consent order, the banking institution needs… Read More

 Tagged banking, enforcement, fdic

June 10, 2024 @ 4:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Pathward, N.A., a national bank with 20 years of payments experience, announced the results of its research on executive perspectives on embedded finance – the integration of financial services into non-financial offerings. The survey of senior U.S. executives reveals that “while embedded finance is widely… Read More

 Tagged embedded finance, Pathward

June 10, 2024 @ 4:20 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Monex USA, a partner in global payment, corporate FX, and currency risk hedging services, announced plans to integrate with Payments Exchange from Fiserv (NYSE: FI), a global provider of payments and financial technology. This integration will allow financial institutions “that utilize Payments Exchange to work… Read More

 Tagged fiserv, monex, payments

June 10, 2024 @ 4:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule outlining the qualifications to become a recognized industry standard setting body, which can issue standards that companies can use “to help them comply with the CFPB’s upcoming Personal Financial Data Rights Rule.” The rule identifies the… Read More

 Tagged cfpb, consumer financial protection bureau, data rights, open banking

June 10, 2024 @ 2:22 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

NPCI International Payments Limited (NIPL) and the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) have announced a partnership to enable the deployment of a UPI-like real-time payments system in Peru. This collaboration marks a significant milestone, “making Peru the first country in South America to adopt… Read More

 Tagged international payments, NPCI, peru, upi

June 10, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Chris Hemsley announced his exit as Managing Director of the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR). Replacing Hemsley is Interim Managing Director David Geale, who takes over today (June 10th). The PSR said that Hemsley was leaving the agency to become a director with Fingleton,… Read More

 Tagged chris hemsley, david geale, payment systems regulator, payments, psr, the payments association, uk, united kingdom