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Brazilian banks to block user resources for 72 hours if fraud is suspected
Central Bank of Brazil has announced that financial institutions that suspect fraud may block suspicious resources from a receiving user’s account for up to ...
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Global: Over 4 billion people now connected to mobile internet – GSMA report
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of the world’s population is now using the mobile internet. This is according to the global ...
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Switzerland’s Financial Regulator Approves First Ever Crypto Fund
Switzerland’s financial watchdog Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) on Wednesday approved the country’s first-ever dedicated crypto fund. The new crypto fund would be called the ...
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Central bank digital currencies can slash cross border payment time – BIS
The use of digital currencies backed by central banks would significantly reduce time and costs associated with making cross-border payments, according to a ...
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Acuant partners with Atala PRISM
Acuant, a US-based global Trusted Identity Platform, has partnered with Atala PRISM to eliminate bad actors and strengthen security by integrating fraud prevention and AML ...
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Federal Bank India and NPCI launch RuPay Signet credit card
India-based Federal Bank has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch the ‘Federal Bank RuPay Signet Contactless Credit Card’. The Federal Bank RuPay ...
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Veriff partners with SimpliFi to provide identity verification for instant card issuance
Identity verification provider Veriff has announced a partnerhsip with SimpliFi, a Cards-as-a-Service (CaaS) platform for MENA and Pakistan. The main goals of the agreement is to ...
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FINMA approves Swiss Prime Site Solutions as fund management company
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Finma) has approved the real estate asset manager Swiss Prime Site Solutions as a fund management company. This lays ...
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Eftpos granted government accreditation as private ID exchange operator
Eftpos, an Australia-based payments processor, has become an accredited non-government operator of a digital identity exchange under the federal government’s Trusted Digital Identity ...
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Ascend Money becomes first fintech unicorn in Thailand
Ascend Money lands $150 million in funding from US-based Bow Wave Capital Management, Thai conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group, and Ant Group A noticeable ...