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HMT confirms introduction of new financial promotions gateway

On 22 June 2021, HM Treasury (HMT) confirmed that it will take forward legislation to introduce a gateway for the approval of financial promotions of unauthorised persons. Once the gateway is in place, only firms which have successfully applied to the FCA to approve financial promotions will be permitted to approve the financial promotions of unauthorised persons.

Compliance with regulatory requirements regarding the approval of financial promotions has been a recent supervisory concern for the FCA, especially in circumstances where the products being marketed are complex and targeted at the retail market, and the FCA has issued a number of letters and publications setting out concerns and guidance for authorised firms approving financial promotions

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Finally, a real alternative to cards

For e-commerce and contact centre payments, cards have been the only payment option but are costly to businesses and increasingly difficult to use for consumers. Open banking regulation and technologies has created new options for businesses

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Paysafe streamlines US SMB payments with SimplyPayMe

We are extremely proud to announce our expansion to the United States with Paysafe Group & Mastercard as a partner of their Digital Doors program.

SimplyPayMe will from now on empower & enable American SMBs by allowing them flexibility in getting paid and the ease of running their business, all within one single application.

We are also working with banks and digital partners to help them serve their SMBs better, giving them the option to offer SimplyPayMe as a value-added service or as a white label.

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The rise and evolution of embedded finance

Demand for cash injections from alternative finance providers shows no signs of abating, as such, lenders must embrace innovation to improve their business finance offering. Read @Currencycloud’s blog to discover how APIs are the future of invoice finance. https://bit.ly/3wEqwCr

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Report: True Cost of Failed Payments

This 2021 report summarises a survey taken by over 200 payments professionals across the banking, financial, fintech and corporate sectors. It provides an overview of the payments landscape, explores the key findings, and provides insight into the various elements that had an impact on failed payments throughout 2020.

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PSD2: Enabled but not yet excelling

PSD2 is a hot topic for the UK market. How can we tackle it?
We take a look at challenges and solutions for the UK payment ecosystem in complying with PSD2 requirements.
With PSD2 now live in most European countries, being 5 months past the December 31, 2020 deadline, the UK is next, as the deadline for March 2022 is approaching. In order for the cardholder and merchant to properly adopt additional authentication without abandoning the transaction, the main focus is eliminating as much friction as possible. Testing data¹ from merchants such as Amazon, Google and Microsoft has shown that although Strong Customer Authentication has been enabled for most of the UK ecosystem, it is still grappling with several issues. Examples of this are relying on Risk Based Authentication for lower challenge rates, issuer readiness on latest protocols, issuer latency and lastly confusion on what exemptions to properly utilize.

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5 THINGS FRAUD FIGHTERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ONLINE FRAUD RIGHT NOW

– Introduction
– Poor hygiene & Persistent threats – ‘perfect storm’ of online fraud
– Customers expect Banks to Know Your User
– Fraud Fighting Collective – Fraud Fusion Centers
– Overwhelmed with Alerts, Automation is key
– Clear ‘risk calculation’ – Frictionless First
– No silver bullet – but there are best practices

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USING BIONICIDS TO STOP IMPERSONATION AND MANIPULATION ATTACKS

– Introduction
– What is BionicID™ analysis best suited for?
– Does BionicID™ data collection or analysis impact the user experience?
– Does BionicID™ data collection/analysis comply with SCA/PSD2?
– Does BionicID™ data collection/analysis (behavioral biometric digital identity) comply with GDPR?

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WHAT IS BEHAVIORAL BIOMETRIC ANALYSIS?

– Introduction
– Physical vs. Behavioral Biometrics
– What is a BionicID™
– What makes Revelock’s BionicID™ solution unique in fraud prevention?
– What makes Revelock’s BionicID™ more accurate than other behavioral biometric solutions?

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Banking-as-a-Service in 2021: the SCA Dilemma

Banking as a Service (BaaS) refers to the services and tools that allow financial institutions to adapt to the current digital banking shift. BaaS providers are the ones that build the web and mobile applications for these institutions so that customers may access their accounts digitally. But has this environment changed since the release of PSD2? Absolutely – let’s take a look.

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Are you ready for the future of payments?

This guide takes you through some of the innovations and trends taking place in payments, including how different sectors responded to the challenges of Covid-19; why business-to-business payments are ripe for innovation and changes in regulatory landscape that will impact payments in the future.

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Payment Trend Updates for June 2021

Okay is mainly concerned about security and Strong Customer Authentication. However, that doesn’t prevent us from taking part in industry conferences or being a member of industry groups. In this blog, we take a look at a few of the hot topics that have been on the discussion table over the past year, with some insight as to where they may be headed.

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Why go back if we could go forward? Post-Pandemic Sustainability Opportunities for the Finance Industry

It is important to remember that even before COVID-19, the planet was in a state of emergency. So with the finance industry focusing on recovery, resilience, and longevity as we come out of lockdown, should sustainability and the environment be top of the agenda as well?

In this article, we break down the post-pandemic sustainability opportunities for the finance industry and speak to our partner ecolytiq about why the best time to focus on climate change was yesterday.

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Contis launches banking division with appointment of former Lloyds MD

Award-winning Banking-as-a-Service platform, Contis, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Lyons as Managing Director of Banking Solutions. Andy brings a wealth of experience in retail and corporate banking to boost Contis’ banking division and cement its position as the European leader in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS).

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Reviewing Access Control Server Integration for SCA

In order to receive 3D Secure messages, process said messages, and authenticate card users, issuing banks must deploy Access Control Servers (ACS). To ensure that transaction integrity is never compromised, the Okay software works in parallel to prevent attacks and protect user information during confidential transactions. The process looks a little something like this:

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3 Tips to Finding the Perfect Payment Technology Partnership

Sam Head of Currencycloud shares his top 3 recommendations on what to look for in the right partner for your strategic, long-term journey to borderless transactions. 

He covers the pros and cons on a bundled solution, the idea of future proofing your partner choices for business growth ambitions, the important considerations involved in the costs as well as owning the customer experience.

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Managing Chargebacks Out Of Your Business

Transact365 is more than a gateway. It is a methodology platform that has been designed to operate as a technical consultancy business, lending our years of experience and knowledge whilst building on new and exciting technology that can zero out fraud.

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How embedded finance is bringing innovation to the lending industry

Embedded finance is making waves in the lending industry by challenging the status quo – giving rise to a new breed of Fintech provider: the Lendtech.
While the goal of Lendtechs is not necessarily to compete directly with incumbent financial institutions on their turf, embedded finance – and subsequent embedded lending – has dented their market share. These legacy providers now have a choice: stick to what they know or embrace the opportunities embedded finance creates for their products and services by working in partnership with Lendtechs.

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The benefits of starting a card programme for your customers

With more and more fintech start-ups cropping up with shiny new card programmes, it’d be all too easy to assume launching one yourself would be counterproductive. But owning a card programme comes with a whole host of benefits, regardless of the competition, and it’s never been easier to launch one. Discover the benefits of starting a card programme for your customers in Moorwand’s payment guide.

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How Could Digital Currency Work?

The Bank of England and the UK Treasury have announced a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Taskforce to coordinate the exploration of a potential British CBDC. But how could a digital Pound actually work? As it happens, this is something that Consult Hyperion knows rather a lot about. Apart from our work on the first British central bank digital currency (Mondex) back in the 1990s, our work on the first population-scale mobile money scheme (M-PESA) in the 2000s and our work on the most transformational contactless payment roll-out (Transport for London) in the 2010s, our practical experience across implementation platforms means that we understand the architectural options better than anyone.

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West Africa’s challenger bank, the Vista Bank Group, selects paytech provider Radar Payments by BPC to drive its digital payment strategy

Vista Bank Group in West Africa has chosen Radar Payments for its processing activities and to drive digital payment adoption in the region. The solution will include SmartVista’s card issuance and lifecycle management, payment switching, ATM and point-of-sales management as well as providing digital channels such as mobile banking and e-wallet; personalised to both retail and corporate clients.

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Gain the Lead: How It All Started

The Wirecard scandal 2020 shook the Fintech community and created a lot of questions for the industry regulators in Germany – thousands of people lost their jobs and client operations all over the world were disrupted.

But as we all know, in the middle of difficulty there is always lies opportunity. So we decided to act – this is a blog article that tells a story of how Gain The Lead came to be.

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Video Marketing: Lessons Learned in Lockdown

In this blog, Blue Train Marketing delve into the transformation of video marketing, its increase in popularity and the pandemics impact. They reveal some tips and tricks on how to improve your video content whilst restrictions are still in place.

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Let’s talk about Strong Customer Authentication: CP21/3

fscom’s Greg James looks at the proposed changes to strong customer authentication (SCA); one of the most contentious regulatory developments introduced by the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2). Greg breaks down the changes into those that will generate the most conversation and those that are simply explicit confirmations in existing guidance.

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Trust Payments recognised as one of the “Best Companies to Work For” in the UK

Trust Payments is proud to announce its recognition as one of the “Best Companies to Work For” in several categories in the UK.

The payments group has received several employee-recognition awards, including one of the top 30 Financial Services firms to work for in the UK, as well as regional awards in London and Wales. It also received a 1 Star rating signifying ‘very good’ levels of workplace engagement.

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Tink and Tribe partner for open banking payments

Open banking platform Tink partners with payments technology provider Tribe for open banking payment initiation and account check services.

Blog post below –

https://tink.com/tink-tribe-payments-partnership/?utm_content=165197139&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-2735919

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How Okay Can Help with PSD2 RTS SCA Compliance

Compliance, requirements, deadlines, oh my! By now you should have a comprehensive overview of what to be aware of as PSP. As such, it is time to wrap up the topic of SCA compliance. In this article, we cover how Okay uses security evaluations to fine-tune our product as well as how we can help you meet SCA PSD2 RTS compliance standards.

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