Compliance and Reg Tech – Emerging Payments UK

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:

May 26, 2021

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.

April 28, 2021

Understanding PSD2 RTS SCA Compliance

Compliance. A scary term for any payment service provider (PSP) in a world of increasingly stricter regulations and requirements. To make it a little less scary, we are opening the PSD2 RTS Compliance door to extract some key points of interest. Read on for the fundamental requirements PSPs should be aware of if issuing cards or e-money payments and why said requirements are necessary.

April 28, 2021

How Virtual IBANs Enhance the Growth of B2B Cross-Border E-commerce Businesses

One of the more vexing problems of the modern age when it comes to international business is that regulatory regimes often do not keep pace with technological innovation.

Nonetheless, novel solutions to B2B cross-border business have emerged in the form of virtual IBANs, financial instruments that drive the innovation economy and enable new, powerful business models.

Here we have outlined three ways that virtual IBANs are transforming the way companies do business locally and abroad:

April 14, 2021

KYC Done Right Means Competitiveness and Business Growth

When it comes to digital banking and compliance, robust KYC practices not only prevent fraud and financial losses but also strengthen a firm’s ability to conduct business with confidence.

This is typically because of the four key elements of strong KYC practices that make sure firms know who they’re doing business with and what to expect from that relationship.

We’ve identified the four essential elements of effective compliance in KYC practices for digital banking in order to show you how they help improve the competitiveness of businesses of any size or scale:

April 14, 2021

Driving Forces and Technology Trends Behind Fintech Innovations in 2021

The year 2020 saw many of the innovations and prognostications of analysts come true as contactless payments and digital banking solutions drove the field of Fintech innovations. Looking ahead, however, 2021 could be the year that consolidates much of this growth and prepares the economy for the next stage of digitization.

We at Monneo have identified five major trends that we think are driving the Fintech innovations in digital banking, in 2021 and beyond:

April 14, 2021

The New Era of Custom Business Payment Solutions and the Impact on Digital Banking Services

The digital banking era is upending traditional payment solutions and transforming the global financial industry in the process. And this is on both the corporate and consumer level with changes in payments solutions reaching into every facet of the international economy.

These innovations in digital banking are not only enabling increased efficiencies and expediting capital flows at a rate previously unthinkable but also are leading the way in changing the dynamic and level of depth of the business-customer relationship.

April 14, 2021

It’s 2021: Do You Need Two Channels for Strong Customer Authentication?

Okay has been running compliance audits since 2016. What did it look like back then compared to today? Are two channels for SCA really needed? This week we briefly explore the changing security environment of mobile phones related to identity verification.

April 12, 2021

Paytech scale-up announces three senior hires after hitting £5 Billion reconciliation milestone

The Fintech for Fintech’s Kani Payments, specialising in payment reconciliation and reporting has announced hitting £5 billion reconciliation milestone and the appointment of three senior hires.

April 6, 2021

Contis partners with W2 on next generation compliance solutions

W2, award winning global provider of regulatory compliance solutions today announced their partnership with market leading payments provider Contis to supply end-to-end KYC/AML processes for customer onboarding and ongoing monitoring.

March 22, 2021

What Makes Successful Businesses Thrive in the E-commerce Space, Too?

The recipe for success in the e-commerce business is much the same as any other entrepreneurial endeavor except it comes with many opportunities for growth and leverage that physical businesses don’t have.

Online business may be the future of many markets, and for good reason. From scalability of immediately needed resources to cost-effective innovation and optimization, we have identified five key elements of success for e-commerce business in the modern age:

March 12, 2021

How to Secure Your E-commerce Business Against Cybercrime and Cyber Threats?

E-commerce businesses can’t put enough of a premium on online cybersecurity and protection against threats. Not only can malicious actors steal data and commit fraud, but they can also completely undermine a customer’s confidence in your business.

To avoid costly fraud and cyber threats, we’ve found five primary areas of focus that e-commerce businesses need to keep in mind as they move forward in the online market:

March 12, 2021

Strong Customer Authentication or SCA: is Europe 3D secure (2.0)-Ready?

As part of a European Union mandate called the Revised Directive on Payment Services, or (PSD2), merchants operating in the EU economic zone must use payment service providers within the European Economic Area that offer what is known as strong customer authentication.

This is also sometimes referred to as the SCA requirement or the PSD2 compliance. In essence, this directive ensures that transactions occurring within the EU’s economic territories make use of multi-factor authentication in order to verify a buyer’s identity.

March 12, 2021

Challenges and Opportunities Borne by the European Single Digital Market

The promises of the European Union single market, while not full borne out in the reality of the business world, where the same are actually still far from the dream promised when it comes to the virtual single market. What does this mean?

In other words, the European Union might act as a single market when it comes to monetary issues and beyond, but the EU single digital market is hampered and its growth restricted by a myriad of factors including various compliance regimes and the logistical mastery needed to make it all work.

March 12, 2021

Remote Dial as a Fallback for PSD2 SCA

If your goal is to service the largest percentage of market users, respect must be given across all accessibility levels. But what is a reliable solution for non-smartphone users? In this post, we review our remote dial option as a reliable PSD2 SCA fallback.

March 4, 2021

SCA Deadlines Across Europe

We have spoken a lot about strong customer authentication (SCA) over the past year. However, the regulation has technically been in effect since mid-September of 2019. Now well into 2021, it is time for all European countries to fully enforce the updated SCA regulations. Let’s take a look at some of the deadlines.

February 24, 2021

B2B Cross-Border Payments and Virtual IBANs: What’s the Common Benefit for Businesses?

One of the great innovations of the modern age is the ability of eCommerce to connect businesses, merchants, and consumers all across the world. Not only has this opened up new opportunities for businesses and consumers alike, but also it has expanded the realm of what is possible for small and medium enterprises on the global stage. And here we start with the interesting part of the current topic.

February 22, 2021

Evaluations, Penetration Testing & Security Certifications: Lessons Learned

Over the last few years, Okay has gone through both security certifications and penetration testing. While they represent two uniquely different processes, each has greatly improved our product’s security, code quality and architecture. In this post, we discuss the importance of each, as well as what we’ve learned along the way.

February 22, 2021

Corporate Banking Digitalization in Process: Trends and Driving Forces

What are some of the major forces driving the corporate banking digitization process? What are the factors and trends behind some of the most seismic moves in recent years in this otherwise quite conservative industry? What are the main key-topics we should have on our radar in order to stay ahead of our business competitors and be the first to learn what would be the next
“big thing”?

February 22, 2021

What’s in store for Financial Services in 2021?

Miroslava Betinova, Head of Strategic Sales at PPS, discusses the trends we’ll see in the fintech industry this 2021.

January 13, 2021

AI Advancements in the Digital Banking Industry

The rise of digital banking has taken the traditional financial sector by surprise and for many good reasons. From pioneering the art of customer service online to using artificial intelligence to handle many of their operational tasks, digital banking is not just a glimpse of the future of finance. It is a peek into the future of the world of business itself.

December 11, 2020

EML’s FINLAB Invests in Interchecks and ignites International Expansion Aspirations

EML’s new FINLAB incubator has made its first investment in US FinTech disrupter Interchecks.

November 5, 2020

Privat 3 Money picks Napier for AML

The London based E-Money solution for global citizens Privat 3 Money (P3) has selected leading anti-money laundering and intelligent compliance software provider Napier, to integrate enhanced transaction monitoring into the core P3 platform.

November 2, 2020