
Regulators needs to look again at how GDPR functions
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) needs to be reviewed to allow legitimate data tracking and sharing to tackle financial crime, say industry experts.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) needs to be reviewed to allow legitimate data tracking and sharing to tackle financial crime, say industry experts.
Be recognised as an industry leader at the most important payments awards – The PAY360 Awards. Nominations are now open for 2023 awards. You have until 17 February to submit your entry.
The Payments Association’s Project Regulator working group will continue to engage with the FCA in 2023 to ensure members can thrive in the UK payments market.
Many firms still haven’t had the opportunity to drill down on the implications that the Consumer Duty has on their business. A recent webinar outlines the key steps to take.
Payment firms should be prepared for a higher cost of compliance when the Financial Services and Market Bill enters into force in 2023.
The Payments Association asked Kate Fitzgerald, head of policy at the Payment Systems Regulator, about her work and what she will be discussing at the Financial Crime 360 conference.
Rather than building a single global rulebook for payments, regional rulebooks are the better approach in the medium term, according to industry participants.
Today, The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its finalised rules on the new consumer duty, which aims to “fundamentally improve how firms serve consumers”. The FCA states that the
Check out this recent Financial IT interview featuring Currencycloud’s Co-Founder & VP Strategic Partnerships, Stephen Lemon and ComplyAdvantage’s Founder and CEO Charles Delingpole as they discuss all things Fintech.
Watch the interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG9JlvilL10
The FCA and PSR have published a joint response to the Cash Action Group’s (CAG) announcement that retail banks and building societies will create an independent body to assess the cash needs
Join VIXIO PaymentsCompliance and guest speakers to learn about how to tap into the opportunities in five key growth markets, and how to overcome the challenges.
In line with recommendations made in the Kalifa review, the FCA has committed to introducing a new Regulatory Scalebox to ensure that high growth firms have the appropriate support and oversight. The FCA also committed to providing stronger regulatory oversight for newly authorised firms in its Business Plan. As part of this commitment they are inviting Payments Association members to join them at one of their 2 virtual workshops running on 22nd and 29th September. These workshops will be particularly valuable for members that are either currently experiencing rapid growth and scale, have experienced this in the past, or are newly regulated.
– What is Behavioral Biometric Analysis?
– What is a BionicID™?
– What makes Revelock’s BionicID™ solution unique in fraud prevention?
– How can BionicIDs™ be used to stop Impersonation and Manipulation attacks?
– What is BionicID™ analysis best suited for?
– Does BionicID™ data collection or analysis impact the User Experience (UX)?
– Introduction
– Deep fakes
– SIM swap scams
– SMS OTP fraud
– Session hijacking via RATs
– Originality is key
– Introduction
– Reducing false positives and negatives
– Know Your User
– Automating fraud response
– Conclusion
What are the top priorities, challenges, opportunities and risks for compliance and risk executives in 2022? VIXIO PaymentsCompliance is running its annual Trends and Priorities Survey to gain insight on just that.
One of the most discussed subjects in the industry today is how digital has transformed banking and financial services. And of course this has been even further amplified by the Coronavirus pandemic.
The UK authorized payment institution Monneo joins the ‘Accept my IBAN’ coalition of European companies to tackle corporate rejection of SPayments Association-enabled IBANs for payments and direct debits.
Discover Global Network, an international payment network, certified the Netcetera ACS for Diners Discover Network card transactions. Certified with all major card networks, the access control server improves user experience and promotes secure and frictionless transaction authentication worldwide.
The proposed anti-money laundering (AML) authority (AMLA) will be a gamechanger for the supervision of AML efforts in the European Union, experts in the field have told VIXIO.
Cybertonica are areintensifying their partnership with @W2GlobalData, global experts of regulatory compliance technology to bolster combined regtech and fraud offerings to multiply the value & benefits to all their shared & new clients!
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
To make it easier for members of the The Payments Association to navigate the evolving landscape of payments regulation, the Payments Association and Eversheds Sutherland are providing you with a resource that will keep you on track. The Payments Regulatory Roadmap is designed to give an overview of the areas of payments regulation that our members should be anticipating in the next two years and to know the next steps and action required. And to help you prioritise what is of critical importance and what is less impactful.
The distribution of this banking trojan is one of its main strengths since the use of text messages impersonating delivery services companies is a really good idea for deceiving the victims and getting them to install the malicious application.
The mandatory geolocation in banking transactions came into force in Mexico as of March 23, 2021
Today is a monumental day for us and we’re delighted to announce that Revelock · A Feedzai Company is getting acquired by Feedzai.
Our CEO Pablo de la Riva Ferrezuelo explains how – by joining forces – the two companies are stepping up the fight against financial crime in this era of cashless commerce..
Monzo Bank has been in financial danger for some time and now, in its latest annual report, has admitted that the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating it for its compliance or otherwise with the Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017.
Payments Association publishes response to FCA CP21/13 A New Consumer Duty, raising extra burden concerns for firms The Payments Association’s response supports focus on consumer protection but fears extra
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.
– 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
– 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?
– 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?
Entersekt and Netcetera implement the first FIDO authentication in payments for Pluscard.
Invitation for EY’s upcoming Payment Services and E-Money Safeguarding Industry update on 13 July at 10am BST
The German Ministry of Finance’s decision to introduce new rules for crypto transactions has divided opinion, with some fearing it is being rushed through, while others feel it is simply bringing crypto firms up to standard.
The industry welcomes the deadline extension of the temporary registration regime for crypto firms but the regulatory uncertainty created by the lengthy assessment process may drive businesses out of the UK. Read the VIXIO insight to learn more.
Partnership to provide users uninterrupted fraud protection throughout their entire online or mobile banking journeys based on digital onboarding with document verification and authentication with facial, periocular and voice recognition combined with behavior biometrics and behavior analytics.
The need for a new kind of fraud defence
– What we mean by Active Defence
– The problem Active Defence solves: Identity attacks and manipulation attacks
– Three capabilities to avert any ID attack
Partnership promotes an Active Defense approach to protecting financial institutions from online fraud attacks.
Here at Transact365 this past week we hosted a CEO Roundtable in partnership with the Payments Association. Take a look at some of the highlights from the session here.
The Great Kompli-Global KYB Bake-Off is designed to highlight how fraudsters are avoiding detection by analysts potentially not having all the right fraud prevention ingredients
We are really excited to shine the spotlight on some of the best-known brands in #Fintech during our Superhero Spotlight Series.
A week-long event packed with articles, research reports and LinkedIn and YouTube live streamed interviews with over 30 of Fintech’s finest superheroes.
Register for the agenda: https://bit.ly/3ySP2lL and keep an eye out for reminders of the #livestream sessions.
#Payments #Banking #FintechSuperhero
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