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Okay Summer Updates – June!

Summer: a time for rest, relaxation, and reflection on what is happening across global financial markets! Read more to hear about our new white label app, our reflections on the African financial market post APIDE, and a peek into what SCA regulations are gaining steam across the globe in this Summer Recap – June edition.

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Payment Trends You Need to Know About for Business Growth in 2022 And Beyond

After over two years of shifting buying habits in favour of eCommerce, many consumers have practically abandoned the high street, and are now embracing a fully digital future as a more personal, efficient and convenient way of shopping.

Customer expectations and habits are constantly changing, and as shoppers become more comfortable with an increasingly digital post-pandemic future, businesses need to adapt and keep abreast of the latest developments in retail behaviour.

In this article, I’ll look at five of the latest payment trends in eCommerce, helping business owners better understand the newest technology and how modern fintech solutions allow companies to create better retail experiences and customer journeys.

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How Fintech is Changing the Travel and Hospitality Industries

Travel spending is showing signs of recovery after the pandemic. However, lifestyle shifts will continue to influence industry trends, especially when it comes to online payments.

The travel and hospitality industries experienced an unprecedented crisis during the COVID-19 pandemic. Entire client bases disappeared, and many experienced staff were forced to find alternative work. With the hospitality sector now largely back in business, operators are nevertheless feeling the pressure — not only from reduced capacity but also from clients who are now used to using the latest digital payment methods to pay for goods and services online.

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Low-Code vs. No-Code Embedded Finance

When it comes to embedded finance, code may seem baffling if you’re not a developer. But for businesses that want the benefits code has to offer without the hassle of dealing with the technicalities, low-code and no-code fill the demand for a convenient solution.

This article demystifies everything you need to know about the similarities and differences, and which approach you should opt for to create new revenue streams and better serve your customers.

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Ten best practices for a winning payments RFX

When choosing a card platform provider, the last thing you want is to spend money, time, and effort and still end up locked in with a vendor and system that don’t deliver what you need for your payments business. That is why taking a hard look at your RFP/RFI process will continue to pay back long into the future. In this article, we share with you the best practices on SaaS RFX processes, applicable across enterprises.

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Arf receives Swiss regulatory approval

Arf, the global settlement banking platform for licensed money service businesses, announces that it has been granted the approval of the Financial Services Standard Association (VQF) through Arf’s entity in Zug, Switzerland.

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DON’T GET IN HOT WATER. NON-COMPLIANCE WON’T WASH

Compliance policy is one of the key functions in any Fintech. Getting it right is instrumental in everything from getting VC funding to avoiding regulatory fines, or worse, closure. There is no one size fits all solution across the industry and it’s imperative to have expert advice.

Join Currencycloud, Thistle Initiatives, ComplyAdvantage and other industry experts in an in-person breakfast and Q&A session to discuss how to get compliance right for your business.

Breakfast + Q&A Session
Thursday, 15 September at 8:00 AM BST
Victorian Bath House

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The UK cannot afford to send mixed messages on crypto

The UK is paving the way for crypto and blockchain services, courting startups and established players alike while taking a lead in pioneering regulation on stablecoins and NFTs. Yet regulators have given conflicting messages about their support for establishing the UK as a global crypto hub.

In this article Ripple’s head of public policy Susan Friedman looks at how mixed messages from regulators risk hindering the crypto industry’s development

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An Overview of Buy Now, Pay Later Regulation in the UK, EU, USA, Australia & Singapore

The exponential growth of the eCommerce sector in recent years has fueled demand for easily accessible consumer credit. One of the fastest growing trends in the online payment sphere has been that of Buy Now, Pay Later schemes, with transactions using this payment method growing by 292% between 2018 and 2020, and providers attracting $11bn in venture capital funding in 2021 alone.

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Toqio Continues to Scale with New Partnerships Team

Fintech SaaS provider Toqio’s latest hires will lead the expansion of its partnership portfolio to provide a range of solutions for richer and deeper relationships with customers and partners.

Industry expert Christian Ball, formerly Head of Partnerships for fintech Yapily, will lead Toqio’s Partnerships Team.

Toqio recently announced a series of new senior hires in London and Madrid with its team scaling to over 100 in the past year.

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The state of small business software: download the report now

The state of small business software: download the report now

The way SMBs use, manage, and value their digital tools is changing. What impact will this have on the next generation of SMB products and services? Codat has teamed up with YouGov for a report that covers:
The software packages today’s SMBs are using
The systems and features they value most
Their biggest pain points
The impact of the current business environment
The actions fintech providers should take

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Planet expands hospitality footprint into vacation rentals market with the acquisition of leading software and services provider, Avantio

– Latest move is part of Planet’s high growth strategy that combines software and payments to create connected commerce solutions
– With this partnership Avantio customers will benefit from new services and capabilities that will improve the guest experience and make them more competitive
– Acquisition reflects huge potential of the $73.9bn vacation rental market

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UK payments’ disruptor DigiDoe unveils operations in Doha

DIGIDOE, the UK-based fintech start-up which aims to revolutionise the world’s payments infrastructure, is expanding into the Middle East with the appointment of a leading figure in the region to lead its operations in Qatar.

The London-based company is authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority as an electronic money institution and last month was awarded ISO27001 Certification – recognised worldwide as confirmation of information security best practice.

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Lux Island Resorts Ltd chooses Planet to provide luxury experiences for its guests

– Planet selected by Lux Island Resorts Ltd as its payments and software partner for eight properties across Mauritius, the Maldives and Réunion
– Pay by Link and use of Sabre SynXis delivers a more enjoyable booking, reservation and payments experience for guests
– Planet’s deep hospitality sector expertise and local customer support capability a key factor in being appointed

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How implementing digital wallets can be all different with the right payment processing partner

Post-pandemic, our lifestyle is closer to smartphones than ever. Regardless of day or night, smartphones are used in various moments of life. That’s why companies with payment products are putting a lot of time and effort into improving the mobile payment experience. One of the best ways to make the payment experience for cardholders easy and simple is to integrate with popular digital wallets.

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European Payments Initiative: Member Fallout May be Blessing in Disguise, Enabling to Focus on Strengthening Market Foundations, Expert Says

Not that long ago, over half of EPI’s member banks opted out, forcing the remaining members to give up on their efforts to rival Visa and Mastercard dominance in the European market. Local payments expert Frank Breuss argues this may turn out in Europe’s favor, enabling to fill in foundational gaps in the payments industry.

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What to expect from an FCA Skilled Person Review – and how to prevent one in the first place

A webinar with Philip Creed, fscom’s Director and Head of Financial Crime was recently held, to help firms understand and respond to this development – and this blog captures some of the highlights. We will unpick the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) approach to Skilled Person reports, explain why your firm might be reviewed, and advise how best to approach one – or better yet, to avoid it happening in the first place.

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Are your complaints handling processes up to scratch?

Over the last six months, many of our payment and e-money institution clients have approached us about their complaints handling process. The drivers are a combination of direct requests for oversight evidence from the FCA and the linkage with internal work to meet the vulnerable customer and consumer duty expectations.

fscom have noted some areas of confusion or weaknesses that Dane Pedro will share with you in this blog.

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One-click checkout payment: Now live for major card networks in the Czech Republic

• The cooperation between Netcetera and Global Payments Europe is accelerating the digital commerce growth of the Czech market
• Fully functional pilot operation of Click to Pay will empower millions of online shoppers across Europe with control over their data and secure their privacy
• It is the first white-label, scheme-independent solution and is now open for all innovative merchants to improve their customer experience

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Money Movement – It’s time to be bold

We offer more opportunities, connecting to more partners across more geographies, more freedom to offer more ways to pay and get paid, and more value with an agile network in real time to turbo charge customer growth.
Money movement means possibilities, with new, more and faster ways to pay and get paid than ever before.

Click to read more about FIS Money Movement
Watch the FIS Money Movement video, and enter a new realm of possibilities click here: https://www.fisglobal.com/en/market-movers/money-movement

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The Benefits of Serverless FinTech

In the past decade, we have seen an exciting shift in the finance industry, with innovative technology-based thinking now being more prominent than ever before.

One of the new technologies is serverless FinTech, which enables businesses to add more offerings to their portfolios and simplify daily operations.

This article summarises some of the key benefits of serverless FinTech that you should know about.

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Livestream – API Chronicles – Primary Cardholders

Join us on the 8th September with innovators from Osper, Nicky and Gimi at our latest API Chronicles live panel discussion – covering money management technology for young people and hosted by Liz Lumley.

Register here: https://www.marqeta.com/uk/api-chronicles-primary-cardholders

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Chargebacks911 Launches Translation Automation Module for Multi-Lingual Merchants

Chargebacks911, the leading dispute technology specialist that powers chargeback remediation for the largest global eCommerce businesses as well as the world’s financial institutions, celebrates being able to more intelligently automate the chargeback dispute process for merchants who use more than one language through the use of its intelligent language translation service. This milestone puts Chargebacks911 at the forefront of two of the most consequential developments for merchants today: combating the rise of fraud and effectively utilizing the power of Machine Learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI). 

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Buy Now, Pay Later is now regulated in the UK. What does the future hold for the payment method?

Buy Now, Pay Later is a rapidly growing trend in a number of market sectors, including retail, entertainment and travel. During the COVID-19 pandemic, use of the payment scheme increased fourfold in the UK, to the tune of £2.7 billion in transactions.

In this article, I’ll give a brief overview of how BNPL works and the industries where it’s most prevalent, before discussing the recent regulatory changes that have been enacted and what they mean for the future of this popular payment method.

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Virtual IBANs: What Are They and How Can They Benefit Your Business?

Recent improvements in payment technology have led to breakthroughs in cross-border payments, where businesses can expand into new, international markets.

One of these breakthrough technologies is virtual IBANs, which are fast becoming an integral part of embedded finance. But what they are, and how they can benefit your business?

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