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No longer is open banking solely for consolidating financial information into a single platform for one end user. Acumatica Links Its ERP Into Bank Data. Integrated into its ERP solution, the new feature links electronic banking fees to corporate card spend, allowing for automated receipt creation. In the U.K.,

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Bank of America (BofA) is introducing a cross-border payment tracker and expanding SWIFT gpi to support more than 140 currencies, accessible through the integrated CashPro platform. Customers can make payments via Bank of America’s SWIFT gpi solution. The tool is aimed at improving speed, security, transparency and compliance. .

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

Africa : UBA United Bank for Africa (UBA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. With a portfolio of over a million SME clients and a loan book of $90 million, the bank has been instrumental in ensuring that SMEs remain the engine of growth. The bank also ensures easy transaction processing through its UBA Afritrade and UBA Connect.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Incorporated in Hong Kong in 1918, BEA is a leading global bank listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong, and operates one of the largest local branch networks. In the Chinese Mainland, BEAs presence dates back to the opening of the Banks Shanghai branch in 1920.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, Next Insurance is aiming to raise new capital that would value the FinTech startup at $2.25 billion, and FLEETCOR has come to an arrangement to purchase cross-border payment company Associated Foreign Exchange (AFEX). FLEETCOR Buys AFEX To Boost Cross-Border Payments.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

The People's Bank of China criticized Ant on Sunday (Dec. The Chinese central bank's statement came after it had met with representatives of Ant and regulatory officials from the country's securities, banking and foreign exchange sectors, presented as a Q&A with PBOC vice governor Pan Gongsheng.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

But it was a Banking-as-a-Service company that led the roundup this time, with one startup looking to expand into Credit Cards-as-a-Service with its latest investment. The company secured the funding from an unnamed angel investor, reports said. million in new funding for U.K.

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JUNE 15, 2020

In addition, the release says the partnership will allow for more visibility on bank fees and better payment routing through the use of Goldman’s advanced machine learning techniques. Terry Beadle , GTreasury’s global head of Corporate Development, said the combination would prove valuable.

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JULY 9, 2019

In another solution aimed at bank account consolidation, Neo announced today (July 9) that it is expanding its foreign exchange services to include the launch of a multi-currency account after receiving clearance by the Bank of Spain. Open Banking Opportunity. The FX Opportunity.

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DECEMBER 20, 2018

Promsvyazbank, the Russian state bank that was hit by sanctions by the U.S., has lowered its security deposits that go to Visa and Mastercard, reported RT.com. According to a report in RT.com , the move is being taken by converting domestic banking transactions to Russia’s payment system MIR, which it launched in 2015.

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JULY 26, 2024

Banking Circle is the winner of our award for Best Embedded Treasury Solution, providing the core financial infrastructure that allows businesses to build and offer embedded financial solutions. Backbase is another winner of two awards, as Best Non-Bank for Treasury FX Services and for Best A/P & A/R Integrated Solution.

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JULY 24, 2020

London startup mobile bank Revolut Ltd. has secured $80 million in new funding at a $5.5 Founded in 2015, Revolut began by offering prepaid debit cards that allowed users to avoid foreign exchange fees while traveling abroad. In June, Revolut added American Express to its open banking platform.

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JULY 7, 2017

Banks were once the great riverbed of financial activity. Today, the flow of cash is gradually being diverted through other, third-party channels because of services that are unavailable from banks. By the same token, having options creates insurance, because banks can have a Plan B in place.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

The suite gives corporate treasury and finance professionals a new level of visibility into banking transactions and connections, with a security measure no matter where it's accessed. The new marketplace will be available through the Fides Multibanking Suite web portal, the release stated.

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MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi said it was “able to confirm that no funds, passwords, social security numbers, tax identification numbers, passports, licenses, bank account information, nor similar non-public identification information was exposed as a result of this incident.”. dollars and Ukrainian hryvnias.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

B2B Pay plans to roll out API-enabled banking services, the ability to create an unlimited number of International Bank Account Numbers (IBANs), credit card processing and solutions related to cryptocurrency. bank Barclays announced support for B2B Pay as part of its Tel Aviv Barclays Accelerator program. In 2016 U.K.

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JUNE 16, 2020

Foreign exchange giant Travelex is pulling its offer of sale to prospective buyers after none of the buyers could offer an acceptable deal to the company’s banks and lenders, Financial Times (FT) reports. The company said Monday that it has a temporary waiver from around 70 percent of the holders for its senior secured notes.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

SBM Bank India , the Mumbai-based lender, and Mastercard have introduced a premium debit card for high-net-worth customers. Additionally, SBM customers can get preferential personal banking services, such as better rates on savings accounts with monthly interest payouts and competitive foreign exchange rates, the bank said. .

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DECEMBER 15, 2019

The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is reimbursing 40 million pounds ($53 million) to about 730,000 customers after workers at the bank were found to be manipulating foreign money transfers to get more money for the financial institution, according to a report by The Guardian. The bank recently reached a $4.9

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Consumers send funds by tapping or swiping payment cards, clicking a few buttons on banking websites or payment apps, or keying details into online checkout pages, which payees receive via bank accounts or digital wallets. Kicking Free Of Correspondent Banking.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

“There are many requirements that are initially overlooked, and that’s where treasury teams can play a very important role,” he said, highlighting processes like establishing new bank accounts, securing new card acquirer and payment service provider relationships, and managing foreign exchange exposure – all of which occur in the DTC migration.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

That’s why we introduced a new, secure way to accept payments through websites, and we have enabled customers without an online presence to get paid fast through secure payment links,” said Revolut CEO and Founder Nik Storonsky. banking license in California. with interstate agreements, according to the unnamed source.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

A key part of this effort is cross-border payments, which are vital to keeping supply chains running smoothly and securely in the more than 100 countries in which GE operates. The average global company works with at least six banks and 40 percent of them make payments in at least six currencies. We've suffered losses with the company.

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APRIL 16, 2019

Deutsche Bank is reportedly being pressured by European regulators to trim its U.S. investment bank further after years of concerns that the unit is too large and too unprofitable. investment bank should shrink. investment bank should shrink. Deutsche has already taken measures to reduce the size of the investment bank.

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JULY 23, 2020

Open banking has been picking up steam in Latin America for more than two years. Brazilian lawmakers have been developing open banking plans since 2019, for example, outlining rough guidelines to be enacted late this year. It also analyzes how the pandemic is affecting the future of open banking in. the region.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

As the open banking business model permeates into the B2B financial services market, FinTechs and traditional financial institutions continue to find new use cases for API integrations and connectivity to elevate the business-user experience. SMBs that nearly half (48 percent) said they don’t believe technology will impact their business.

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JULY 24, 2024

Africa— Rand Merchant Bank On the African continent, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) strives to exceed the expectations of its clients by combining high levels of service with an exceptional technological platform to deliver effective sub-custody solutions covering all elements of trade transactions, as well as reporting and analytics.

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JULY 24, 2024

Africa— Rand Merchant Bank On the African continent, Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) strives to exceed the expectations of its clients by combining high levels of service with an exceptional technological platform to deliver effective sub-custody solutions covering all elements of trade transactions, as well as reporting and analytics.

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JANUARY 9, 2020

Lenders including Barclays, HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland and Virgin Money had to stop foreign currency services after exchange provider Travelex was hit by a ransomware gang, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. Travelex’s network of branches continue to provide foreign exchange services manually.”.

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JUNE 6, 2024

Its new generative AI tool analyzes and summarizes the minutes and announcements from the Monetary Policy Committee of Brazil’s central bank and the Federal Open Market Committee of the US Federal Reserve. The bank believes it creates analyses and summaries that are faster and more bias-free than traditional analyses.

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MARCH 17, 2020

This is where open source technology has typically come to the rescue, in particular containerization and container orchestration technology based on the Kubernetes ecosystem, which allows FSI players to secure, manage and scale horizontally their payment processing functions across different computing environments. 1: Security.

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JULY 26, 2024

Faced with foreign exchange and interest rate volatility, the complexities of instant payments and liquidity-risk challenges place a sharp focus on banking partners as treasurers endeavor to safeguard their company’s financial well-being.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Quite possibly, the biggest blockchain news this week was that Swedish bank SEB announced that intends to build a blockchain channel between New York and Stockholm to enable customers to make real-time transfers, as soon as next year. But banks aside, credit cards may have no choice but to get into the blockchain game.

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APRIL 12, 2019

FinTech gearing up to launch small business banking services. Also securing seed money this week is Buckzy Payments, a Canadian startup addressing friction in the cross-border payments space by linking payers to its own real-time international payments network. India corporate banking startup Cashfree announced $5.5 Back Office.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The latest developments have to first be disclosed to investors, the exchange said. Last month at the Bund Summit in Shanghai, Ma gave a speech that admonished Chinese regulators for interfering too much with FinTech and banking. 2) to answer questions behind closed doors. More than 5 million people made orders in Shanghai for stock.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

Yet as cross border trade picks back up, the foreign exchange and global payments needs of businesses will intensify. FXPress entered the market with a focus on cross-border payments and foreign exchange services. Open banking and PSD2 initiatives in the U.K. Open banking and PSD2 initiatives in the U.K.

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OCTOBER 10, 2024

Australia Michele Bullock: Too Early To Say Reserve Bank of Australia veteran Michele Bullock took the helm as the bank’s first female governor in September last year during intense soul-searching at the institution, which had come under critical scrutiny during the tenure of her predecessor, Philip Lowe.

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