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RBI Fines Paytm Payments Bank for KYC Violations
RBI Fines Paytm Payments Bank for KYC Violations
October 12, 2023  |  Regulation

India’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), has fined Paytm Payments Bank for non-compliance, including Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations, according to an...

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Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools
Trulioo Debuts Advanced Person Matching Tools
August 24, 2023  |  Identity

Identity verification platform Trulioo has unveiled new person-matching capabilities.  The launch, announced Thursday (Aug. 24), gives companies an alternative to working with multiple vendors to verify identities using...

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AI Reshapes Regulatory Compliance by Modernizing Risk Frameworks
AI Reshapes Regulatory Compliance by Modernizing Risk Frameworks
May 09, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

The 21st century’s digitization has transformed the financial crime landscape, arming cybercriminals with new tactics. Fortunately, as the world evolves, organizations are increasingly able to fight...

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Smile Identity Acquires Appruve to Expand Identity Verification Across Africa
Smile Identity Acquires Appruve to Expand Identity Verification Across Africa
April 26, 2023  |  Acquisitions

Smile Identity has acquired Appruve to expand its digital identity verification solution across Africa. In addition to buying Appruve’s parent company, Inclusive Innovations, Smile Identity is working to finalize...

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Sparkle COO Says Open Banking Builds Trust by Putting Consumers in Control of Their Data
Sparkle COO Says Open Banking Builds Trust by Putting Consumers in Control of Their Data
April 19, 2023  |  Digital Banking

After years of advocacy, open banking is now live in Nigeria, the first country in sub-Saharan Africa to adopt the regulation. The launch marks an...

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How AI Use Cases in Payments Are Moving Beyond Fraud
How AI Use Cases in Payments Are Moving Beyond Fraud
February 14, 2023  |  artificial intelligence

As artificial intelligence (AI) gets smarter — as it’s designed to do over time and as usage increases — there are more places in the...

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Chainalysis Says It’s Time to Find Out What’s Real in Crypto
Chainalysis Says It’s Time to Find Out What’s Real in Crypto
February 07, 2023  |  Cryptocurrency

The time is ripe for financial institutions to explore what cryptocurrency offerings their customers want. That’s despite 2022’s bear market, Jeff Billingham, director of strategic...

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Digital ID and KYC Platforms Potent Weapons Against Accounts Receivable Fraud
Digital ID and KYC Platforms Potent Weapons Against Accounts Receivable Fraud
February 03, 2023  |  Security & Fraud

 Not knowing who’s on the other side of the transaction is expensive.  As noted here last month, financial institutions (FIs) were fined nearly $5 billion for...

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Truelayer Debuts Open Banking-Powered Digital Onboarding Tool
Truelayer Debuts Open Banking-Powered Digital Onboarding Tool
January 31, 2023  |  API

Open banking firm Truelayer has launched a new product to help businesses onboard customers. The company announced the launch of Signup+, a new tool that...

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