PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

one of the largest FinTech hubs of the world today, initiatives like Open Banking demonstrate the opportunity for regulatory mandates to encourage innovation and competition — even in markets where such regulatory mandates don’t exist. Open banking today isn’t isolated to Europe and the U.K., With the U.K. he told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

This week’s look at the latest in bank-FinTech collaboration includes new partnerships in Australia, South Africa, India, Pakistan and across Europe, with many FIs bolstering the foundations of their SMB-serving infrastructures. National Australia Bank Chooses Eedenbull. TBI Bank Partners With NETOPIA Payments.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 10, 2023

AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals. However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

As a result of the passage and adoption of open banking regulations, like PSD2 in Europe, banks and other financial firms are sharing data more freely than ever before. Adapting To Open Banking .

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Boston Startup CFO

APRIL 3, 2023

Financial accounting: A topic that can easily disorient even the most driven entrepreneurs. Fortunately, we present you with a compass – a diagram that demystifies the functions of financial accounting. In this tier, a double-entry accounting system is employed to ensure the accurate recording of all transactions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Keeping customers' digital payment data safe and secure is a critical part of doing business in the digital economy, and following Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance guidelines is an effective way for firms to accomplish this. Getting Up to Speed on Compliance. Sharing the Compliance Burden.

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The Charity CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2022

But in order to get the most out of these grants, you need to understand how to properly manage and account for them. The IRS has strict regulations on how to handle grants and charitable contributions, so it is essential that you understand the best practices when accounting for them. 8 Best Practices When Accounting For Grants.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Most banks are familiar with how quickly regulatory requirements can change. Staying abreast of these various compliance shifts can be costly and challenging for banks, but doing so is necessary to ensure that financial institutions’ (FIs) operations can run smoothly and ward off cyberattacks. EU and U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

Young B2B FinTechs secured some of their first investments in areas that include small business accounting, alternative lending and financial management. The firm connects small businesses with real-time financial data to manage accounting and cash flow. Accounting automation company Georges, based in France, landed $42.4

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2020

Open banking provides opportunities such as upgraded customer convenience and customized financial solutions that can help consumers access bank account details, send payments, manage their budgets and more. Open banking-facilitated apps can offer tailored support, reducing the need for in-person services.

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CFO Leadership

OCTOBER 18, 2023

AI in the “Real World” While these powerful tools seem to have a near mastery of natural language communication, they are not necessarily designed to possess many of the skills required by finance and accounting professionals. However, they still have a place in corporate finance and accounting.

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Finance Accounting Auditing IFRS 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

With more and more FinTechs introducing their own banking services, the competition is heating up. Small business lending platform BlueVine is the latest FinTech to take this path, having taken the wraps off of its banking solution this week with the launch of BlueVine Business Banking. First Horizon Bank Adopts NCR Technology.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Job security is always a concern when choosing a career, but some fields are more recession-proof than others. They may work in various industries, such as investment firms, accounting firms, banks, or the government. Chief Compliance Officer. Senior Accountants. Average salary: $114,832 per year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

There seems to be no shortage of action in the corporate banking space, whether it be scandals (like Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group fiasco ), cyberattacks (such as the $81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh) or anomalies like Brexit impacting top financial institutions across the globe.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

Ensuring such payments are secure from bad actors is a priority for the banks that process them. From an instant payment perspective, it has now become much more important to be able to manage the fraud in real time online,” said Tino Kam , head of transaction banking at Finland-based Nordea Bank , in a recent interview with PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

financial institutions as they scrambled to apply for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Bank of America received criticism for initially only allowing existing small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) to apply. Small businesses overwhelmed U.S. Funding Circle.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

15) announced that it is assessing a $390 million penalty against Capital One for engaging in what it says are “both willful and negligent violations” of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). The statement from FinCEN said Capital One established the Check Cashing Group as a business unit within its commercial bank in 2008. financial system.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

While small businesses often struggle with a lack of integrated digital tools from their traditional financial service providers, the friction in small business banking is often acute even before an SMB opens an account. Power found that small businesses continue to embrace mobile banking, with its 2019 U.S. KYC Complexity.

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Strategic Treasurer

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Building a 360-Degree Treasury: Payments and Bank Information. That includes all locations, not just primary banks. Poor payment workflows, security, compliance, and sanctions make it all the more difficult. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

The bank-FinTech collaboration model is often about wielding digital-native FinTech solutions to fit within bank offerings. Yet this week’s look at the latest tie-ups reveals new models of collaboration, including FinTechs expanding their footprint within banking, and wielding banks to fit within their own tech solutions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2016

In the banking industry, the mindset among compliance staff seems to be one where the expectation is to have a new rule governing new rules that govern new rules. The American Bankers Association said that 46 percent of banks have scaled back their efforts to grow loan accounts and also deposit accounts.

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PYMNTS

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. Osome connects small and medium-sized businesses to a digital business assistant app to automate accounting, payroll and tax compliance workflows. and Hong Kong.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Another related theme is the need for legacy core banking systems to upgrade in ways that don’t protract disruptions. The One-Stop Digital Banking Experience. This means immigrants will get access to deposit accounts, bill payment, cross-border transfers and more all via the same app.”. Fraud is another consideration.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

How secure do you feel when it comes to payments? Two-thirds of the more than 3,000 adults surveyed said they were concerned about data security, with 38 percent of respondents believing their private information may have already been exposed. Webster questioned what practices or policies would help consumers feel a bit more secure.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In the latest installment of Flywire ’s podcast series on Global Citizens and the top characteristics of x-border payment processors , we take a look at the compliance, rules and regulation side of getting high-ticket international payments from Point A to Point B.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

So it is with the science of authentication, where consumers see happy new horizons of user-defined control among digital and mobile banking apps. Respondents say they go off-course too easily inside many banking apps – and during important tasks like opening accounts. Digital and Mobile App Banking Drivers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

“Our partnership with Cass, an information processing and financial holding company with considerable experience in routing and handling B2B payments, provides Finexio and our customers access to a Federal Reserve member bank with a comprehensive suite of compliance and fraud detection tools.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

The rise of small business (SMB) accountants as financial advisors to their clients has emerged in parallel with a surge of back-office software solutions. As SMBs embrace cloud-based platforms, data integration across those systems is an integral part of effective accounting solutions. New Challenges, New Opportunities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

It has been a busy year for the world of bank regulations, particularly Know Your Customer (KYC). Researchers this year released new data on banks’ KYC adherence that highlights just how imperative it is that the financial services industry is able to more adequately address the challenges of compliance.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2017

Allied Irish Banks was hit with a $2.2 million fine by the Central Bank of Ireland due to compliance failures with anti-money laundering and terrorist financing rules. The bank “fully co-operated with the Central Bank at all stages of this investigation, which has now concluded,” it added.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

The shifting role of small business (SMB) accountants is largely driven by the increase in automated solutions available to business owners today. With machines now taking care of repetitive financial tasks, accountants have had to readjust their position from number-cruncher to value-adder to remain relevant. ” Jones explained.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

With it, financial institutions need to strengthen their compliance to mitigate the risk of running afoul of the law. So it’s important for industry to support them aligned with the obligations they face under the Bank Secrecy Act,” he said. Complex Compliance. Can you really know your customer if you don’t know their location?”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

In July, reports in the Financial Times said Switzerland is working to open the nation’s traditional corporate banking market to cryptocurrency companies finding it difficult to get banked, thanks to fears over anti-money laundering (AML) violations and other compliance issues. “Time is pressing,” he said.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion. Figure Pay, he said, is not built on traditional banking structures but “is a blockchain rail and a digital wallet that we think is infinitely more cost-efficient.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Against the backdrop of Open Banking, and in an effort to compete, financial institutions (FIs) must give consumers the ability to share their data with third parties, including FinTech firms. FIs, in turn, must also protect the security and integrity of that data, while giving consumers a sense of control over how and where it’s being used.

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