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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating this shift, making financial institutions (FIs), merchants and their regulatory officials race to secure these new digital users. MENA nations’ original rules involved data privacy, but they were focused on developing the open banking ecosystem and allowing information to move freely.

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Urban Massage’s Customer Database Leaked

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A popular London-based massage startup has leaked its entire customer database — and could face steep fines due to violating GDPR (General Date Protection Regulation) rules. After a preliminary review, it doesn’t appear that any financial information was exposed. But for some, the information exposed could still cause harm.

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PSD2 Challenges Leave Norway, Netherlands Playing Catch-Up

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Since many European Union (EU) countries have now brought PSD2 and GDPR fully into their financial infrastructures, banks and merchants must prepare for the upcoming Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) rule and its fast-approaching September deadline. The change is just one of many that PSD2 is bringing to payments within the EU.

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Brighterion CEO: How AI Can Stop Criminals Who Win By Gaming Banking Rules

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Danske Bank’s problems are the biggest and most obvious at the moment, but they point to a much bigger, more puzzling issue that is affecting the financial services industry broadly. The time for rules-based systems has past, and the time for artificial intelligence (AI)-based systems — or, as Adjaoute said, “the real AI” — is here.

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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Combats COVID-19 With Payment Options

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This price tag is more than a four-year public college degree – which currently clocks in at $98,440, on average – and includes both gym memberships and fitness classes like Pilates or spin. Factoring in luxury options like Equinox or SoulCycle causes prices to rise even more.”.

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Walmart+, Amazon Pay, and The Battle For The Digital Consumer Top This Week's News

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Still, the online vacation rental marketplace has not ruled out a merger with Ackman’s Pershing Square Tontine Holdings Ltd. For more than half of them, one factor was key in deciding where to open their accounts: trust in the financial institution. Airbnb Inc. Trackers and Reports. as the pandemic rocked the country.

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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

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Diaper retailers used to help customers avoid tax costs by providing their products online to out-of-state consumers, but the practice only helped those with cash flow and internet access, and the 2018 Wayfair ruling has since stopped such reprieves. Sales taxes’ price tags.