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Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion

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Pakistan has debuted a government-run instant digital payment system to help with financial inclusion and government revenue, Reuters reports. Pakistan has the distinction as a country where only some economic transactions happen on the books. The Raast system was also supported by the World Bank, Britain and the United Nations.

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Today In Payments: Biden Expected To Name Michael Barr To Head OCC; Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger handed in her resignation Wednesday (Jan. Car buyers want instant access to auto loan disbursements, but there are risks to offering real-time speeds, says Raul Alvarez, director of accounting operations at auto financing provider Westlake Financial.

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Super Apps Rising: Mobile Drives Digital Payments Uptick In Pakistan

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In Pakistan, and elsewhere, the stars are aligning for greater use of digital banking and payments to improve financial inclusion. Regulators are also getting on board with letting NFIs offer financial products in emerging economies, broadening the financial services ecosystem, said Wain. Issuance Matters, Too .

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Ghana To Adopt West African ‘Eco’ Currency

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Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara and French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier in December that the UEMOA would sever several financial ties with Paris. Ghana said in October that it was planning to eliminate paper from most services and transactions by next year, as it aims to become Africa’s most digitalized economy.

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RBI To Allow Non-Bank And UPI Methods For FASTags Payments

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RBI added that the payments will be treated just like regular ones in terms of resolving transactions that didn’t go through. The transactions in the NETC system can be performed without any Additional Factor of Authentication (AFA) and/or pre-transaction notification/alert,” RBI said.

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Deep Dive: Accelerating Cross-Border Payments With Cloud Technology

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Banks are typically required to establish direct links with financial institutions (FIs) in other nations to make or receive cross-border payments. The typical cross-border payment flows through no fewer than four banks before a transaction is complete. Still, not every FI has a counterpart in any given country.

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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. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.

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