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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. Cybersecurity and data privacy have always been critical facets of open banking regulations as fraud tends to increase alongside growing online transaction volumes.

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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. These challenges are only exacerbated when payments move across international borders, usually accomplished via correspondence banking. Still, not every FI has a counterpart in any given country.

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Framing The FinTech Build Vs. Buy Debate

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For the firm, there’s a direct relationship between the number of customers and the transactions, and the transaction alerts that will be triggered. Each far-flung location might have different regulatory requirements in place, said the executive. In many locations, the regulatory frameworks are not well-specified. Think again.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

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JOHNSON: Well, part of it was, I think, regulatory. And so getting people to invest early is really, really important, and you don’t want to have mechanisms, regulatory environments, that kind of prohibit them getting advice early. You can put those tags in there but still take a professionally managed strategy… RITHOLTZ: Right.

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Mastercard, Finicity and Standardizing Open Banking’s Data Flow

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While open banking is gaining traction in Europe (by regulatory mandate) and is making inroads to the U.S. through free market competition), on these shores the strategy of getting there seems to be settled in favor of acquisitions. The move is designed to strengthen Mastercard’s push into open banking in the U.S.,

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What’s Next In Libra’s Serial Cliffhanger?

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Sounds a bit to us like tag teams: One partner switches out but tags in another teammate who is game to go — and Libra tokens, of course, stay in the pot. The members can leave for any reason. They can also transfer their $10 million investments — which back the yet-to-be issued tokens — to other eligible organizations.

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How To Accelerate Client Growth As An Advice-Only Firm

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And so, a little bit, I try to be as much in the opposite direction of that as I can, because it doesn’t matter how much they have in assets to work with us. If you have wills, if you have those health directives, things like that, then we’ll want take a look at those. Never miss a Financial Advisor Success podcast episode!

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