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David Smith

David Smith Information Analyst at ManpowerGroup

Best 5 White-Label Neobank Solutions in 2024

Neobanks continue to face a unique challenge in 2024: standing out in a market dominated by traditional banking institutions. As big banks intensify their digital transformation efforts, fintech startups and neobanks need to act strategically. One of the most efficient ways to compete in this crowded market is by leveraging white-label neobank solu...

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Kyrylo Reitor

Kyrylo Reitor Chief Marketing Officer at International Fintech Business

Upgrade of SPI License to API License in Poland

As of 2024, the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF) has established clear guidelines for Specialized Payment Institutions (SPIs) looking to upgrade to Authorized Payment Institutions (APIs). This transition aligns with the demand for processing higher transaction volumes and delivering a wider range of services, reflecting the financial s...

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Seth Perlman

Seth Perlman Global Head of Product at i2c Inc.

Understanding the Advantages and Current Challenges of Digital Banking Transformation

Key Takeaways: The banking industry is evolving digitally, driven by AI adoption, economic uncertainty? and the need for enhanced consumer privacy and automation, making seamless digital transformations essential for success. Maintaining a strong consumer experience is crucial during digital upgrades, as it can increase revenue, lower costs an...

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Francesco Fulcoli

Francesco Fulcoli Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Flagstone

Understanding and Combating Organised Fraud: A Global Perspective

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently released a comprehensive issue paper on organised fraud, shedding light on this increasingly sophisticated and pervasive form of criminal activity. The report underscores the urgent need for a coordinated global response to counter the diverse forms of organized fraud, which exploit bo...

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Kathiravan Rajendran

Kathiravan Rajendran Associate Director of Marketing Operations at Macro Global

How Banks can regain their market share in Cross-Border Remittances with Strategic FX Capabilities?

Banks face growing competition from Money Transfer Operators (MTOs) and fintech firms in the cross-border remittance space. These challengers offer speed, lower fees, and user-friendly platforms, putting pressure on banks to innovate. The Strategic Role of FX Solutions in Remittance Services FX solutions provide a strategic advantage, enabling ban...

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Impact Study

2024 Fraud Trends in Banking, Insurance, and Beyond

How generative AI is boosting fraud protection in an increasingly complex environment. As technology progresses, so do the capabilities of institutions to secure data and systems. Over 2024, the fraud landscape has been complex, and organisations must push the boundaries of innovation while maintaining a high security bar as the availability and democratisation of AI increases as we're going into 2025. The tidal wave of incoming regulation in the financial sector is an aspect that will help banking and insurance companies to safeguard their customers and data in the best way possible. Yet regulation alone does not address fraud – it’s up to individual organisations to leverage the potential of technology, and review their solutions, processes, and thus ensure compliance and safety. As fraud and regulation increase in the space, technology is one of the key factors that will help banks and insurance companies to address these increased fraud risks. Generative AI enables organisations to deliver hyper-personalised customer experiences, and combining these capabilities with carrier network insights can not only help them significantly reduce authentication fraud, but also ensure regulatory compliance. This impact study, produced in association with AWS and Vonage, examines the current fraud landscape across financial services, banking, and insurance, highlighting how generative AI and network APIs can help prevent fraud while enhancing the customer experience. Explore: Fraud trends in 2024 The impact of regulation Why data is the new gold How organisations can innovate with generative AI Best practices

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Managing Fraud Risks with Synthetic Data

A Practical Approach for Businesses Services Industry The financial services sector is in a constant state of evolution, and so too are the challenges it faces, particularly in the realm of financial crime. This mounting issue has become a significant concern for institutions, customers and regulators alike. The key to addressing this lies in our approach to data - its quality, management, and applications. Harnessing the power of synthetic data and AI tools has become a pivotal factor in business transformation, particularly in addressing the issue of financial crime. The ability to streamline operations and enhance efficiency is a major challenge businesses face, but the introduction of synthetic data offers promising solutions. Synthetic data provides a comprehensive view of all types of crime, a feature that is crucial for global banks often grappling with segmented fraud activity. This broader perspective enhances the institutions’ capability to effectively fight financial crime. This report summarises the discussion had during a Finextra webinar, hosted in association with Red Hat, and explores: The role of synthetic data in combatting financial crime Implications of new regulation How synthetic data enhances crime detection A practical apprach for managing fraud risk  

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The Future of Payments 2025 – Digital, Instant, Profitable?

A Sibos Special Edition The global payments landscape is in a period of rapid transition, with technologies and regulations making a serious impact. Yet looking to the future of the payments industry, how can we ensure that it is digital, instant, and profitable? While consumer behaviours continue to evolve in tandem with this. Artificial intelligence (AI), tokenised assets, Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), Blockchain, and even more pioneering technologies are shaking up the payments systems all in their own way. Adding to this atmosphere of flux, is an developing regulatory framework which promises to alter this situation further. Regulators are facing an uphill battle attempting to legislate on emerging technologies while keeping consumers safe, and providing the best outcome for payment service providers (PSPs). As we move towards milestones like open finance and more rapid payments, there is a chance the payment ecosystem could look quite different within the next few years. Under these growing pressures, global payments organisations will need to ensure that they are able to bend and adapt to the circumstance, or risk snapping. Never has it been more important for PSPs to collaborate with each other, and regulators, to ensure the best outcomes. This Sibos 2024 special edition report, was produced with contributions from Accenture, Deloitte, EBA CLEARING, Finastra, FIS Global, Investec, J.P. Morgan, Oesterreichische Nationalbank, PPI AG, Swift, and Wise. It explores: The evolution of instant payments in 2025; The modernisation correspondent banking and cross border payments; Preparing the upcoming EU payments legislation; The key to successful digitalisation; The technology innovations reshaping the payments sector.

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Online Checkout and Payment Security – Balancing Act and Moving Target?

In this FinextraTV interview, Mark Barnett, President Europe, Mastercard and Alexa von Bismarck, President EMEA, Adyen, explain how the payments industry must strike a balance between providing an efficient consumer experience and a secure experience. From Chip and PIN to Tap and Pay to using a device to pay to purchasing online now – where most of the security issues sit – the pair discuss how tokenisation could be a solution for mitigating the moving target of fraud and friction.

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Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What are the benefits to the biometric payments rollout?

With the advent of numerous new technologies in payments, biometrics has taken a lead in authentication processes and accessibility. According to Global Market Insights, the biometric payment market was valued at $8.83 billion in 2023, and is expected to grow around 17.1% between 2024 and 2032. Biometric cards have further become a trend amongst p...

Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

How home-grown insights, big-bank connections fuel fast-growing treasury fintech

When Treasury4’s executive team contacted Finextra to announce that it was joining the JP Morgan Payments Partner Network, we were intrigued by the ‘why.’ We wanted to know what being a part of the JPM ‘payments ecosystem’ would really mean to a fast-growing, ‘actual-experience-driven’ fintech start-up like the Spokane, WA-based treasury and finan...

Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Content Manager at Finextra

Pix Automático: Unlocking the potential of recurring payments in Brazil

Brazil’s Pix has been one of the most impactful success stories over the last decade. Created by the country’s Central Bank, the instant payments system purpose was to modernise Brazil’s payments industry by reducing consumers’ reliance on cash, lowering financial costs, and fostering financial inclusion – and it succeeded brilliantly. Launched in...