Companies

The Clearing House Association and BPI Urge Treasury to Modernize AML Rules for the Digital Age

The Clearing House

“The Clearing House Association and the Bank Policy Institute issued recommendations to the U.S. Department of the Treasury as part of Treasury’s request for information to modernize the Bank Secrecy Act. Recommendations: Apply anti-money laundering rules consistently; encourage banks to adopt technologies that help combat illicit finance; Rescind the existing model risk management guidance, which […]

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Global

Monetary Authority of Singapore Launches PathFin.ai Knowledge Hub to Boost AI Adoption in Finance Sector

TNGlobal

“The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has launched the PathFin.ai knowledge hub to boost the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the financial sector. The knowledge hub features an initial set of successful use cases, curated by industry participants in key areas like sales and marketing, customer operations, risk management, and engineering and tech.”

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Global

European Central Bank Selects Digital Euro Service Providers

European Central Bank

“The ECB has signed framework agreements with the following providers for the five digital euro components and related services: Alias lookup: (1) Sapient GmbH & Tremend Software Consulting S.R.L, (2) equensWorldline; Risk and fraud management: (1) Feedzai, (2) Capgemini Deutschland; App and software development kit (SDK): (1) Almaviva SpA & Fabrick SpA, (2) Sapient GmbH […]

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Industry

Feedzai Selected to Safeguard the Digital Euro

Feedzai

“The European Central Bank (ECB) has concluded a framework agreement in ranking with Feedzai to provide the central fraud detection and prevention mechanism for the digital euro. Its role is to contribute to safeguarding transactions from fraud by enriching payment service providers’ own risk management with insights derived from a central infrastructure-level view.”

Companies

Temenos Launches AI-Powered Money Movement & Management Platform at Sibos

Temenos

“Temenos announced the launch of Temenos Money Movement & Management, an AI-powered and pre-integrated platform to streamline payments and account services. This unified solution brings together payments, accounts, risk, and treasury modules, enabling financial institutions to move money faster, more reliably and at lower cost.”

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Episode 274 - Looking through the Fog: Investing in Times of Great Uncertainty, with Timothy Chiodo, UBS, and Christopher Kim, Capital Group

In this episode, Bryan Derman welcomes Tim Chiodo from UBS and Chris Kim from Capital Group to discuss what’s happening in the market, consider what investors look for in a payments company, and explore impacts on investing from regulation and innovation.

Industry

New York Banking Regulator Required to Adopt Blockchain Analytics for Risk Management

Coinspeaker

“The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has directed banking organizations under its supervision to implement blockchain analytics tools as part of their compliance frameworks, marking the regulator’s latest step to strengthen oversight of cryptocurrency activities.”

Companies

ACH Operations #3-2025-Automating the Request for Proof of Audit

Nacha

“For over a decade, Nacha has been contacting financial institutions to request proof of an ACH Rules compliance audit of the financial institution and, if applicable, its Third-Party Senders, in accordance with Article One, Subsection 1.2.2 (Audits of Rules Compliance). Until now, this has been a manual process, which has limited the number of participants contacted. Beginning […]

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Data Identity Payments Fraud

Episode 273 - The Hard Science of Fraud Investigations, with David Maimon, SentiLink

In part three of our series on payments fraud trends and tactics, we welcome back David Maimon, Head of Fraud Insights at SentiLink, to dive into how David and his team use a “data-driven” approach in their investigations and how they have applied their research to predict the fraudulent use of identity information.

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Episode 272 - Fanning the Flames - 2025 Mid-Year Payments Industry Trends Update

To help you read the tea leaves in the mountains of publications, Yvette Bohanan rounded up Chris Uriarte and Drew Edmond for this mid-year update on payments industry trends. Tune in to hear updates and perspectives on topics like regulation, stablecoins, agentic commerce, tokenization, and fraud.

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Fifth Third Announces Acquisition of DTS Connex, Adding Scale, Innovation in Cash Management

Business Wire

“Fifth Third announced its acquisition of DTS Connex, a leader in cash management software solutions for multi-location businesses such as retailers, restaurants and healthcare providers. The acquisition adds expanded capabilities in cash logistics offerings, infrastructure and risk management to Fifth Third’s Commercial Payments business.”

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Episode 271 - Sufficiently Solving the Non-Sufficient Funds Puzzle with Chanan Lavi, Kipp

In this episode, Drew Edmond is joined by Chanan Lavi, CEO and Co-founder of Kipp, to discuss solutions to the major problem of non-sufficient funds declines, as well as the implications for merchants, issuers, and consumers. 

Companies

First-Party Fraud and the Role of the RDFI

Nacha

“Members of Nacha’s Risk Management Advisory Group (RMAG) have noticed an increase in first-party fraud at their institutions, and Nacha representatives are fielding more questions on first-party fraud from other participants on the ACH Network. First-party fraud comes in many forms, but the two most concerning to RMAG member financial institutions and their customers are […]

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Companies

Visa Extends Cybersecurity Expertise, Prioritizing Proactive Defense Strategies for Clients

Visa

“Visa is creating new opportunities for clients to leverage its deep expertise in cybersecurity through its value-added services and risk management offerings. As a part of this strategy, Visa announced the launch of the global Visa Cybersecurity Advisory Practice, empowering clients with analysis of the risk landscape along with the actionable insights needed to identify, […]

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Plaid: Product Updates

Plaid

“At Plaid Effects, a number of new products and updates were announced to help fight fraud, meaningfully improve credit decisions, and drive growth. From Plaid Protect, our fraud intelligence platform, to new AI tools that make building an integration with Plaid faster and easier, these updates are all about helping you build with more speed […]