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🪬Europe: consumers value payment security over speed Members Public

🪬Europe: consumers value payment security over speed Financial analysts from the Swiss company Vyntra🇨🇭have identified a new trend in the payments market after surveying over 1,000 European adults. ▶️Key insight: the industry’s long-held belief that transaction speed is a key driver of customer loyalty appears to be

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🏴‍☠️Turkey 🇹🇷: financial intelligence agency to gain authority to freeze crypto accounts Members Public

🏴‍☠️Turkey 🇹🇷: financial intelligence agency to gain authority to freeze crypto accounts A new bill aimed at combating crypto-related fraud is currently being drafted. If approved, the Ministry of Finance and Treasury (Masak) will be empowered to freeze suspicious accounts not only in banks, payment systems, and electronic money institutions, but

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🏴‍☠️Anti-fraud: SWIFT and leading banks test the use of AI for data sharing Members Public

🏴‍☠️Anti-fraud: SWIFT and leading banks test the use of AI for data sharing The tests were conducted on 10 million transactions involving 13 of the largest banks. ▶️ Among the participants were ANZ🇳🇿, BNY🇺🇸, and Intesa Sanpaolo🇮🇹, working alongside technology partners such as Google Cloud. ▶️The testing involved privacy-enhancing technologies (PET)

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🙊Brazil🇧🇷 and the impact of advanced financial technologies: restrictions introduced for e-wallets with bank-like functions Members Public

🙊Brazil🇧🇷 and the impact of advanced financial technologies: restrictions introduced for e-wallets with bank-like functions The more advanced the technology, the broader and more diverse the market becomes — and with that expansion comes closer regulatory scrutiny. In recent weeks, Brazil, home to Latin America’s most sophisticated instant payments system,

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👍United Kingdom🇬🇧: FCA prepares to lift contactless payment limits Members Public

👍United Kingdom🇬🇧: FCA prepares to lift contactless payment limits The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) plans to allow card issuers to set their own contactless payment limits for their customers. For instance, this is already the case in the United States🇺🇸. ▶️This initiative is part of the 50 measures outlined

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💀Fear and Loathing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Tether froze USD 49.6 million in funds linked to pig butchering scams Members Public

💀Fear and Loathing in the Asia-Pacific Region: Tether froze USD 49.6 million in funds linked to pig butchering scams Demonstrating that stablecoin oversight can effectively disrupt illicit cross-border money flows, the crackdown brought together Chainalysis, Binance, OKX, and regional law enforcement agencies. ▶️Context: these freezing measures are part of

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😳Thailand🇹🇭: the Bank of Thailand (BOT) will impose daily limits on mobile banking transfers Members Public

😳Thailand🇹🇭: the Bank of Thailand (BOT) will impose daily limits on mobile banking transfers The main purpose is to curb fraud. The limit set by the Central Bank is 50,000 baht (1,544 USD). In addition, banks will implement individual limits based on monitoring customer behavior during transactions. ▶️Gradual

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😱Mastercard launches a new service in the UK🇬🇧 to protect A2A payments from fraud Members Public

😱Mastercard launches a new service in the UK🇬🇧 to protect A2A payments from fraud Mastercard has announced the launch of a new security service for account-to-account (A2A) payments, to be integrated into the UK’s Faster Payments system in collaboration with Monzo, NatWest, and Santander. The service, called Mastercard A2A

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