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The payment company is collaborating with Brazil's national real-time payment network to reach more e-commerce merchants, while adding Affirm as an option to its in-store point of sale system. That, and more in the American Banker global payments and fintech roundup.
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The scams are becoming increasingly harder to detect, as fraudsters mimic authentic communications from banks.
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Washington Trust Bank is executing a slow-but-steady de novo expansion inside the I-5 corridor on the western side of its home state. Its newest branch is slated to open this fall in Tacoma.
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Cash-flow management tools: The ability for small business customers to access digital cash flow management tools will enable them to have real-time insights based on financial data,
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New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges that Zelle's parent company, Early Warning Services, failed to adopt basic safeguards to combat fraud. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau dismissed a similar lawsuit in March without an explanation.
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A high-level bank executive will discuss how generative AI (GenAI) will empower small business bankers as strategic advisors,
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Real-time payments innovation will continue,
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Bank groups, especially those representing the largest institutions, did little in the way of a public campaign against the provisions in the stablecoin bill that could disintermediate traditional banking, but are picking up steam for the upcoming market structure fight.
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Stephanie Mier is the Chief Insurance Officer atServiceUp , an all-in-one tech platform transforming how fleets and insurers manage vehicle repairs. She has spent the past two decades in the Insurance Industry, building auto claim departments, specializing in accident management, writing policy, and launching products to focusing on decreased overall risk, customer retention and acquisition. Prior to ServiceUp, she spent the last 8+ years in the fintech mobility space, building Insurance for Turo, Fair Financial, Kyte on demand rental, and was a founding member to PAKT Embedded Insurance Brokerage.August 13 -
The lender, which uses existing credit balances to fund installment loans, has linked to Samsung Pay and plans other partnerships in the future to build a global merchant network.
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