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Banking
JPMorgan Aims to Expand in Africa and Scandinavia
September 18, 2024

America’s largest bank is increasing its expansion efforts outside the U.S. J.P. Morgan Chase is hiring bankers in cities like Stockholm and Copenhagen to expand its Nordic business and take on European banks, officials from the lender told Bloomberg News in an interview Wednesday (Sept....

B2B Payments
Check Still in the Mail? Digital Payments Bring Business Payments Up to Speed
September 18, 2024

We are nearly 25 years into the 21st century. For businesses, the shift from traditional, analog methods to seamless, digital-first payment processes should have happened long ago. “Almost half of B2B payments are still made via check, which blows my mind in terms of the...

Banking
FDIC’s New Merger Guidelines Heighten Focus on Bank Sector’s ‘Stability’
September 17, 2024

For the banks, the urge to merge may get held up by regulators — who’d formerly been using decades-old guidelines by which to judge the merits of those deals. And to steal a line from Prince (at least a bit): No one’s going to party...

Digital Banking
What to Know About Rule 1033 as Open Banking Continues to Evolve
September 17, 2024

Open banking — relatively well-entrenched in Europe, nascent here in the United States — is taking shape largely by directive, through regulations and standards that give a roadmap to how financial data is permissioned by consumers and shared with financial services providers. At the center...

B2B Payments
Capchase and Stripe Partner on B2B BNPL in US
September 17, 2024

Capchase and Stripe have partnered to offer a B2B buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment method in the United States. With this partnership, Capchase’s B2B BNPL for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) firms is available within Stripe’s financial infrastructure platform for businesses, Capchase said in a Tuesday (Sept. 17) press...

Regulation
Brazil to Bar Use of Credit Cards in Online Gambling
September 17, 2024

Online gambling companies reportedly will be prevented from operating in Brazil if they haven’t requested authorization to do so. The potential suspensions announced by Brazil’s Finance Ministry will begin Oct. 1 as part of the country’s tightening of online gambling rules, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (Sept. 17)....

Security & Fraud
Invoice Invasion: Defending the Finance Department From Hidden Fraud Risks
September 17, 2024

Businesses can’t grow without getting paid, and businesses won’t get paid without an invoice. But fraudsters have taken notice, capitalizing on the fact that the invoice, whether it’s digital or paper, represents one of a company’s most attractive attack surfaces. Against this backdrop, invoice fraud...

eCommerce
The Linz Shop Aims to Stand Out From D2C Herd With Its Heritage, Storytelling
September 17, 2024

Company officials at The Linz Shop hope to redefine premium beef delivery by leveraging their history and storytelling. As a fourth-generation family-owned business, the company is transforming its story into a direct-to-consumer powerhouse. By integrating its historical roots with modern eCommerce strategies, The Linz Shop...

Regulation
AT&T to Pay $13 Million and Add Safeguards After 2023 Data Breach
September 17, 2024

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached a settlement with AT&T that resolves the agency’s investigation into a January 2023 hack in which AT&T customer information was taken from a vendor’s cloud environment. A consent decree resolving this investigation requires AT&T to pay $13 million...