As the banking and payments sector stands on the cusp of 2025 on a new regulation-averse government worldview, one of the issues that bears watching is the partnerships between banks and FinTechs. As a group, they have created new ways of moving money, across apps,...
The Federal Reserve Board has announced an enforcement action against Franklin, Tennessee-based Lineage Financial Network, the bank holding company of Lineage Bank. The Fed said in a Thursday (Dec. 19) press release that the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) separately issued an enforcement action with Lineage Bank in January...
A flurry of announcements and proposals from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the weeks leading up to — and after — November’s election begs the question: With the agency under fire from the majority party — as Republicans have control of the presidency and...
Consumers who initially appear low risk based on basic bank account validation may be revealed to be fraudsters when analyzed with additional signals and insights, ValidiFI found in a report released Thursday (Dec. 19). A comprehensive cross-referencing of phone, email, address and other identity elements...
December 20, 2024
As the banking and payments sector stands on the cusp of 2025 on a new regulation-averse government worldview, one of the issues that bears watching is the partnerships between banks and FinTechs. As a group, they have created new ways of moving money, across apps, platforms and mobile devices. FinTechs have largely been untested in […]
December 17, 2024
Trust is a balancing act as companies, banks and merchants collaborate to make everyday financial life and commerce a reality. Featurespace Chief Operating Officer Tim Vanderham told PYMNTS in an...
December 13, 2024
The benefits of standardized data formats and exchanges in financial services are myriad. Banks are moving toward the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard, tied to Swift, which noted that the...
December 12, 2024
It seems like everything is moving to the cloud — from data to infrastructure — as companies seek to cut costs and scale their operations. In financial services, that means...
December 20, 2024
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sued Zelle operator Early Warning Services and three of its owner banks — Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Wells Fargo — alleging that they failed to protect consumers from “widespread fraud” on the peer-to-peer payment network. The agency’s complaint alleged that the defendants violated consumer financial protection laws […]
December 19, 2024
The Federal Reserve Board has announced an enforcement action against Franklin, Tennessee-based Lineage Financial Network, the bank holding company of Lineage Bank. The Fed said in a Thursday (Dec. 19) press release that...
December 19, 2024
Consumers who initially appear low risk based on basic bank account validation may be revealed to be fraudsters when analyzed with additional signals and insights, ValidiFI found in a report...
December 18, 2024
Credit union service organization Velera partnered with The Knoble to combat human crime, which includes human trafficking, child exploitation, financial scams, elder abuse and other forms of exploitation. The Knoble...
