PE Forum: Deeper stakeholder collaboration the solution in the fight against money laundering?
Compliance on anti-money laundering (AML) standards is undeniably one of the most concerning areas for gambling/betting leadership, facing a greater regulatory and public scrutiny....
Set for Asia – Japan’s SoftBank invests heavily into Wirecard
German digital payments company Wirecard and Tokyo-based multinational holding conglomerate SoftBank Group have signed an agreement of which Softbank will invest around €900m into...
Fukui Bank agrees deal with IBM to improve digital services
IBM Services have disclosed an agreement with Japan-based Fukui Bank to migrate its distributed processing system to IBM Cloud.The move aims to help “drive...
FSS and QRails team up to drive frictionless payments
Global payments technology company FSS (Financial Software and Systems) and QRails Inc., a financial services technology company, have entered a partnership to provide next...
EML secures bet365 New Jersey reloadable card contract
EML Payments (EML) has announced it has secured a deal for the provision of a bet365 branded reloadable card program in the state of...
FinCEN issues first fine for violation of Bitcoin trading AML laws
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has first time penalised a “peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanger” for breaking anti-money laundering (AML) rules.The US regulator stated...
Canadian regulators link with UK’s FCA on sandbox initiative
The securities regulatory authorities in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Québec and Saskatchewan has announced a “co-operation agreement” with the United...
Payfone land $24m in funding plus partnership with TransUnion
Payfone, digital identity authentication solution providers, has reported the closing of a $24 million funding round - led by information solutions firm TransUnion.Payfone...
‘Who am I?’ Citi introduce biometric authentication in Asia Pacific
Citi Group has announced that its clients in China, India, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam can now use fingerprint or facial recognition to access their...
Wirecard partner with TON Labs to develop digital financial services
Digital fintech firm Wirecard and ecosystem developer for the Telegram Open Network (TON) platform, TON Labs, have announced their collaborative plans to develop a...