Fraud Fight Club debuts at Fintech Nexus USA 2023

This year’s Fintech Nexus USA attendees have yet another thing to be excited about.  Joining forces with fraud experts, About Fraud, Fintech Nexus brings a super-track experience to this year’s event. “Fraud Fight Club” brings the greatest minds in the fraud-fighting world together for the first time to talk about the ongoing threat and how […]

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A tale of two regulators – EU MiCA bill

This week has been one of polar opposites when it comes to handling digital asset regulation.  On Thursday, April 18, the industry watched, nay, cringed, as SEC Chair, Gary Gensler, sat in the Congressional hot seat in a hearing that focused, for the most part, on the SEC’s policing of the crypto space.  Meanwhile, today, […]

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Ualá reaches 200,000 users in Colombia with a focus on including Venezuelan immigrants

A year after launching in Colombia, Argentine neobank Ualá has reached 200,000 customers in the country, country manager Natalia Ríos told Fintech Nexus in an exclusive interview. A sizeable portion of its customer base is not strictly Colombian. Around 50,000 of its clients are part of a vast community of Venezuelan immigrants who have flocked […]

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Webinar: How to Reduce Transaction Fraud while Increasing Approval Rates with AI and Machine Learning

Thursday, April 27, 2023, 2 p.m. EDT What is this webinar about? With advanced AI and ML Acquirers applications, PSPs and PacFacs now have the tools to reduce the threat of increasingly sophisticated and evolving fraud schemes. More than ever, consumers expect every transaction to be frictionless, instant, and safe. The payments industry is increasingly […]

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How AI can help cryptocurrency firms avoid AML regulatory crosshairs

The following is a guest post by Arthur Mueller, Vice President of Financial Crime at WorkFusion. Today, cryptocurrency firms face increased regulatory scrutiny. This year we saw the crypto explosion coupled with the FTX implosion. From an anti-money laundering (AML) perspective, these organizations had significant increases in new customers and transactions over a very short […]

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How accounts receivable automation delivers value for business

The following is a guest post by Stacy Dubovik. Account receivables are a critical area that organizations cannot afford to overlook. This financial segment of business operations, known as account receivables or AR, refers to the payments customers owe for the goods or services a company has provided. A small AR department or accountants generally […]

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Live: Weekly news show, April 20, 2023

Dan Quan Join us for our weekly news roundup show with hosts Todd Anderson and Peter Renton, with special guest Dan Quan. This fast-paced show features the content leaders of Fintech Nexus discussing the biggest fintech news stories of the past week. The show starts at 5 p.m. EDT. Watch it below. Fintech Nexus Staff […]

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Editorial cartoon for April 18, 2023

Matt Bodkin Matt is a seasoned editorial cartoonist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Long Island University. He brings a strong background in the newspaper industry and skills in arts and design to his work. He aims to distill complex issues into funny doodles that resonate with readers. View all posts

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Greenlight study shows why most bank financial literacy programs fail

While most banks have some type of financial education strategy, few customers realize it. That makes those efforts futile, results of a study by Greenlight reveal. VP of business development Matt Wolf described Greenlight as a family finance company. It offers a banking app and debit card. Both help teach kids and, in many cases, […]

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Colombian Kala raises $6 million to build SaaS lending infrastructure for fintechs

The Colombian fintech industry is again witnessing a surge in venture capital investments after some tough months for local companies. Kala, the Bogotá-based SaaS fintech that enables small and medium-sized finance companies to streamline their credit granting process, recently announced the raising of $6 million, obtained in its first 12 months of operations. The investment, […]

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