PROFILE OF CMS
A link to CMS, a lawfirm with 79 offices in more than 40 countries and 5,800+ lawyers worldwide that provides fintechs and others with local market understanding of regulations and a global perspective.
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PROFILE OF 99FINTECH
A link to 99FinTech, a global contingent advisory firm that provides advisory services to multi-billion-dollar companies, down to series B and C fintechs. Areas of focus relate to growth acceleration, product development and launch, mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate development, finance, risk and compliance in payments and digital banking as well as related industries.
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AS FEDNOW ROLLS OUT, THE US HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM INDIA’S UPI
A link to an article in American Banker describing challenges facing FedNow and valuable lessons that might be gained from India’s experience building real-time payment rails and UPI.
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FED LAUNCHES NEW PAYMENTS SYSTEM THAT LETS YOU SEND MONEY IN SECONDS
A brief report by Yahoo News about the launch of Fed Now, a real-time payments system, by the US’ Federal Reserve.
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FINTECH REGULATION LEGAL ISSUES AND REGULATORY COMPLIANCE (UNITED STATES AND UK)
A link to an article by Geniusee identifying the most important regulatory issues facing fintechs and listing the regulatory bodies with which they deal in the US and Uk.
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HOW FEDNOW AND FASTER PAYMENTS WILL IMPACT US FINTECH
FedNow’s promise of faster payments is not new. Aside from RTP and same-day ACH, we have seen faster payments in a number of forms: closed-loop P2P payments (Venmo, Zelle), wire transfers, stablecoins, and push-to-card. Each varies in settlement type, rail, limit, cost, push/pull capabilities, and transaction limits. This has created an ecosystem where U.S. money movement has become unnecessarily complex. In this white paper by Bessemer Venture Partners they explain that they expect to see more payment-first business models, and a new wave of fraud, and infrastructure to facilitate the patchwork of faster payments in the US.
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WELCOME TO INSTANT PAYMENTS UNIVERSITY
A link to a resource page and numerous resources about the Federal Reserve and its planned introduction of Fed Now, a real-time (RTP) settlement system in the United States in July 2023..
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MISSING KEY: THE CHALLENGE OF CYBER SECURITY AND CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY
In this report the Atlantic Council presents six digital currency variants that could form the basis of a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) system. There is a focus on cybersecurity.
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