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Security & Fraud
Data Orchestration Can Beat Fraudsters at Their GPT Identity-Theft Games
May 31, 2023

Financial fraud is growing faster and more sophisticated, making smart defense crucial for today’s organizations. Still, as the world grows ever more digital, so too do consumers’ and corporations’ identities, as well as the authentication controls around them. This transition period has provided bad actors...

Payment Methods
JPMorgan Chase: Process, People and Partnerships Help Treasurers Build Business Resiliency
May 31, 2023

Just as the payments ecosystem is constantly changing, so too must treasurers’ approach to executing transactions and battling fraud. Arnold Evans, managing director and co-head of Emerging Middle Market at JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking, focuses on serving companies with up to $100 million in revenue....

Banking
SEC Looking Into Withdrawals Made From Silicon Valley Bank
May 30, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly looking into withdrawals made from Silicon Valley Bank before it collapsed. One focus of the inquiry is whether executives at private equity firms cashed out their personal accounts at the bank before their clients, Bloomberg reported Tuesday (May 30), citing...

Regulation
Mastercard Agrees With FTC Card Data Routing Order
May 30, 2023

Federal regulators have finalized an order requiring Mastercard to share card data with other payment networks. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the consent order settles charges that Mastercard had unlawfully forced merchants to route debit card payments through its network, in violation of the 2010...

Banking
UK Arm of Silicon Valley Bank Now HSBC Innovation Banking
May 30, 2023

HSBC is reportedly set to rename the U.K. arm of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). The European banking giant will next month announce the rechristening, dubbing the bank HSBC Innovation Banking, Great Britain’s Sky News reported Monday (May 29).  The report quotes a “tech veteran” who said the...

B2B Payments
Business Payments Company FLEETCOR Considering Selling Prepaid Card Business
May 30, 2023

FLEETCOR Technologies is reportedly considering selling its prepaid card business. The global business payments company is working with financial advisers on the potential sale of the unit, which could be valued at $500 million to $1 billion, Bloomberg Law reported Tuesday (May 30), citing unnamed...

Investments
Talis Capital Announces First Closing of $175 Million Fund
May 30, 2023

Talis Capital has announced the first closing of its $175 million fund. With this fund, which is its third fund and its largest to date, the venture capital (VC) firm will continue to lead seed and Series A rounds in tech infrastructure, climate and consumer...

B2B Payments
Balance Adds Enhanced Dunning Management Solution to B2B Payments Platform
May 30, 2023

Balance has added an enhanced dunning management solution to its B2B payments platform. The latest release of the company’s Account Receivables Management Suite includes automated payment collection and a portal that shows the status of payments and invoices, Balance said in a Tuesday (May 30)...

Artificial Intelligence
Subscription Supercomputers Are Bringing Business-Use AI to the Masses
May 30, 2023

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has most companies looking to buy and integrate, not build, solutions. That’s because the sheer computing cost of running large language models (LLMs), much less the considerable expertise required to build them, leaves most enterprises with little say in the matter....