Western Union has walked away from its planned acquisition of International Money Express (Intermex) after California’s financial regulator issued final approval conditions the company said would have required significant changes to its business model, agent relationships and long-term strategy.
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AI Security: The 10 Risks Every Organization Should Understand
Part 7 of FTF’s Hi2AI AI Security series examines how compromised models, datasets, open-source libraries, development pipelines and third-party providers can weaken AI systems — and the controls organisations need to secure the AI supply chain.
Global Payments adds Visa data exchange to authentication platform in push against false declines
The United States and Canada are the first markets for the new capability, which lets merchants share richer transaction data with card issuers before authorization decisions are made.
1 week to go for SFF 2026: Five forces rewiring global finance take centre stage in Singapore, 18–20 November
Countdown · 1 week to go Singapore FinTech Festival 2026 📅 18–20 Nov 2026📍 Singapore The Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) 2026 will take place from […]
Canada Launches the Real-Time Rail, With Fintechs Among the First Participants
Payments Canada’s new 24/7 national payment system went live on November 9, 2026, with fintechs and smaller institutions making up most of the first cohort and mandatory centralized fraud services in place from day one.
TD Restricts Third–Party AI Agents From Client Banking Access
FTF Financial Technology Frontiers News · Banking · Artificial Intelligence · Canada TD Restricts Third–Party AI Agents From Client Banking Access By FTF News Desk […]
Budget 2026 Puts Competition at the Centre of Canadian Financial Policy
FTF Written by FTF News Desk Financial Technology Frontiers · 05 November 2026 Canada’s Budget 2026, titled “Masters of our destiny”, puts competition at the […]
Bank of Canada Opens Consultation on Supervising Consumer-Driven Banking
The Bank of Canada has launched a public consultation on the first draft of its Supervisory Guidelines for Consumer-Driven Banking, proposing an accreditation framework for banks, credit unions, lenders, PSPs and third-party providers. Comments are due by December 08, 2026.
AI in the Boardroom: What Does It Cost, and Who Is Accountable?
Boards need to judge AI by the value it creates after its full costs, and know who answers when it goes wrong. Dr Sivaramakrishnan R Guruvayur sets out the B-AIGOS model for board AI governance.
AI Security: The 10 Risks Every Organization Should Understand
Part 6 of FTF’s Hi2AI AI Security series examines how attackers clone AI systems, extract proprietary prompts and logic, and exploit vendor data use — and the controls organisations need to protect the intellectual property inside their AI.