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How Social Engineering, Instant Finality, and PSD3 Fraud Prevention Are Becoming Core Functions Relevant to Liability AI-driven social engineering, real-time payments, and the new liability framework under PSD3/PSR are fundamentally transforming the payments landscape. Fraud prevention is shifting from a downstream control function to a liability-relevant real-time decision-making task, presenting banks, payment service providers, and merchants with new technical, operational, and regulatory challenges – particularly due to the need to make fraud decisions in a documentable and cross-system manner in real time.
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Unlocking potential from phasing-out variable liability products? Discover how a well-structured product catalogue leads to higher margins, qualitatively improved cash flows, and simplified validation processes.
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On 1 June 2026, the reform of the Retirement Savings Certification Act (AltZertG) was passed, paving the way for a new Retirement Investment Account (AVD). The starting gun fires on 1 January 2027. What does this mean for banks?
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Despite the clear direction set by AMLR, the new requirements for AFC risk assessments are causing headaches in everyday practice. Data silos, system discontinuities (Excel), missing audit trails, annual project cycles, and unclear responsibilities are complicating implementation. Part 2 of our blog series looks at the practical hurdles.
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Becoming a member of the board requires more than just leadership experience. Find out what technical requirements the KWG and MaRisk stipulate – and what else really matters in practice.
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E-invoicing is gradually becoming a regulatory requirement in Germany—receipt has been possible since 2025, and issuance will be mandatory starting in 2027/2028. For banks and PSPs, this is a strategic game-changer, as invoices become operational process data—and thus the data anchor for invoice-to-pay, cash visibility, automated reconciliation, and new payment services.
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DORA, the EU AI Act and rising vendor-risk requirements are putting the technology stacks of European fintechs under institutional scrutiny. The key question is whether infrastructure, data and AI dependencies are governable, auditable and resilient.
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Connecting Scandinavia in your ERP – with ISO 20022 and structured payment references. How Nordic payment systems work in practice.