Friday January 3, 2020 –
Here are the new and noteworthy stories we have been following this week.
Grab, Singtel Team Up on Singapore Digital Bank License Bid
Asian ride-hailing firm Grab, and Singapore Telecom (Singtel) are partnering to apply for a full digital banking license in Singapore; the Monetary Authority of Singapore is planning to issue five digital banking licenses in mid-2020.
PayPal Signs Commercial Agreement with MercadoLibre
According to Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal, building on PayPal’s investment in Mercado Libre, PayPal will be a payment option for Mercado Libre and Mercado Pago for residents of Brazil and Mexico, and Mercdao Pago will be offered as a payment method for PayPal merchants.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/paypal-signs-commercial-agreement-mercadolibre-dan-schulman/
The California Consumer Privacy Act officially takes effect today
California’s privacy law officially takes effect on January 1; the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, is a state-level law that requires, among other things, that companies notify users of the intent to monetize their data, and give them a way to opt out.
https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/01/the-california-consumer-privacy-act-officially-takes-effect-today/
Razer teams up with partners including Sheng Shiong, FWD to join Singapore’s digital banking race
Gaming company, Razer is teaming up with a consortium of Asian businesses and wealthy individuals to apply for a full digital banking license in Singapore; Razer Fintech, the company’s financial technology unit, will own a 60% stake in the group, while the partners will hold the remaining 40%.
China’s Ant Financial applies for Singapore digital banking license
Ant Financial has applied for a digital wholesale banking licence in Singapore becoming the third company to apply for a digital banking license after Grab and Razer.
Australia delays Open Banking roll out over security concerns
Australia is delaying the introduction of Open Banking rules by six months given concerns over testing and security of the new provisions for account data sharing; the revised deadline for the implementation of the Consumer Data Right (CDR) act is now July 1, 2020.
JPMorgan to ban fintech apps from using customer passwords
Chase is working on getting fintech apps to use tokens instead of customer passwords to access their bank accounts; Yodlee and Plaid have both agreed to use tokens.
https://www.ft.com/content/93dcfc52-210b-11ea-b8a1-584213ee7b2b
Deutsche Bank to launch ‘Motion Code’ card in Spain
Deutsche Bank in Spain has teamed up with Mastercard and Idemia to launch a credit card with a dynamic CVC code that changes every four hours; the card is branded as ‘Tarjeta Calma’.
