Dispatch Issue: 2/17/2021

Here is your link to the archived edition of MAC Dispatch for the week of Feb 17, 2021.

https://multibriefs.com/briefs/mac/MAC021721.php

Articles in this week's issue:

MAC UPDATES

• Tech Day(s) is around the corner. Have you registered?
• MAC Call for Content

INDUSTRY NEWS

• Banks see new opportunity to close the consumer payment, merchant settlement speed gap
• 270 addresses are responsible for 55% of all cryptocurrency money laundering
• Bitcoin hits $50,000 milestone as world's No. 1 cryptocurrency extends gain in 2021
• Fintech potential: The best countries for your fintech business
• How Apple pay helps 'cheat' banks out of $250 billion in payments
• Businesses face fraud risks within the enterprise
• How the GameStop frenzy sabotaged a bid to 'democratize' finance
• Banks see new opportunity to close the consumer payment, merchant settlement speed gap
• PayPoint boosts PayByLink solution to support financially vulnerable users
• Reducing Instant Payment Fraud requires transparency, unity and technology
• The BNPL trend: Installment payment plans are growing among younger generations
• These are the best credit cards to use at Hilton hotels in 2021
• PayPal bows out of 'fastest-growing' digital payments market in world
• JCB and Keychain develop digital payment infrastructure for IoT environments