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They must also prepare for the rising costs and complexities of compliance with regulatory requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Firms and service providers in adjacent areas must rapidly transform their businesses to benefit from these developments. Their strategies should include improving the interoperability of their digital platforms and deploying application programming interfaces (APIs) to allow the use of embedded payment systems.<\/li>\n<li>Regulators must adopt a proactive, multi-level approach to technological changes when formulating new standards, as well as closely monitoring any financial risks within payment systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The global economy is going through a digital payment revolution. 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