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What is TRACE Reporting? (Part 1 of 6)

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debt market, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) developed the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) in 2002 to facilitate the mandatory reporting of OTC bond transactions in eligible fixed-income securities. Treasury Securities to TRACE. To promote transparency in the large U.S. Interested in learning more?

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AI, Security And Loosened Rules: How The US Wants To Boost FinTech

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Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. AI And Data Security. Treasury Department. financial technology efforts.

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Growing Ratings Data Overwhelms Regulators

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securities regulator is having trouble with rating agencies because it doesn’t have the tools or specific knowledge it needs to analyze huge amounts of rating data, according to a report from Reuters. Those entities and their elevated ratings of mortgage-backed securities, analysts say, were gasoline for the U.S.

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In the UK, (More) Web Content Regulation Looms

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increased regulation over content delivered online through platforms may be on the horizon. This past week, Britain’s federal government said its media regulator, known as Ofcom, would be given new oversight to monitor and regulate material posted on the web by companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. In the U.K.,

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Treasury Finds Promise In, Urges Regulation Across, FinTech Landscape

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The report urged regulation that would standardize efforts across these tech upstarts, with an eye on new services and the way data is collected and stored. As reported, financing FinTechs has been enthusiastic, touching $22 billion in 2017 — up 13 times from 2010.

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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BuzzFeed said the thousands of suspicious activity reports, authored by lenders and shared with the government, offer a glimpse into global corruption enabled by banks and allowed to flourish by regulators. Since 2010, prosecution has been delayed by 18 banks for anti-money laundering, according to BuzzFeed.

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Trump’s New Order On Business Rules Doesn’t Impact Essential Regulations, Like Dodd-Frank

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Several regulations implemented by the Obama administration pertaining to businesses will remain untouched by an executive order signed by President Donald Trump on Monday (Jan. Trump’s action introduces rules that requires agencies to cut two regulations for every new one introduced. 30), reports said.