PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

It’s been a whirlwind few weeks — OK, make that months — for big tech firms as regulators look ever more closely at business tactics. The comments of course come after controversy in 2018 that saw Facebook begin to face — and now continues to face — scrutiny over its data collection and privacy practices. Privacy and Competition.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

GonzoBankers, 2018 has been a troublesome year. about the best and worst in banking for 2018 and get fired up to start again in ’19. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you the 2018 GonzoBanker Awards ! Although all banks faced stock headwinds in 2018, we give the nod to William Demchak at PNC Financial Services.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The US is at a disadvantage without a national beneficial ownership registry. . This was long before the United States passed legislation in 2018 to unveil the secrecy of legal entity ownership. Is a national beneficial ownership database in the works? The importance of CDD and EDD around beneficial ownership.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The 2018 South Dakota v. tax laws, and some businesses and public sector stakeholders are now pushing back. The case ushered in a wave of state- and municipality-issued economic nexus laws that tax remote sellers based on economic activity rather than physical presence. Wayfair ruling paved the way for broadened U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The change may have been telegraphed more than a year ago in October 2018, when Mick Mulvaney, who had been serving as acting director of the agency, said that the CFPB was working on a new regulation to define those practices, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Digital Taxes, Abroad.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

While most people have played an office Super Bowl or March Madness pool, Hodges said that legal, regulated betting on sporting events has largely been a cash market enterprise that was the domain of black market bookies. “We’re growing a market of people who have never bet before in Tennessee.”. The High Rollers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2019

The spokesman said the apps were using Nepal ‘s internet connectivity, but the transactions are being made in China and not in the country’s national accounts. In a statement to Reuters, Tencent said its WeChat Pay unit meets all regulations in the countries where it operates. “As

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. State governments began rolling out economic nexus laws after 2018’s South Dakota vs. Wayfair ruling. percent tax on each imported premium cigar, limited to a maximum of about $0.40 in 2017 had a 52.75

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. Still, less than half said they expect their local economies and the national economy to improve in 2018. Eighty-one percent of U.S. billion in working capital is on the books for U.K.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., But analysts from Bank of America, Square, Navcom and the National Association for the Self-Employed warn that challenges for some SMBs have reached new heights, too. and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community.

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FICO

MAY 25, 2017

million digital records exposed the dark deeds of dirty money and tax evasion and burst the bubble of pretense that the world is effective at dealing with corruption. One in five banks in Asia Pacific say that they expect tax evasion to increase 100 to 500 percent over last year’s levels according to a recent poll by FICO.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The AMLA set the stage for establishing a national reporting system for beneficial ownership and for potentially changing current CDD/BO requirements in an effort to improve financial transparency and prevent criminals and terrorists from misusing companies to disguise illicit activity. BSA Rules and Regulation. Need to Know.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Despite Federal ambiguity, Illinois State Regulators defined their stances on cannabis banking. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell was a major supporter of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 that legalized the production of hemp, defined as cannabis with 0.3% Illinois State Banking Regulators. Key Takeaways.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2019

In a recent blog post citing Billentis research, Sovos highlighted some of the successful eInvoice mandates across Latin America, with Brazil reporting $58 million in tax revenue increases as a result of such a mandate, while Chile and Mexico were able to reduce their VAT gaps by as much as 50 percent.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2019

tax authority, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), conducted a week-long investigation into 50 estate agents suspected of trading without being registered. million over 2017 to 2018. According to Financial Times ( FT ), the U.K.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 13, 2024

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. As such, the National Security Agency (NSA ) is calling for banks to be compliant by 2030.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Consumers around the world log in to eBay with their Facebook profiles, purchase lunches with Apple Pay and in some cases pay their taxes or register to vote with government-provided digital identities. One of the leaders in national digital ID systems is Estonia, which provides digital IDs to all 1.3 million of its citizens.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2019

According to the National Federation of Independent Business ( NFIB ), six factors in the Small Business Optimism Index improved, three were unchanged, and one fell. The index showed an increase in capital outlays by six points to 64 percent — the highest level since February 2018. New data showed that small business optimism rose 1.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Separately, government mandates for eInvoicing to battle late payments and boost tax revenues are picking up steam. As noted in this space, Sovos has highlighted research conducted by Billentis that shows the success of mandates across areas like Latin America, with Brazil reporting $58 million in tax revenue increases.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

sports betting wave could become one of the hottest payments and commerce trends of 2018, with lawmakers and gamblers bringing the activity to more states, and league officials pushing for their cut. The state reportedly would impose a $250,000 licensing fee on betting providers, along with a 3 percent tax. Integrity Fees.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

BSA was intended to detect illicit activity through cash and monetary instruments to catch tax evaders using secret foreign bank accounts. October 26 is now nationally recognized as BSA/AML Day.) BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Learn More. Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Perhaps it isn’t surprising that analysts are now musing about how to avoid a repeat of the Punjab National Bank fraud scandal, and some are looking towards blockchain to do so. As regulators begin to consider blockchain regulations, many have signaled a desire not to hamper innovation while doing so. United States.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2017

“Countries are coming out with more stringent regulations around use of personal data and where it can be located and for what purposes,” explained Kira Rubiano, partner at global payroll service firm Celergo LLC, in an interview with Bloomberg BNA for the report. a new payroll tax, the Apprenticeship Levy, will come into effect in April.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Nowhere does that ring truer than in the nascent and growing legal cannabis industry, where billions of dollars flow the old-fashioned way — hand to hand, because of the clash between federal and state regulations over its legality. As noted in this space earlier in the year, roughly $5 billion in taxes was handled — via cash — last year.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 6, 2021

The Priorities have been much-anticipated because, under the AML Act, regulators will review and examine financial institutions in part according to how their AML/CFT compliance programs incorporate and further the Priorities, “as appropriate.”. Given the already-existing breadth of the eight Priorities, that goal looks challenging.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Millions of dollars in suspicious activity were not reported to FinCEN in a timely or accurate manner, including those connected to tax evasion, illegal gambling, money laundering, and other financial crimes. . The AML Act of 2020 will more than likely overhaul the 2018 CDD rule with stricter beneficial ownership requirements.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

corporate lending sphere suggests banks have adjusted the competitive tides, with rising rivalries between each other now driving business lending trends in the nation — though the trend is not all good news for the corporate finance sector. According to regulators, corporate loan growth hit an annual rate of 3 percent by mid-May.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2019

At the time, the legislation garnered support from the American Bankers Association and the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions. percent at the end of the 2018 fiscal year, American Banker reported. According to reports, the SBA cited expectations of more bad loans as the reasoning behind the request.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators when dealing with legal cannabis operations. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 billion worth of legal cannabis products. Cash Dangers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

The survey revealed a range of data points that reflect SMBs’ optimism: most SMBs expect both national and local economies to improve, and for their revenues to increase in the coming year. Bank of America’s Small Business Owner Report found that 27 percent of small firms plan to hire in 2019. percent and averaging $26.89

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FICO

JANUARY 18, 2019

Despite advances in customer due diligence, including the addition of advanced analytics to compliance officers’ toolkits, the scandals of 2018 confirmed that many banks are struggling to bring their operations up to regulators’ standards, to say nothing of best practices.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 12, 2018

Economy and Momentum At the end of June, 2018, the current economic expansion turned nine years old. This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. The second quarter of 2018 saw growth of 4.1% (the highest quarterly growth since 2014) and the third quarter may be close.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators if dealing with legal cannabis operations. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 billion worth of legal cannabis products. Cash Dangers.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. With prescription drugs representing 92 percent of sales revenue, according to the National community Pharmacists Association, thinning margins — and frequent losses — from this side of the business can be fatal.

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Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

regulators have already put in place similar strictures for the eight largest (you might say systemically important) banks. regulations don’t go into effect until 2018, and the new FSB proposal is essentially the start of a lengthy debate. Insights bail out economy federal restructuring tax' More to the point, U.S.

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Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

regulators have already put in place similar strictures for the eight largest (you might say systemically important) banks. regulations don’t go into effect until 2018, and the new FSB proposal is essentially the start of a lengthy debate. Insights bail out economy federal restructuring tax' More to the point, U.S.

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