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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Regulation. EU Gears Up To Propose New Big Tech Regulations. Australian Regulator Looks Into Merger Law Changes. The regulation enables authorities in Turkey to take content off of platforms instead of restricting access as they had done previously. Facebook’s WhatsApp To Grow Payments Service Following NPCI Go-Ahead.

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Perficient

MARCH 3, 2022

Federal bank regulators work together to design Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (“CCAR”) stress tests that are designed to ensure that even in the case of a severe recession, significant banks can lend to households and businesses. As repeated by federal bank regulators, the required economic scenarios are not forecasts.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, economists expect the economy to recover back to pre-pandemic levels by the end of 2021, and China’s banking watchdog warns of further Big Tech regulations. Economists: Stimulus, Vaccine Key To Full Recovery By Year-End 2021. Plus, online lending startup SoFi is looking to go public through a SPAC.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 17, 2021

On May 19, 2021, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing , “Oversight of Prudential Regulators: Ensuring the Safety, Soundness, Diversity, and Accountability of Depository Institutions.” The scheduled witnesses are: Todd Harper, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 8, 2021

On April 1, 2021, the FDIC’s final rule issued in December 2020 revising its brokered deposits regulation became effective. The full compliance date for the final rule is January 1, 2022.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In today’s top payments news around the world, India’s central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, while global foreign direct investment (FDI) dropped last year and the pandemic will continue to impact it this year. The central bank of India wants more stringent regulations for large shadow lenders.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Takeaway 1 The December 2021 update affects four sections of the existing FFIEC BSA exam manual. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) periodically updates its BSA Examination Manual, with the most recent update on December 1, 2021. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Updates and Changes.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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Abrigo

JULY 21, 2021

As part of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) first national priorities list for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) policies, one important priority continues to be detecting, reporting, and preventing terrorist financing. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

FinCEN Releases 8 AML/CFT Priorities These priorities were published June 30, 2021, highlighting several areas of heightened risk for the U.S. Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. financial system. financial system. How to prepare. financial system.

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Cisco

JULY 12, 2022

A number of our financial institution customers are regulated by multiple, and different, regulatory bodies. The 2021 Updates in the Architecture, Infrastructure, and Operations book. The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council—or better known as the FFIEC—is a formal U.S. In the U.S. Hardware and Software Lifecycles.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that Europe is likely entering into the “acute” phase of the COVID-19 pandemic as nations scramble to quell the latest surge in infections. We were prepared for a challenging start to 2021, and it has been just that,” Dr. On Wednesday (Jan. in particular, has been extremely hard-hit. “We

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

This legislation represents a significant breakthrough – the first time a state or nation has passed a new law devoted exclusively to putting guardrails in place for the use of facial recognition technology,” Smith said in the post. Many states don’t have any laws regulating the use of facial recognition technology.

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AUGUST 16, 2020

However, you may not know that there are certain rules/regulations that must be accounted for so you can remain compliant with FCC regulations. This law doesn’t go into effect until January 6, 2021, for all fixed MLTS (this includes fixed interconnected VoIP, fixed telephony, and fixed Telephone Relay Services (TRS)).

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Abrigo

JANUARY 11, 2023

Institute Against Human Trafficking reported that the 2020 Super Bowl in Miami saw a 163% increase in human trafficking reports to the national hotline over the course of the event. The 2021 Super Bowl in Tampa saw 146 arrests made, six victims recovered, and 18 missing children identified. BSA Rules and Regulation. Learn More.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

With the 2021 change in administration in Washington, D.C., On January 1, 2021, the Senate voted into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The AMLA is extensive, and there are many steps involved before FinCEN can implement the act, such as conducting studies, writing regulations, and publishing guidance.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Over the last 90 days, we have let clients know about the federal banking regulators planned cryptocurrency road map , explained what steps national banks need to take to begin crypto activities , provided thoughts on the possibility of a U.S.

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Abrigo

JUNE 27, 2023

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue. In 2017, over 5.51

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

“Though the industry moved to enable interoperability of mobile wallets in 2018, this is limited to only P2P payments, and is yet to be expanded to both merchant and agent interoperability and even to work seamlessly at P2P,” according to the draft of the Kenya National Payments System 2021-2025 report.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The DOJ’s lawsuit against Lakeland, filed in a New Jersey federal district court, is part of the DOJ’s nationwide “ Combating Redlining Initiative ” launched in October 2021. According to the DOJ , the settlement represents the third-largest redlining settlement in the DOJ’s history.

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FICO

MARCH 7, 2023

Home Blog FICO Responsible AI: Are European Firms Ready for the Regulators? There are significant changes coming in Europe, which highlight getting a handle on responsible AI use, with the banking and financial services sector among those that will be most impacted by increasing regulation.

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PopularBank

MAY 25, 2021

Popular Bank Senior Vice President and Director of National Healthcare Financing Andrew Boland joined fellow industry leaders for the Environmental Banker Association (EBA) panel discussion How COVID Changed Senior Living & Care Underwriting. Are you following current regulations? We asked questions about their safety.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Financial institutions experience d significant changes in 2021 because of the continued pandemic , increased remote work trend, and growing digital usage. Remember, regulators don't care how much you have in your budget for staffing. BSA Rules and Regulation. Understanding importance. Don't wait, start planning now.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 7, 2023

Any company that retained employees for the second quarter of 2020 through the end of the year in 2021 AND can prove they were impacted by the pandemic’s related closures and supply chain disruptions would be eligible. Unable to hold in-person meetings—with customers, partners, regulators, industry representatives, and more.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

introduced a LIBOR alternative in March of 2021 (called BSBY). BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. We believe that our program offers an advantage against the national banks. Risk of Derivatives – BSBY Discontinuation Bloomberg L.P.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2022

On August 10, 2022, four Senators, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), and Bernie Sanders (I-VT), sent a letter to Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu, asking him to reverse four interpretive letters regarding whether it is permissible for national banks to provide cryptocurrency services.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

billion to fraud in 2021, a 70% increase over the prior year. In 2021 the FTC logged 378,119 fraud complaints about unwanted text messages, including fraud attempts. We can help you navigate changing AML/CFT and fraud regulations. That represents almost 2.8 million people, setting an annual record.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

They noted that in some instances, the OLAF found that the misused EU funds were going to national politicians, their families and/or associates. In the auditor’s report, they backed the move to create a European Prosecutor’s Office in charge of conducting investigations on spending, which is targeted to open starting in 2021.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

The digital currency is expected to launch later this year or in early 2021, but no specific time frame has been announced. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) — the regulatory watchdog of the Group of 20 (G-20) — recently warned global regulators that possible stablecoin disruptions should be addressed before Facebook’s Libra is released.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 BSA professionals should prepare for changes as new regulations and guidance from FinCEN unfold. Takeaway 2 While the AMLA is now law, regulations, guidance, and other information still needs to be written. These include conducting studies, writing regulations, and publishing guidance.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Financial Stability Board (FSB) Chair Randal Quarles has warned global financial regulators that they must accelerate the creation of a framework for cryptocurrency and other forms of digital money, Reuters reported on Wednesday (Feb. The daily calculated bank-to-bank interest rate is a benchmark for trillions of U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Vertical payments company Flywire has joined forces with BELTA, the Brazilian Educational & Language Travel Association, in a move that expands the availability of its cross-border payment offerings to students from Brazil who are studying in other nations. Pandemic Will Push 150M Into 'Extreme Poverty' By 2021, World Bank Says.

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BankUnderground

JUNE 29, 2023

In March 2020, as Covid morphed into a global pandemic, financial institutions around the world struggled to obtain liquidity and funding – with the subsequent ‘dash for cash’ even causing stress in the US Treasury market ( Ivashina and Breckenfelder (2021) , Vissing-Jorgensen (2021) , FSB (2020a) ).

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 4, 2021

federal district court seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represents CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies. The first two lawsuits were dismissed on ripeness grounds.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Bank regulators created the UBPR “peer analysis” to help further their own mission of prudential regulation, and it’s not a great substitute for the bank’s own performance benchmarking. Looking at NIM, in Q2 2021, the UBPR indicated a value of 3.52 Neither of which add much value. Peer analysis vs. benchmarking?

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 19, 2022

federal district court in December 2020 seeking to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. The lawsuit represented the CSBS’s third challenge to the OCC’s authority to issue special purpose national bank (SPNB) charters to non-depository fintech companies or to uninsured deposit-taking fintechs.

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