PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

China’s Guangdong province has launched a blockchain financing platform for small and medium-sized businesses, backed by OneConnect , a Chinese FinTech recently listed on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a press release. . ” TaxBit will use the funding to speed up customer growth, and make its products better. ”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

Here are some of cryptos’ key developments for 2020: Bitcoin Goes Higher And Higher. Bitcoin, of course, exists as one of the most widely recognized cryptocurrencies. And one of the most notable events of 2020 was the big appreciation in bitcoin’s price, tied as it is (and was) to optimism about cryptos’ future.

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MAY 13, 2016

Promoting bitcoin. Which is why Obama and his team probably aren’t enthusiastic about an op-ed for CNBC from a former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commissioner suggesting that the White House should “heed the call” on bitcoin. One thing that’s probably not higher on that rapidly growing list?

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Last month, Canada’s Competition Bureau released its final study on tech-led innovation in FinTech, offering regulators some thoughts on competition in the payments sphere, along with suggestions on where the competitive landscape could be improved. And why hasn’t that quite happened yet? We looked north of the border.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

The Chilean government has revealed that it is looking to implement tougher regulations on cryptocurrencies and FinTech. Regulation of these platforms would mitigate some of the risks, such as money laundering and terrorist financing, and increase the legal certainty with which they operate.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The FinTech company is most renowned for its XRP digital currency, CNBC reported. Brad Garlinghouse , the company’s CEO, says he went to London in September and told the outlet that the Financial Conduct Authority does not consider XRP to be a security. A “security” designation could put XRP under stringent new regulations.

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

Members of Perficient’s Digital Asset Team have advised followers in multiple online articles about the digital asset revolution and relevant regulations affecting the same in the United States. Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The FinTech startup has already created several financial services products, including cryptocurrency and stock trading, savings wallets, junior accounts and rewards. The company added bitcoin, ether and litecoin in 2017. 11) that having a U.K.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Following relatively flat growth through the end of January (by cryptocurrency standards, anyway), bitcoin’s value spiked, breaking $1,000 to reach a high of $1,003.92 At the time of this writing, bitcoin sat tenuously at $1,000.73, up 1.36 bitcoin wallet and vault Xapo to operate in the country. in Thursday afternoon trading.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2019

Much hype and hope surrounds the adoption of cryptocurrencies — bitcoin among them as the marquee name in the space, of course — beyond the Wild West of speculative trading that exists now. Favor has met with disfavor, and bitcoin now trades at $3,990 — a bit above nadirs around $3,400 and well off highs that neared $20,000.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The world’s first ICO regulations are coming, care of Gibraltar. The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Can the unbanked benefit from bitcoin, or are they merely the experimental subjects of bitcoin adherents, lobbyists and scientists? This week’s Bitcoin Tracker takes a look at the recent bitcoin projects that are in the news and that are targeting the unbanked. Vogel also wanted to clarify regulations surrounding bitcoin.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Institute for FinTech Research at Beijing’s Tsinghua University (THUIFR) has unveiled a blockchain scholarship program with Ripple ’s help, Cointelegraph reported. Through the program, graduate students are said to focus on the study of blockchain development and regulations. A Ripple representative tweeted on Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2018

Alas, there is no such thing as a sure bet, especially in the world of FinTech. Bitcoin and blockchain creator Satoshi Nakamoto developed these tools nearly a decade ago, he said. Titcomb isn’t alone in questioning whether blockchain is a bitcoin-like bubble. Broader Doubts Emerge. That is the theory,” he continued.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

CipherTrace Chief Executive Officer Dave Jevans told Reuters, “the regulators are still a couple of years behind because there are only a few countries that have really applied strong anti-money laundering [AML] laws.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Crypto enthusiasts proclaim that you can front the best-known players like bitcoin or the most obscure blockchain-backed currencies circulating the world and tap into the future of money. Even bitcoin is accepted by only a relative handful of digital retailers. Or at least they didn’t until now. The Broader Blockchain Horizon.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

The World Federation of Exchanges (WFE) said there needs to be clarity over blockchain regulations before adoption can become more widespread. Reuters reported Thursday that the consortium polled its members, among them large banks, and the lure of the technology remains intact, as it would cut trading costs.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Over the next months, we will be testing Billon’s solution and evaluating the potential added value for our customers,” Maximilian Schausberger, head of fintech partnerships at Raiffeisen Bank International, said in a press release. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) earlier this year. “We

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

In a world where payments become more invisible the more digital they become, there’s never been a better opportunity to consider new ways to enable the digital transformation of financial services in a secure and compliant way. Payments Security As A Digital Business Enabler. Or watch its digital disruption.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

We are engaging in constructive dialogue with FINMA and are encouraged to see a feasible pathway for an open-source blockchain network to become a regulated, low-friction, high-security payment system.”. Just yesterday , U.S.

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Chris Skinner

MAY 28, 2017

This week’s main blog headlines are … Should I buy some bitcoin now? I’m being asked this a lot as the value of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have increased ten-fold in the past few weeks. Good for those who have some. Bemusing for those who don’t. Here’s how it went ….BANK:

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

The Geneva-based, Facebook-led Libra cryptocurrency will have to adhere to stringent regulations, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Sept. The meeting agenda included discussions around money laundering, terrorism and what type of enforcement would be used to ensure that coin companies comply with regulations.

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Payments Source

JUNE 14, 2018

It’s possible for a cryptocurrency to begin as a security and then transform into another type of asset, said William Hinman, who heads the regulator's division of corporation finance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The resolution implies that bitcoin and blockchain technology are ways to help the unbanked and empower the consumer. According to the resolution, digital currencies increase transparency and provide more secure payment authentication. House of Representatives, asking the government to establish a national policy for technology.

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JUNE 17, 2016

Unfortunately, “60 Minutes,” famous for investigative journalism, missed the really big story in FinTech. A few days later, one of the founding fathers of FinTech, Renaud Laplanche , was forced out of Lending Club, the peer-to-peer lender he founded in 2006, following scandals over loan disclosures and conflicts of interest.

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MARCH 23, 2018

News came Friday that the wild west of cryptocurrencies — where fortunes are made and lost in the blink of an eye, and where regulations are less than regular — might be well-governed by the stock market when it comes to governance. So opined the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Director Brett Redfearn, Reuters reported.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Expect regulators to act to contain it, with new regulation similar to those in the PSD2 (EU) for secure customer authentication being copied elsewhere around the world. Card-not-present (CNP) fraud will continue to outpace e-commerce growth globally, even as e-commerce continues to grow strongly in all markets.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Expect regulators to act to contain it, with new regulation similar to those in the PSD2 (EU) for secure customer authentication being copied elsewhere around the world. Card-not-present (CNP) fraud will continue to outpace e-commerce growth globally, even as e-commerce continues to grow strongly in all markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

But the renewed focus on security and dispute resolutions is a critical factor as McCarthy noted, “there’s a whole raft of merchants that are 20 years behind the curve that have quickly had to go online” and take transactions done in bits and bytes. Hajimusa stated that it’s important to differentiate between security and privacy.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

On the global stage, bitcoin fell below $7,000 to just above $6,800, and Ripple slipped to its lowest price since the end of 2017. The specific directive from William Galvin, the state’s head securities regulator, commands that those firms abandon the sale of what have been termed “unregistered securities.”

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JULY 20, 2017

As we reported just a few months back, this technology is set to disrupt the financial industry because it enables secure cross-border money transfers. However, they are also looking to leverage additional advantages, including increased competitiveness with FinTechs and the ability to use the technology to create new business models.”.

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JULY 20, 2017

Primary categories: Compliance: Companies in this category offer products and services for helping financial institutions meet cybersecurity related regulatory requirements such as Anti Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Client (KYC) regulations, and more. Other companies include Chainalysis , a provider of AML software for bitcoin.

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Accenture

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Some themes endure year-after-year, as shown in the table below—real-time payments, cybersecurity, fintechs, blockchain and open APIs. Banks and market infrastructure will need to be one step ahead of perpetrators, due to the diverse and fast-evolving nature of threats to information security.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Governments may not be too keen on bitcoin, but blockchain is another story. The latest news from the country comes from its government: Chief FinTech Officer of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, Sopnendu Mohanty, said the central bank is about two years out from being able to assess the impact of its current blockchain project, Ubin.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

In an interview with PYMNTS, Jordi Gascon, with EMEA Security at CA Technologies, noted the challenges for banks across the EU, right out of the gate: “PSD2 compliance is a must, and they need to cope with the intrinsic risks of opening their infrastructure to third parties.” Regulation News Closer to Home: The CFPB. Bitcoin Ban or No?

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NCR

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

If recent forecasts from the World Economic Forum (WEF) are to be believed, blockchain – the technology behind bitcoin – is set to become “the beating heart of the financial system” But some in the industry might not be entirely clear about what blockchain even is, let alone the impact it could have on how banks do business.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2019

FinTech company SPEZA announced that it will be able to accept China’s Digital Currency Electronic Payment (DCEP), the world’s first sovereign digital currency. The digital asset solutions provider, exchange operator and regulator, based in Malaysia, will also accept all major digital assets listed on SPEZA Digital Asset Exchange.

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