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Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply

PYMNTS

Social distancing restrictions implemented to curb the virus’s spread are preventing compliance professionals from obtaining physical identification documents and holding in-person meetings that typically enforced anti-money laundering/know your customer (AML/KYC) compliance. Compliance Enforcement Goes Remote With Biometrics.

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NYDFS Creates New “Powerhouse” Consumer Protection and Financial Enforcement Division

CFPB Monitor

The Division has been created by consolidating the Enforcement and Financial Frauds Division and Consumer Protection Division and will place supervision, enforcement, and consumer education under the same roof. New York is the second state to create a “mini” CFPB, following Pennsylvania. Prior to her work in consulting, Ms.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

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's Rise McConnell came to the bank in 1977 from McKeesport, Pennsylvania.

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Inventor Of The Web, Tim Berners-Lee, Wants To Take It Back

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The big tech firms are trying to make sure they have a major say in whatever comes next for data privacy and regulation. There were also warnings that a “patchwork” of privacy laws across various states would hurt businesses, as well as concerns that compliance costs could also do harm. ” As for Gmail, it has more than 1.4

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Location Detection: Building The Bank Business Case For Better Geolocation Data

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But as GeoGuard CEO David Briggs and People’s United Bank VP of Financial Crimes and Fraud Intelligence Karen Boyer told Karen Webster, realizing the full benefits of using geolocation will take a bit of education – for consumers, yes, but also for banks. Not all data are created equal, of course. percent,” he said.

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What The Streamlined Sales And Use Tax Agreement Means After Wayfair

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Businesses depend on the public services tax revenues pay for: roads that facilitate deliveries, courts where firms resolve legal disputes and regulators that help protect businesses from fraud. Wayfair ruling have made tax compliance challenges highly visible. Wayfair ruling have made tax compliance challenges highly visible.

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PA Department of Banking and Securities: virtual currency is not “money”

CFPB Monitor

The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (“DoBS”) just released Guidance declaring that virtual currency, “including Bitcoin,” is not considered “money” under the Pennsylvania Money Transmission Business Licensing Law , otherwise known as the Money Transmitter Act (“MTA”). The Pennsylvania Guidance.