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Becoming a “Bahama Mama” Crypto-Style: A Closer Look at The Digital Asset Landscape in The Bahamas

Perficient

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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America’s troubled regulatory regime laid bare by the OCC

Chris Skinner

Back in December, I picked up on this new Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) Ruling to issue national FinTech bank charters. This would enable a FinTech to go through ONE regulator to get to market, rather than the 200 or more they would have go through today.

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Russia Prepares For SWIFT Exit With Blockchain

PYMNTS

Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, reports in CoinDesk said Friday (June 15). Russia’s FinTech Association and 14 of the nation’s largest banks collaborated on the development of Masterchain, reports noted, citing a white paper.

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Visa, Mastercard Replaced By MIR In Crimean Peninsula

PYMNTS

allies placed sanctions on the country, ordering the creation of the national payment system due to worries that it could be shut out of international payment systems. The move comes as Russia’s corporate treasurers are working with the nation’s central bank on a blockchain initiative, as CoinDesk reported in June.

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Why are banks slow to adapt alternative credit data? I'll tell you why!

Jeff For Banks

The banking system is stable, which is critical to national and state economies. So what am I talking about, that deposit insurance is why banks don't do like FinTech lending firms and use alternatives to the FICO score in underwriting consumer credits? They have to find out later, after a bureaucrat in Washington does a white paper.

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America’s troubled regulatory regime laid bare by the OCC

BankNXT

In March, the OCC issued a white paper that described the application process to get a national bank charter in the US. What happened after that? Story by Chris Skinner. America’s troubled regulatory regime laid bare by the OCC on BankNXT.

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Key Takeaways from the OCC Forum on Supporting Financial Innovation

CFPB Monitor

While the CFPB has not yet held a public event devoted to FinTech or financial innovation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently held a Forum On Supporting Financial Innovation in the Federal Banking System to discuss the agency’s approach to FinTech and other innovative products.