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US Treasury Secretary Sees Libra As National Security Threat

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto

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Two Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. The Chinese men were charged with money laundering conspiracy and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. IRS-CI is committed to combating the means and methods used by foreign and domestic adversaries to finance operations and activities that pose a threat to U.S.

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Banking Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements Take Effect

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New Rule Outlines Computer-Security Incident Notification Obligations for Banks Financial institutions and their service providers should prepare to meet new computer-security notice requirements by May 1, 2022. . Computer-security incident notifications required. Expand and Clarify. What are the new notification requirements?

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DevSecOps Best Practices ? Automated Compliance

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Secure software practices are at the heart of all system development; doubly so for highly regulated industries such as health-care providers. As a best-practice it is recommended to adopt automation of certain security audits, integration of compliance oversight into key development process areas (e.g. Source Code Analysis.

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Deep Dive: Digital ID Systems Wrestle With Ethics

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The ethical questions digital ID systems generate are numerous and largely without simple answers or solutions. Many industry participants and watchdogs have suggested ethical codes for digital ID systems’ implementation and use. One of the leaders in national digital ID systems is Estonia, which provides digital IDs to all 1.3

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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

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He stated that the Figure Pay account will be interoperable with other accounts and payment methods (bypassing some of the vagaries of “closed” systems like MCX, now long-defunct). But a national charter would allow for a uniformity of presence and market scope. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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National Business Systems VP: For Some SMBs, It’s Still Wait-And-See On EMV

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In an interview with PYMNTS, National Business Systems VP David Riley noted a lack of awareness in the field for smaller firms across several verticals. Of those verticals seeing fraud, anything that is sold in high-end and medium retail is hit often, and hard, as are liquor operations.

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