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Bitcoin Daily: Chinese Leaders Back Regional Digital Currency Plan

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The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. In other news, leading political advisers in China have suggested a regional cryptocurrency, Coindesk reported.

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Chinese Regulators Take Over Nine FIs

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Chinese regulators have seized control of nine financial institutions (FIs) alleging they violated rules and jeopardized the country’s financial system. The move represents Beijing’s first significant regulatory action this year and comes on the heels of the bailout of some regional lenders a year ago.

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Bitcoin Daily: OMFIF Debuts Digital Monetary Institute; Chinese Leaders Back Regional Digital Currency Plan

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The think tank’s founding members encompass financiers, policymakers, regulators and technologists in addition to select firms such as Cypherium. In other news, leading political advisers in China have suggested a regional cryptocurrency, Coindesk reported.

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Deep Dive: Why The Pandemic Is Pushing MENA Regulators To Upgrade Open Banking, Privacy Laws

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Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.

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Correspondent Banking Continues Its Decline Despite Regulator Efforts

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The shift could possibly cause payments to move underground and particularly impact nations that are dependent on remittances, Reuters reported. But the checks by banks help to quell these kinds of violations, so the situation has caused frustration for regulators. 16) that the practice still fell in popularity in 2017.

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Antitrust Regulator OKs Uber Buy Of Chilean Online Grocer Cornershop

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Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. Although Chile has now granted permission, Mexico regulators still have not.

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Navigating the U.S.-Mexico border: Understanding the surge in criminal activity

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While many think of trade, commerce, and cultural exchange when considering this region, ignoring the undertow of illicit activities is impossible—the border remains a hotspot for drug trafficking, illegal arms trade, human trafficking, and smuggling operations, necessitating vigilant scrutiny and transaction monitoring within the U.S.