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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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UK To Launch Big Tech Regulator Post-Brexit

PYMNTS

The United Kingdom will create a technology regulator next year after Brexit is completed, according to a report by the Financial Times. There is an emerging international consensus around the scope of new regulation. Members of BEIS have been meeting with lawyers and different academics to determine how the regulator will operate.

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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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ACA International flags shortcomings in CFPB national debt collection consumer survey

CFPB Monitor

In a new white paper, “ An Overview of the Analytical Flaws and Methodological Shortcomings of the CFPB’s Survey of Consumer Experiences with Debt Collection ,” ACA International takes aim at the report released by the CFPB in January 2017 that presented the findings of the CFPB’s national debt collection consumer survey.

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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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CFPB’s national debt collection consumer survey findings lays groundwork for future enforcement and rulemaking priorities

CFPB Monitor

Early this morning, the CFPB released the findings of its national debt collection consumer survey. The press release announcing the survey also includes links to “ consumer debt collection stories ” and a new white paper on online debt sales. Stefanie Jackman and Daniel L. That is no coincidence.

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