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Capital One Disclosed Inquiry Into Anti-Money Laundering Practices

PYMNTS

Capital One Financial disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing last week that it’s being investigated by the New York District Attorney’s Office, the Justice Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department for its anti-money laundering program.

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PingPong To Enter Europe Via $113M Investment

PYMNTS

Earlier this year , Luxembourg passed a bill to amend an existing securities law so that it includes blockchain. According to CoinDesk , the country’s parliament passed Titled Bill 7363 to “provide greater certainty for investors and make the transfer of securities more efficient by reducing the number of intermediaries,” the chamber said.

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Symantec Potential Buyout Offer Boosts Shares

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Some of Symantec’s investors include activist hedge fund Starboard Value, as well as private equity firms Bain Capital and Silver Lake. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and that it would continue to keep the government agency apprised of the inquiry. In addition, the stock was downgraded by several analysts.

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Pearson Breach Exposed Data Of 13K+ Students

PYMNTS

The news outlet reported that in just one school district alone, the breach affected data on 114,000 students enrolled between 2001 and 2016, while in another school district, as few as 500 students’ data was accessed. In the Capital One incident, software engineer Paige Thompson was arrested and charged on Monday (July 29) with the hack.

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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

PYMNTS

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. Venture Capital Funding. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Funding Xchange secured $10.3 Also in the U.K.,

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 To you, manage your interest rate risk.

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