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Germany’s Deutsche Bank Offers A Lifeline To Wirecard Bank

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Deutsche Bank, the Frankfurt-based multinational financial services company, is in talks with regulators to rescue Wirecard Bank, the deposit-taking division of the German payment company that is facing one of the country’s biggest accounting frauds, the Financial Times reported.

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No Pain, No Gain? GDPR, PSD2 And The New Payments Reality

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Last year brought the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline, Europe’s attempt to boost online privacy and security for consumers — a law that just resulted in a $57 million fine against Google , which was accused of not doing enough to gain the consent of users when collecting data meant for targeted advertising. 70 percent.

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Could Regulation Prevent The Next Cyberattack?

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That depends, says counterterrorism and cybersecurity expert Richard Clarke, on what companies, banks and regulators are willing to learn from the incident. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. A recent report found financial service companies lose an average of $16.53 million each year because of cybercrimes.

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Deep Dive: Why Video-Based KYC Is Key To Seamless, Cost-Effective FI Onboarding

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Know your customer (KYC) policies were introduced with the Patriot Act in 2001 following 9/11, intended to help stem the flow of funding to terrorists. KYC regulations require companies to prevent money laundering and protect themselves from being linked to criminal enterprises by accurately verifying their customers?

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Five at Five: Amazon’s Holiday Season

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The Securities and Exchange Commission and various state regulators have been investigating more than 90 cryptocurrency cases in which investors lost money. The firm agreed to pay $10 million after FINRA contended it had lapses in compliance for more than five years from January of 2001 until April of 2016.

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Artificial Intelligence: From Hollywood to the Mainstream

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Thu, 06/01/2023 - 09:03 Saxon Shirley by TJ Horan Vice President, Product Management expand_less Back to top Thu, 06/01/2023 - 09:00 Up until just a few years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) was something you mainly heard about in movies like 2001: A Space Odyssey , Terminator and Chappie.

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Yahoo’s Breach Epitaph

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The recent announcement by Yahoo that it was hacked and 500 million accounts were exposed in 2014 and the fact that Yahoo did not state when it became aware of the attack has highlighted inadequate disclosure rules for public companies. According to Warner, less than 100 of 9,000 public companies have reported a data breach since 2010. “I