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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.

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GoHealth Surges 20 Pct After IPO Raises More Than $913M

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Trading on Nasdaq under the stock symbol GOCO, the Chicago-based online health coverage company saw its stock price, which debuted at $21 a share on Wednesday, gain more 20 percent by midday before falling back to the 10 percent range by early afternoon. million, the company told federal regulators.

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Facebook Faces Billions In Possible GDPR Fines

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The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. Crypto Regulations.

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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 The Digital Threat to Commerce.

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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. Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate the disclosure action taken by Yahoo’s executives.

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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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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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