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In the UK, (More) Web Content Regulation Looms

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increased regulation over content delivered online through platforms may be on the horizon. This past week, Britain’s federal government said its media regulator, known as Ofcom, would be given new oversight to monitor and regulate material posted on the web by companies such as Facebook, Google and Twitter. In the U.K.,

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2022 Dodd-Frank Stress Test Scenarios Released

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently released the economic and financial market scenarios that will be used in the upcoming stress tests for covered institutions. As repeated by federal bank regulators, the required economic scenarios are not forecasts. The 3-month Treasury rate increases from 0 percent to 1.5%

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Small Firms Find Tight Labor Market A Costly Challenge

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While entrepreneurs continue to reflect record-level optimism, their top concerns are increasingly including the tight labor market and the importance of retaining staff in such a climate. “And that’s the way the market economy works, for better or worse.” How did small businesses fare in job growth last month?

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GAO report on household access to banking services finds limited availability of small-dollar loans from banks and credit unions

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These concerns are often dismissed by consumer advocates with the argument that banks and credit unions will increase their small-dollar lending if other providers leave the market due to interest rate caps. Among the services examined by the GAO in the report is small-dollar lending.

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Deep Dive: How To Improve Existing AML/KYC Requirements

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A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to meet AML/KYC requirement challenges can be costly for FIs, too, with regulators issuing heavy fines for lax security practices or failure to devote sufficient resources to oversight.

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Are the regulators getting you down?

Jeff For Banks

Take for example the language from an FA Article relating to a strategic plan issued by the OCC to The Suffolk County National Bank of Riverhead (“SCNB”) in New York on October 25, 2010: “The Board shall adopt, implement, and thereafter ensure Bank adherence to a written strategic plan for the Bank covering at least a three-year period.

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Brief On Briefs As Supremes Take Stage For Amex Antitrust Case

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The case has become an unusual confluence meetup of varied interests tied to how American Express conducts its business and how consumers and merchants interact with credit card companies … and all manner of companies across all manner of two-sided market verticals. They have been sued by 11 states and the Department of Justice.

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