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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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VirnetX Takes $503M Bite Out Of Apple For Patent Infringement

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11, 2010, alleged that Apple’s FaceTime and VPN On Demand features were using its patented technology. national security.”. "On 1), the tech giant referred to the possible effects of legal proceedings and global regulations and how those could impact its operations and financial conditions. On four separate occasions.

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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BuzzFeed said the thousands of suspicious activity reports, authored by lenders and shared with the government, offer a glimpse into global corruption enabled by banks and allowed to flourish by regulators. Since 2010, prosecution has been delayed by 18 banks for anti-money laundering, according to BuzzFeed.

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 4: Counterproliferation

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The regulations are forthcoming, but institutions now should begin the process of performing a threat-focused risk assessment which will guide them where to focus their efforts. The North Korean government has been also found to have used chemical weapons against its own nationals. Included as a Priority is Proliferation Financing.

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ECB Wants ‘Single Agency’ For AML Enforcement

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As of now, the central bank is tasked with looking over the compliance of banks to capital standards as well as other financial stability-related regulations. Monitoring money-laundering, however, is usually handled at the national level. The total settlement will be taken as a charge against third quarter results.

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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

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million, an increase of 28 percent since 2010,” according to The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). While gyms and in-person fitness centers wrestle with reopening regulations that differ between states and even counties, connected fitness continues its brisk run. “In 2019, U.S.

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FinTech Firms On The New FinTech Charter

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The report , released in support of President Trump’s call to regulate the U.S. In general, the department proposed to fuel more FinTech activity in the United States by loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape.

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