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Slow regulations versus fast tech

Chris Skinner

Before 2010, I was writing a lot about technology but it was all heavily geared towards regulations. MiFID and PSD were top of mind, along with Basel III and other global, European and domestic regulations. I wrote a lot about regulations. It was pretty dull, to be honest, but worthy.

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America’s banking regulations strangle innovations

Chris Skinner

Only three new banks have opened in the United States since 2010. Whilst almost 500 banks failed in the USA between 2008 and 2012, only three new banks opened.

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In the UK, (More) Web Content Regulation Looms

PYMNTS

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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What is TRACE Reporting? (Part 1 of 6)

Perficient

TRACE reporting was expanded in March 2010 to include agency-backed securities and again in May 2011 to include asset-backed securities. European MiFID II regulations, which are similar to TRACE for European corporate bonds, were implemented in 2018). Treasury Securities to TRACE. Interested in learning more?

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Growing Ratings Data Overwhelms Regulators

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securities regulator is having trouble with rating agencies because it doesn’t have the tools or specific knowledge it needs to analyze huge amounts of rating data, according to a report from Reuters. Those entities and their elevated ratings of mortgage-backed securities, analysts say, were gasoline for the U.S. housing bubble fire.

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Wells Fargo Regulator Admits To Missing Warning Signs

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While much attention has been paid to Wells’ behavior, today a new player is in the spotlight — Wells Fargo’s regulator the Office of the Comptroller of Currency — with questions about why it didn’t act sooner when complaints about the bank began to roll in.

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House Financial Services Committee Chairman warns CFPB that restrictions on use of secondary data will stifle innovation and harm consumers

CFPB Monitor

The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (R-NC), sent a comment letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra in response to the CFPB’s notice of proposed rulemaking that would implement Section 1033 of the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform Act and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010. Continue Reading