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What is TRACE Reporting? (Part 1 of 6)

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debt market, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) developed the Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE) in 2002 to facilitate the mandatory reporting of OTC bond transactions in eligible fixed-income securities. Treasury Securities to TRACE. To promote transparency in the large U.S. 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.

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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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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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Drone Company Flytrex Secures $7.5 Million

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However, some people are trying to change those regulations. In May of 2010, a few states were selected to be part of the UAS Integration Pilot program , with the goal of creating traffic management systems that can accommodate drone traffic.

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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. The original lawsuit , filed Aug.

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Bitcoin Daily: Coinbase CEO Signs Giving Pledge; SEC To Investigate Crypto Next Year

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In addition, he will work with investors, clients and regulators on the company’s Security Token Offering, advisory services business and its partnership with BOX Digital Markets to launch the first SEC-regulated exchange for trading security tokens. And the U.S.

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