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Today In Payments: Apple Parts Maker Foxconn Back To Work In China; Two Chinese Nationals Laundered $100M In Crypto

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In today’s top news, Apple manufacturer and supplier Foxconn has returned to production, the Department of Justice charged two Chinese nationals with laundering over $100 million in cryptocurrency, and TurboTax’s deal to buy Credit Karma has sparked antitrust concerns. Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto.

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Voters Want Big Tech Regulation On The Hill, Says Study

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Much has been said about how Europe is shaping up to be ground zero for seismic changes in Big Tech, as regulators are, have been and will continue to impose mandates on what can and cannot be used in terms of consumer data. Taxes And Other Matters. However, in the U.S., However, in the U.S.,

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CFPB’s 2020: Drawing A Bead On Abusive Practices — And States’ Activities

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The change may have been telegraphed more than a year ago in October 2018, when Mick Mulvaney, who had been serving as acting director of the agency, said that the CFPB was working on a new regulation to define those practices, as reported in The Wall Street Journal. Digital Taxes, Abroad.

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Perception Versus Reality: Do People Get More From Credit Unions Than Banks?

Jeff For Banks

The Credit Union National Association (CUNA), the credit union equivalent to the American Bankers'' Association (ABA), states that credit unions exist to serve members, returning earnings to members in the form of lower loan rates, higher interest on deposits, and lower fees. And the taxes. Clearly this remains an emotional issue.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. As well as the economy has been doing from the momentum of tax cuts and reduced regulation, there are always looming issues. We have to live with national interest rates and the Fed and the yield curve affect us all.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. How did they lose it? Its size today, at $2.8

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Electronic payments ‘add $300bn’ to global economy

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Overall, the report, titled ‘The Impact of Electronic Payments on Economic Growth’ estimated that between 2011 and 2015, increased use of electronic payment methods added $296 billion to gross domestic product (GDP) across the 70 countries studied. A boost to GDP. percent GDP increase), the United Arab Emirates (0.23 percent).