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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

In 2016 when the Panama Papers exposed an international network of offshore entities involved in tax evasion, fraud, and sanction evasion, some of which included real estate holdings, regulations began to change. According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States.

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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

BankUnderground

The monetary system is going through significant changes: the rise of cryptocurrencies, negative interest rates, and the decline in the role of traditional banks as intermediaries. Moreover, the national currency belongs to the people, and the state’s role is to regulate it to benefit the people.

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Google Tracker: Making Allies And Enemies

PYMNTS

2012 not to use third-party content such as images and reviews from parties that opted out, a practice known as “scraping.” The company is now demanding the Federal Trade Commission reopen that 2012 Google case “ immediately.”. Still, it says a lot about the growing acceptance of cryptocurrency that the option is even available at all.

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Ecuador, Greece and Scotland. Let Watson figure out the question

Tomorrow's Transactions

A national digital money system may well be the best way to solve the big problem of small change, but beware the warnings from history! In 2012 Greece was far closer to leaving the euro than commonly thought. It’s badge of national vanity, just like an airline (and soon, an army) used to be. From Google Translate ].

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Who does AML hurt?

Tomorrow's Transactions

The topic of AML came up time and time again in the discussions around Money2020 in Las Vegas, whether in the sessions about cryptocurrency or remittances or innovation or anything else. The reason I get so exercised about this is because the regulation on AML in practice translates into a tax on the poor and the disadvantaged.