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Today In Payments Around The World: Checkout.com Lands $450 Million In Series C; Pakistan Rolls Out Instant Digital Payment System

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Checkout.com, which was started in 2012, recently brought an office to New York City. The system was created over years through an effort involving the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the State Bank of Pakistan, with help from the United Nations, the U.K. Pakistan Launches Payment System To Boost Financial Inclusion.

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Deep Dive: An Automated Approach To The $2T Global Money Laundering Problem

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As such, the regulators and FIs seeking to crack down on these activities have their work cut out for them. . Approximately 2 percent to 5 percent of the world’s gross domestic product (GDP) – $800 billion to $2 trillion – is laundered each year, according to a report from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

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Caesars Puts Stake In Online Betting Co DraftKings

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The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. ” Founded in 2012, Boston-based DraftKings offers daily fantasy sports contests across 11 professional sports and in eight countries, including the U.S., and Australia. .” and Australia.

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China Fiscal Policy At Odds With SMB Lending

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But its efforts are limited, the executive said, because of more stringent financial regulation as the government aims to rein in risky lending practices. “Given regulators have stressed the need to maintain a bottom line of no systematic financial risks, we have to operate more compliantly,” the executive added.

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FTC Fines Two Telemarketing Companies For Making Robocalls

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The FTC is cracking down on robocall telemarketing businesses, announcing last week it cracked down on two such companies that have been making robocalls to consumers that have been on the National Do Not Call Registry since 2012 or even earlier. In July 2012, in one week alone, the FTC contends the defendants made more than 1.3

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OCC issues proposed rule on fair access to financial services

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The OCC notes that, in the case of energy industries, the terminated services were not limited to lending “where risk factors might justify not serving a particular client,” but also included advisory and other services unconnected to credit or operational risk. Comments on the proposal are due by January 4, 2021.

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Regulations and Syllabus for Banking Diploma ( JAIBB & DAIBB)

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It is important to know thoroughly about the syllabus and regulations of any course before enrolling in that. Such limits may be attained in two to three years (2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively) after making the course contents, reading materials, library facilities and coaching facilities available to the candidates.