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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue.

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Wells’ Woes, Stripe’s Acquisition And North Korea’s New Hacking Groove

PYMNTS

But if action was what one was looking for — where things actually progressed or were accomplished — payments and commerce would have been a better bet for news consumption. Regulators are reportedly inquiring about how a lawyer for wealthy customers of Wells Fargo came to access so large a trove of customer information.

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Unpaid Student Loans Cost Workers Jobs, Drivers’ Licenses

PYMNTS

Student loans have an unexpected consequence if they go unpaid: Borrowers who default on their payments can lose their state-issued professional licenses. From 2012 to 2017, officials reported greater than 5,400 individuals to professional license agencies because of unpaid debt. “It’s

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Challenges to monetary policy: lessons from Medieval Europe

BankUnderground

Moreover, the national currency belongs to the people, and the state’s role is to regulate it to benefit the people. This is done by ensuring money is produced according to the strictest standards and avoiding manipulating it to the king’s benefit ( inflation tax ). Medieval monetary policy operated without a central bank.

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The Final CFPB Prepaid Card Rule Is Here (Expect Controversy)

PYMNTS

The use of prepaid cards has exploded over the last decade or so — in 2003 consumers put less than $1 billion on prepaid cards annually, but by 2012 that figure had grown to $65 billion and by 2018 that figure is projected to reach as much as $121 billion. s Square Cash and Dwolla’s payment tool will also fall under the new rules. .”

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Adapting To The ‘Nitty-Gritty’ Of Subscriptions

PYMNTS

But, all that popularity isn’t worth much if the platforms providing those on-demand services can’t receive their monthly payments. Today, the company processes more than $700 million in subscription payments for subscription service companies including vinyl record provider Vinyl Me Now and food and supplement firm Soylent, among others.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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