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Duly Authorized

Independent Banker

Current best practices in fighting wire fraud. With wire fraud on the rise, community banks have to step up precautions to protect themselves and their customers. Wire fraud incidents nearly doubled to 27 percent in 2014, from 14 percent a year earlier, according to the 2015 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey.

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What Do Acting CFPB Director Uejio’s Comments on Consumer Complaint Responses and Potential Racial Disparities Mean for Regulated Financial Institutions?

CFPB Monitor

Acting Director Uejio also expressed concern about “disparities in some companies’ responses to Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities” found by consumer advocates, but he did not name those consumer advocates or the studies that may have prompted his comments. He stated that “senior leadership of these companies can expect to hear from me.”

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. billion since 2013. At the recent NYU Law Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement , FinCEN Director Kenneth A. The 12 major U.S.

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

Dream Exchange, which describes itself as the first minority-owned exchange in the world, intends to launch in 2021 and aims to create a more inclusive trading environment for smaller companies and empower minority communities. However, interest in ICOs cooled after a number of fraud allegations and a crackdown by the SEC.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

And then there were some uncommon and more dramatic causes of failure, including: Financial fraud. via Beta Boston. In a Boston Globe interview in January, he had indicated that the company’s financial performance was a pressing concern. ” via Boston Globe. via Boston Magazine. A most-wanted founder.

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Most surprising was the sudden shutdown of Sprig, a startup in the beleaguered food-delivery space that first received funding in 2013. Around 4 p.m.,

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