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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

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However, in this blog, we will discuss the regulatory landscape surrounding cryptocurrency from an asset manager or fund manager perspective. New York’s BitLicense requirement therefore applies to investment managers who issue digital coins or otherwise act as an exchange platform regardless of where the buyers are located.

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Mastercard General Counsel Tapped To Chair National Urban League

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The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Murphy was elected to the post during the National Urban League’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting in New York City. “He I’m honored to be a part of that mission,” Murphy said as part of the National Urban League’s announcement.

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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

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Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. As of 2014, the mobile phone penetration rate in Singapore was 148 percent. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. With an estimated population of just 5.47

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National Trends Win Big With B2B Investors

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India led the competition with the most funding rounds, as investors supported the nation’s efforts to develop the digitization and sophistication of more traditional business operations: eProcurement, eInvoicing, logistics and supply chain management. Supply Chain Management. But the U.S. eProcurement. Alt-Lending.

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CFPB issues 2014 fair lending report

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The CFPB has issued a fair lending report covering its fair lending activities during 2014. The report states that in 2014, CFPB fair lending supervisory and public enforcement actions required institutions to provide approximately $224 million in remediation.

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FAIR, National Institute of Standards and Technology Come Together To Publish New Resource

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The FAIR Institute , a nonprofit aimed at developing standard information risk management practices, announced on Thursday (Aug. 2014, the NIST CSF was released and has rapidly emerged among companies and government organizations as the leading taxonomy and set of best practices for managing cybersecurity risk, both in the U.S.

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The AMLA and a Culture of Compliance – More Critical Than Ever

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Culture of compliance is crucial to BSA/AML programs Culture of compliance within the BSA/AML framework is not new and was first introduced by FinCEN in 2014. On January 1, 2021, the Senate voted into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Would you like other articles like this in your inbox?