PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

As a result of the passage and adoption of open banking regulations, like PSD2 in Europe, banks and other financial firms are sharing data more freely than ever before. The risk of attack can be mitigated by following a sound API architectural approach, one that integrates security requirements and tools into the API itself.

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MARCH 30, 2018

With fresh concerns about government regulation of cryptocurrency surfacing, Bitcoin and other digital tokens continued the recent declines in value, erasing $550 billion in value for the global cryptocurrency market since the start of 2018.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Despite a regulation crackdown and other issues, investors have continued to fund cryptocurrency startups in 2018, with ICOs raising $11.8 This year’s surge comes as ICOs have faced stricter scrutiny from regulators like the U.S. This year’s surge comes as ICOs have faced stricter scrutiny from regulators like the U.S.

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DECEMBER 26, 2018

The following piece was written by Rob Eleveld, CEO of Whitepages Pro , as a contribution to our 2018 year-end eBook. . Payments 2018 was a year of accelerated disruption. Then came checks, credit cards and wire transfers, with the most recent market explosion in several digital payment options. Historically, cash was king.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2019

Henrik Ramlau-Hansen, the former chair of Denmark’s financial regulator and former Danske Bank finance director, has been charged by Danish economic prosecutors. Ramlau-Hansen chaired the Financial Supervisory Authority in Denmark from 2016 to 2018. He has recused himself from the investigation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

The China Securities Regulatory Commission , China’s security watchdog, is setting up a technology regulation bureau and will announce Yao Qian as its new department chief, the Chinese business publication Caijing said on Wednesday (Dec. 11), as reported by Coindesk.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Facebook’s Libra project has renewed focus on how cryptocurrencies are regulated, with current rules on the sector patchy and varying from country to country. Between 2008 and 2018, approximately $26 billion worth of fines were levied against banks for AML, KYC and sanctions noncompliance. The Cost of Compliance. imposed a full $23.52

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The site reported that 1,932 BTMs were in the world in December 2017, while there were 4,009 by the close of 2018. But they have grown in popularity in markets that are not stable. There, people need to change a nation's money for cryptocurrency that isn’t regulated by a government or connected with it.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Launched in 2005, Zopa is considered one of the world’s first P2P lenders — and in late 2018, it became the first P2P lender to be granted a conditional banking license by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), with plans for its digital bank offering to include a fixed-term savings product, a credit card and a money management app, the report said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

16, Massachusetts securities regulators filed a complaint against Robinhood alleging that the company aggressively marketed to inexperienced investors and failed to implement controls to protect them, violating state laws and regulations. The FinTech offers a brokerage app that is often favored by inexperienced investors.

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MARCH 28, 2018

With concerns that technology companies can face more regulation, tech stocks were declining all over the globe — with the tech-heavy Nasdaq falling 2.9 According to The Wall Street Journal , on Wednesday (March 28) the Stoxx Europe 600 was trading down in mid-morning action while in Asia tech stocks brought markets in the region lower.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Banks in the EU have been racing to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) and the revised Payment Services Directive ( PSD2 ) since both measures were enacted in 2018. He explained that the cloud can help FIs swiftly respond to compliance and security challenges during the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Fraudsters have been increasingly focused on mobile services, with one-third of all fraud attacks worldwide reportedly targeting mobile during the first half of 2018 — a 24 percent year-over-year increase. Financial services providers must run tight ships when offering mobile services, and various techniques can help keep them secure.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

Ahead of an intended initial public offering (IPO), Alibaba Group Holding’s Ant Group has conducted a preliminary filing with the securities watchdog of China, Reuters reported. Ant Group indicated in July that it had begun the procedure for a dual listing in Shanghai on STAR Market and in Hong Kong.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The initiative, which is known as the Blockchain Urban Plan for 2018–2022, was announced in a Zurich visit. In other news, regulators in the European Union are looking at initial coin offerings (ICOs) to determine if they need to be regulated, Reuters reported. telephone number management.”

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Abrigo

MARCH 11, 2022

Expert insights on 10 regulatory topics that NBFIs should consider this year Review this list of what regulators are looking for in 2022 to help your NBFI pass exams with flying colors. Takeaway 3 NBFIs should review common deficiencies in AML programs that regulators are citing and fix issues before their next audit or exam.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2020

Within days, Braun, 50, was arrested on charges of accounting fraud and market manipulation. Following Braun’s arrest, German Finance Minister Olaf Scholz said lawmakers must tighten regulations because the payment services company has pointed to monitoring gaps by the nation’s financial watchdog. billion euros ($2.1

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Hong Kong’s chief securities regulator is calling on the world regulators to get on the same page when it comes to Facebook’s Libra to avoid the “real risk of regulatory arbitrage.”. “If He added that even if Libra never comes to fruition, it has already put a spotlight on the crypto market. “In

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been especially hard hit, as many have pivoted quickly to enable online transactions and adhere to the regulations that often accompany them. The health crisis has brought about changes to this rule, however, and these may have long-term implications for payment standards and regulations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Many enjoyed huge first-day price pops, heating up the IPO market even more — and 2021 seems poised to only continue the fireworks. Popular stock-trading app Robinhood Markets reportedly recently hired Goldman Sachs to lead a possible 2021 IPO that would value the company at more than $20 billion. Then shares soared 85.8 on March 13.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Revolut was granted a European Union banking license in Lithuania in December 2018 and has begun operations in central Europe. The London-based FinTech was founded in 2015 and has secured more than $580 million in funding on a $5.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Plus, the United Kingdom government is making a new Digital Markets Unit to enforce regulations that apply to Big Tech. UK Digital Markets Unit To Tighten, Enforce Big Tech Competition Rules. The government of the United Kingdom is creating a new Digital Markets Unit assigned to enforce regulations that apply to Big Tech firms.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2019

Last year brought the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline, Europe’s attempt to boost online privacy and security for consumers — a law that just resulted in a $57 million fine against Google , which was accused of not doing enough to gain the consent of users when collecting data meant for targeted advertising.

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Abrigo

MARCH 7, 2022

Experts weigh in on regulatory hot topics for 2022 Review these 10 insights into what regulators are looking for in 2022 to help your financial institution pass exams with flying colors. Takeaway 1 Regulators have increased their focus on BSA in the first quarter of 2022, and the crisis in Ukraine will put OFAC in the spotlight.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Securities and Exchange Commission has come to a head — and the stock-trading platform has agreed to pay $65 million to settle claims that it did not do enough to inform customers about its business deals with high-speed trading companies. The investigation into Robinhood by the U.S. The SEC reportedly filed charges on Thursday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

billion-strong, high-spending consumers and their willingness to adapt to new technologies, trends and products may represent the economy of the future for many banks and businesses, but it is notoriously difficult for firms to enter and compete in this market. Confronting the Chinese Privacy Myth .

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. This steady march toward online banking tools has played a key role in how Brazil’s regulators are structuring its open banking rules.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Regulators in other regions, including Latin America, are also shaping and announcing plans to enable open banking and better support digital financial systems.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

They must deliver services that customers and clients demand while securing their personal data. In this month’s Deep Dive, PYMNTS examines how data can improve customers’ experiences, and how regulations can keep their data safe. market is seeing an uptick in faster and real-time payments transactions. billion per week in 2014.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Partnerships end up a win-win: Banks remain competitive with leading-edge services while FinTech companies score market reach and the solid reputations of their bank partners. Maintaining compliance and security , though, must be at the top of the priority list, according to Stemmle and Kull.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

India intends to propose legislation prohibiting digital currency trading, while other economies in Asia have opted to regulate the market, Bloomberg Qint reported. South Korea and Singapore regulate digital currency trades, while China recently let bitcoin be exchanged as virtual property instead of fiat currency.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

tZERO announced that its tZERO Markets retail broker-dealer subsidiary is now online and has rolled out a web application, according to a Wednesday (Oct. tZERO Markets will begin signing up individual investors based in the U.S., 21) announcement. with intentions to include U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. Crypto Regulations.

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2018

The B2B payments market is already enjoying a solid year, thanks to some of the biggest names in payments and FinTech taking a solid stance in the space. You have to do so in a thoughtful way, one bit at a time, versus either assuming the answer is simple or assuming the market is complex and there is an easy answer.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and regulators from three Chinese agencies are interviewing Ant Group Founder Jack Ma, Chairman Eric Jing, and CEO Simon Hu about the upcoming $37 billion initial public offering (IPO), according to a Financial Times report on Monday (Nov. Ant's third funding round in 2018 raised $10.3

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

It’s chilling to consider what a black market could do with this data,” she added. In 2018, a security researcher said that it was possible “data from a California-based tech firm” tracked the mobile users of numerous carriers without their consent. A trade group representing U.S. Wyden said on Friday (Jan.

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JUNE 4, 2018

Reports of her 2018 internet trends presentation have been hard to avoid in recent days, and not every Meeker observation rises to the level of news or wisdom. on-demand workforce will increase 23 percent year over year in 2018, with some 6.8 According to her research, the U.S. million workers classified as such.

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