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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. If one measures success for digital currencies in buzz — and in price appreciation for many of the marquee names — then 2020 stands out as a banner year. Here are some of cryptos’ key developments for 2020: Bitcoin Goes Higher And Higher.

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Big tech Is coming for banking: Experts predict fintech’s 2020

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Financial technology startups will enter the next decade with a little more street cred than the last time around. Nearly 60 upstarts focusing on financial services — from Stripe Inc. to Chime Inc. to Plaid Inc. — have garnered valuations of more than $1 billion in recent years, according to CB Insights.

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Cryptos, Blockchain Listed Among SEC Priorities In 2020

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Call it, perhaps, a New Year’s Resolution list — for regulators. In reference to financial technology, the OCIE noted in its 2020 priorities list, too, that alternative sources of data increasingly are being used by the investment industry. In documents released Tuesday (Jan.

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EU To Crack Down On Stablecoin Projects

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Valdis Dombrovskis , the EU’s executive vice president of the European Commission for an Economy that Works for People, told attendees of the Digital Finance Outreach 2020 , a series of events for the 27-nation bloc on financial technology companies, that Europe must become the leader in crafting rules for digital finance.

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CFPB and Colorado Attorney General announce joint virtual office hours as part of AFCIN

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The CFPB and the Colorado AG’s Office have announced they will hold joint virtual office hours as part of the American Consumer Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN). The joint virtual office hours will be held on December 2, 2020. Requests must be received by November 23, 2020. . CFPB Director Kathleen L.

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China’s Ant Group Mulling Creation Of New Consumer Loan Unit

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China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit that would allow it to continue making loans throughout the country while complying with new Chinese banking regulations. Ant Group had $263 billion in outstanding consumer loans as of June 2020. China TransInfo Technology Corp. On Tuesday (Jan.

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State Bank Regulators Launch Single-Exam Plan for Multistate Money Transmitters in wake of OCC’s Payments Charter Proposal

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The launch of this program follows the “One Company, One Exam” pilot conducted in 2019 – 2020. Given this structure, one concern might be whether covered companies may find themselves subject to significant differences in interpretation of state and federal laws and regulations, depending on which state is leading an exam.