CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 28, 2021

The CFPB has issued its Fall 2020 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period April 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020. The new report indicates that the Bureau had 1,504 employees as of September 30, 2020, representing an increase of 74 employees from the number of employees as of September 30, 2019 (1,430).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

But this fallback option (less secure though it may be) will disappear, said Edwards, as authentication methods improve on the digital front. As he said, the patient and provider information that is required to satisfy regulations for healthcare disbursements is increasingly being collected, stored and disseminated digitally.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

The Cyberspace Administration of China is considering a revamping of internet oversight regulations, rules that have not been updated in more than 20 years, according to a Reuters report on Friday (Jan. The plan to revise cyberspace regulations comes at a time when China is stepping up the scrutiny of tech giants.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

billion laundered between 2015 and 2020 through the U.S. The proposed rule is part of a requirement of the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) to initiate transparency within the real estate industry. real estate between 2015 and 2020, and the actual number is almost certainly higher. real estate market alone.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat. However, he noted that the move could negatively impact morale at DHS.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 17, 2021

On May 6, 2021, the CFPB’s Office of Servicemember Affairs issued its eighth annual report summarizing its activities from January 1 through December 31, 2020. The program is free and available for use by all military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve members.

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Abrigo

JULY 21, 2021

As part of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN) first national priorities list for anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) policies, one important priority continues to be detecting, reporting, and preventing terrorist financing. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

More than 100,000 eateries — or about one in six restaurants nationwide — have closed due to the pandemic, according to National Restaurant Association estimates. More than $134 million was lost to such scams in 2019, according to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), while $117 million was lost to them during the first half of 2020 alone.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Aiming to beef up security in connected and driverless cars , a group of lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that would put the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in charge of studying security issues for cars and trucks that are connected and eventually driverless.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

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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South State Correspondent

MAY 13, 2024

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. With 142 presentations and panels, the content was tailored to the needs of every bank interested in payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Attorney General William Barr said that while cryptocurrency could fundamentally transform how human beings interact and how we organize society, “ensuring that use of this technology is safe and does not imperil our public safety or our national security is vitally important to America and its allies.”.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

PYMNTS’ December 2020 Digital Identity Tracker® , done in collaboration with Jumio , delves with enthusiasm and deep detail into the burgeoning field of video-based KYC , highlighting a number of compelling use cases from around the world that showcase its effectiveness. But that’s about to end.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 3, 2024

Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a new regulation on the requirements, including how AML staff will access the information through a new federal beneficial ownership information (BOI) registry. This is in line with the current CDD regulations. Effective Jan. More is expected on this later.

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 1 FinCEN published its first list of priorities for AML/CFT policy, as required by the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA). Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. financial system and national security. How to prepare.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JUNE 9, 2020

2020 has been dominated by the COVID-19 pandemic threatening our way of life, challenging our resourcefulness and resilience, on a global scale not experienced since the World War ended 75 years ago. Many employers would not have considered such a move previously, citing security and lack of productivity as potential hurdles.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Treasury’s difficulties getting relief money to individuals, has renewed calls for the government to accelerate its FedNow national real-time payments network, still not expected to be operational until at least 2023. But the plight of American SMBs and consumers seems more pressing at the moment.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Takeaway 2 NBFIs should ensure their AML programs are sound and pass the scrutiny of FinCEN and their primary regulators. Stay up to date on regulations affecting NBFIs and other BSA trends. Below are 10 things NBFIs should do to ensure their AML programs are sound and pass the scrutiny of FinCEN and their primary regulators.

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Abrigo

JULY 10, 2020

On July 7, 2020, FinCEN i ssue d the s econd r ed f lag COVID-19 advisory relat ing to fraud and certain red flags that could be indicative of fraudulent activity. Crisis Business Membership Strategy in 2020: Adapting Technology and Executing in the New Normal. FinCEN issues second red flag on COVID-19. SBA Lending.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He said that in his own state of Washington, state regulators have been looking at those issues for some time to determine the possibility of some sort of reciprocity or sharing of information. “It The pilot being run with those initial seven states will provide some answers for how state regulators can streamline the process.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2018

So, it is in far-flung corners of the globe where, in recent days, regulators and cross-border efforts have promoted a bit of cross-pollination between tech-savvy upstarts and more entrenched players in the financial arena. At times, that collaboration even moves with a bit of regulatory underpinning.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Moreover, Capital One 360 Checking customers will have the ability to use 34,000 MoneyPass ATMs surcharge-free throughout the nation. Plus, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand revealed on Sunday (Jan. 10) that it had been hacked.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

BitBay has announced that monero (XMR) will no longer be tradeable starting in February 2020. Compliance with market standards and regulations allows us to provide our clients with legal security and convenience of using the exchange, with the participation of a friendly banking system and the availability of payment operators,” BitBay said.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2020

FinCEN issued an advisory on May 18, 2020 to alert financial institutions to medical scams related to the COVID-19 pandemic as well as new SAR key terms for reporting these scams. FinCEN reminds financial institutions that “detecting, preventing, and reporting COVID-19 scams and illicit activity is critical to our national security.”

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

On January 1, 2021, the Senate voted into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Within the NDAA, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA) became law and amends the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) for the first time in nearly two decades. With the 2021 change in administration in Washington, D.C., financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

A New York State politician announced the creation of what he called the nation’s first cryptocurrency task force, to “study how to properly regulate, define and use” the currency, according to a Facebook post and reports. Cryptocurrency, however, is more than just an asset that stores value.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019, H.R. It spares financial institutions, federal home loan banks, insurers, and their employees who provide banking services to state or tribe licensed CRBs or MRBs from prosecution under federal law or regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. What is the SAFE Banking Act?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

The nation has watched many European countries go through this process over the past year, so impacts on its financial ecosystem are at least expected if firms have not yet experienced them. Turkish regulators and government officials spent less time deliberating whether they wanted to implement PSD2 and more considering how to integrate it.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Looking back at 2019, and at cryptocurrencies, we may well make the declaration that fraudsters got a lot more brazen … which may mean 2020 is the year lawmakers and regulators clamp down through a global, concerted effort to root out financial crime. But beyond the sales pitch, technology, too, can be an aid to a crime.

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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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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to “as soon as practicable, take all steps necessary to examine the effects of” the final rule issued by HUD in September 2020 (“2020 Rule”) revising its 2013 Fair Housing Act (“FHA”) disparate impact standards (“2013 Rule”). federal district court challenging the 2013 Rule.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2017

Even as some countries move away from physical currency in favor of more modern payment methods, demand in larger nations means the Asia-Pacific region is still clinging to cash. trillion in cash in 2020, marking a 7.5 percent CAGR until 2020. By 2020, India will become the biggest user of cash in the region.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

As 2020 sneaks upon us, it’s the season for predictions and prognostications. Other things like Compound are essentially a securities lending marketplace?—?you This financial commitment also performs the function of securing the historic accuracy of the data on the chain itself, like electricity-consuming mining does in Bitcoin.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

As politicians across the globe grapple with the pandemic’s continued economic fallout and the need to get stimulus funds to individuals, corporations and even local governments with speed and security, digital delivery of those dollars is likely to gain increasing traction. As reported in this space last month, the efforts are still nascent.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

has not implemented regulations like GDPR or SCA, but there has been a groundswell of interest, at least from the private sector. to come up with a national privacy law were stymied. Online merchants could collectively lose approximately $57 billion in 2020 due to SCA adjustments, under current levels of preparedness.

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