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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. So which merger was the best in 2021? Doug Larson. THE BANKER AWARDS.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue. In 2017, over 5.51

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

PYMNTS

Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

In early 2021, a customer approached a teller at Kennebec Savings Bank in Augusta, Maine, and asked to withdraw $20,000. Another reason pen tests are increasingly common is that regulations and PCI compliance require banks to furnish annual pen test results. National banks. It’s in their DNA. fashioned customer service.

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Stablecoin Outlook Anything But Stable As Regulation, Legislation Loom

PYMNTS

Facebook’s Libra (OK, now it’s been renamed to Diem ) looms as 2021 dawns – maybe – and in a form diminished from its initial ambitions back in 2019, to disrupt the monetary system itself. That would, of course, include Diem, backed by the consortium of tech companies, Facebook among them, aiming for a 2021 launch.

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

CB Insights

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Self-driving technology deployment target date of 2021. Plans to deploy self-driving car on the road by 2021.

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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

companies regulated by the CFPB appear to take consumer issues reported to the Bureau seriously, and if any are slow to respond, it would be a small fraction of only 3% of CFPB-regulated entities. What does all of this mean for regulated financial institutions and financial services companies? Based on that statistic, U.S.