PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2016

Bitstamp has stamped its name in the record books in the EU for being the first company of its kind to secure a national license to operate as a bitcoin exchange. The company was awarded a license by the Luxembourg government, which recognizes it as a fully regulated, licensed exchange. That included security reviews and audits.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 20, 2021

When the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)’s released its inaugural national priorities list for policy related to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), one of the eight priorities included on the list was transnational organized crime (TOC). Read our blog series on the FinCEN's priorities.

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Abrigo

APRIL 6, 2022

Takeaway 2 The change includes an obligation to inform regulators of a “notification incident” ASAP and no later than 36 hours after a reportable event occurs. Background Historically, the federal banking regulators required financial institutions to file two types of reports for certain cybersecurity incidents.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 10, 2021

This update clarifies that banking regulators and FinCEN understand that no specific customer type automatically falls into a higher risk category. These updates are in the sections for Charities and Nonprofit Organizations , Independent Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Owners or Operators , and Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs).

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FICO

MARCH 7, 2023

Home Blog FICO Responsible AI: Are European Firms Ready for the Regulators? There are significant changes coming in Europe, which highlight getting a handle on responsible AI use, with the banking and financial services sector among those that will be most impacted by increasing regulation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

VirnetX, for its part, addressed the “troll” accusation head-on in a company blog post that explained how its technology “made a genuine contribution to U.S. national security.”. "On Critics have charged that the company’s main purpose is to sue big companies for infringing on patents that it owns. On four separate occasions.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Key Takeaways Cannabis-related businesses operate in high cash volumes, creating a public safety concern. CRBs operate with high levels of cash, with many of them currently cash-only businesses. Are you still confused on the rules and regulations around banking cannabis-related businesses? Why is the SAFE Banking Act important?

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Abrigo

MARCH 11, 2021

Signed into law as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for 2021, the AML Act of 2020 (the Act), seeks to strengthen, modernize, and streamline the existing Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requirements. Below is a list of elements and use cases for the blog. Text from a blog. Text from a blog. Text from a blog.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Additionally, the human capital investment—in terms of both hiring fraud prevention experts and training existing staff—represents a significant operational expense. As overseers tighten the leash with stringent regulations aimed at protecting consumers, the cost of compliance grows. Find out how BAM+ stops fraud scams.

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PopularBank

MAY 25, 2021

Popular Bank Senior Vice President and Director of National Healthcare Financing Andrew Boland joined fellow industry leaders for the Environmental Banker Association (EBA) panel discussion How COVID Changed Senior Living & Care Underwriting. Are you following current regulations? We asked questions about their safety.

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Perficient

AUGUST 16, 2020

However, you may not know that there are certain rules/regulations that must be accounted for so you can remain compliant with FCC regulations. In today’s blog, we’ll cover what these two laws/acts entail so you can start planning for these new requirements around E-911. RAY BUAM’S Act.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The AMLA set the stage for establishing a national reporting system for beneficial ownership and for potentially changing current CDD/BO requirements in an effort to improve financial transparency and prevent criminals and terrorists from misusing companies to disguise illicit activity. BSA Rules and Regulation. Need to Know.

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Perficient

JUNE 5, 2020

Secure software practices are at the heart of all system development; doubly so for highly regulated industries such as health-care providers. This includes static application structure, dynamic application behavior, third-party component patch/version levels, and overall deployment environment compliance with hardened operating systems.

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AUGUST 9, 2022

As these have attacks have evolved, regulatory bodies have updated their regulations to account for the increasing threat of cyber risk. In 2015, following a significant increase in nation state and hacktivist attacks on U.S. The inherent risk profile is an institution’s analysis of its key technologies and operations.

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Abrigo

MARCH 25, 2020

Key Takeaways Banking regulators say short-term, COVID-19-related loan modifications shouldn't automatically be categorized as TDRs. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules. Regulators also announced other guidance tied to reporting and risk-based capital rules.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 15, 2020

For now, national banks must begin preparing to comply with the OCC’s final rule while state banks will continue to operate under the current rule until the FDIC determines whether it will adopt the OCC final rule and the FRB proceeds with its own proposed CRA reform.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at Finovate Fall 2016. I believe SEC regulations require a company to go public if they have more than 500 shareholders. Customers want self-service capabilities but regulation and risk is top of mind that get in the way of digital interactions. Regulated Financial Institution.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2015

In a recent Forbes article, Frank Sorrentino, Chairman and CEO of ConnectOne Bank, offered his take on how financial institutions should flip their mindset on regulators and examinations. Stress testing is one such area where many smaller banks are feeling the weight of regulation.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Regulation. The Digital Services Act will be one of the regulations, which Vestager said will revise the eCommerce Directive and will make digital services take additional responsibility for contending with “illegal content and dangerous products.”. The Digital Markets Act is a second set of regulations. and Facebook Inc.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The June 2021 release of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN) Priorities makes this clear in naming cybercrime as one of the eight national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CTF) priorities. Cyber-attacks, and ransomware specifically, are the most significant threats to U.S. Learn More.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The June 2021 release of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN) Priorities makes this clear in naming cybercrime as one of the eight national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CTF) priorities. Cyber-attacks, and ransomware specifically, are the most significant threats to U.S. Learn More.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2018

Regulators spent most of 2017 cracking down on the practice. They also argue that the federal and state governments have no right of regulation here, because tribal sovereignty is protected by treaty. Some short-term lenders – particularly those feeling the squeeze from state regulations around such loans (i.e. Tribal Lending

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Money and Payments

AUGUST 14, 2023

Well, it's a long story with quite some history (see this blog here , here and here ) but I will try to summarize the situation as of mid August 2023. Blog may be adapted over time by the way. Where can I find the disputed requirement(s) in the EU regulation? What is this annulment procedure all about? So this begs the question.

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Money and Payments

AUGUST 8, 2023

Well, it's a long story with quite some history (see this blog here , here and here ) but I will try to summarize the situation as of mid August 2023. Blog may be adapted over time by the way. Where can I find this requirement in the EU regulation? What is this anullment procedure all about? Why is the requirement challenged?

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FICO

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Home Blog FICO APP Scams: What Impact Will the PSR’s Proposals in the UK Have? The Regulator Is Stepping In - What Will It Mean for Banks? The Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has set in motion a series of proposals to better protect consumers from payment scam losses, and two key elements stand out. And what can banks do?

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2015

There are more than 6,000 banks and thrifts under $10 billion in assets and they are often less equipped to deal with complexities brought by additional regulations. He commented that regulations are likely to generate at least somewhat of a burden, but many provide public benefits that offset any burden imposed on community banks.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Diversity has risen up the agendas of businesses, regulators, and governments in recent years. We build a data set of the identity characteristics of senior managers for gender, age and nationality diversity in all PRA-regulated banks over the last two decades (total of 181). Joel Suss, Marilena Angeli and Peter Eckley.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Methods from operations research such as mathematical optimization enable a quantitative understanding of the trade-offs between competing goals such as profitability, market share and risk appetite, and thus allow the targeted development of tailored decision strategies. Thesis 3: AI and Operations Research Unleash Additional Effectiveness.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2016

EU Backs Off Regulating Blockchain. The European Union has decided it won’t take a formal stance on regulating blockchain, at least for now. According to the EU parliamentary committee, now is not the time to regulate. And, on that point, we agree. This report was also supported by the parliament’s economic affairs committee.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As is germane to Switzerland, there’s been a bit of support from regulators here — verbal support anyway. As has been reported , Mark Branson, CEO of Swiss financial supervisor FINMA said that Libra poses fewer concerns than do cryptocurrencies that trade and crypto firms that operate with no supervision. “I

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

1960, which criminalizes the operation of unlicensed money transmitting businesses, in order to increase its statutory maximum penalty from five years to ten years of imprisonment, and doubling its maximum criminal fine from $500,000 to $1 million for certain offenses. Amending 18 U.S.C.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2015

This is the sentiment of several high-profile executives regarding the National Credit Union Administration’s (NCUA) stance on examination cycles for credit unions. There’s been much back and forth over the last week on this subject and the NCUA’s desire to stick to a 12-month examination cycle for the financial institutions it regulates.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Regulators are reportedly inquiring about how a lawyer for wealthy customers of Wells Fargo came to access so large a trove of customer information. Regulators have reportedly informally reached out to the attorneys involved in the lawsuit underlying the release of information to figure out how the data breach happened.

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BankUnderground

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Moreover, the national currency belongs to the people, and the state’s role is to regulate it to benefit the people. This was perhaps a necessary condition for the emergence of national money, but not a sufficient one. Medieval monetary policy operated without a central bank. or leave a comment below.

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Abrigo

JULY 17, 2017

“The challenge with the piecemeal approach right now is that every project becomes a new and different project,” says Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, founder of advisory-focused CPA firm IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC in Honolulu and a nationally recognized accounting technology thought leader. “If

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Abrigo

MAY 19, 2017

With the National Credit Union Administration issuing its final member business lending (MBL) ruling as of January 2017, credit unions are seeing increased flexibility in their lending limits. By automating business loan operations with Sageworks, banks and credit unions make good loans faster and optimize risk.

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