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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

PYMNTS

As a general rule, most startups aren’t too happy when the regulator comes around, and it is rarely indicative of good news. These days, however, Uber is spending its time, increasingly, in court and has even managed to allow things to break down completely in Austin such that it doesn’t operate there anymore.

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Merchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition

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Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. And then regulators are forced to backtrack.

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The community banks standing by hospitality customers

Independent Banker

State Bank of Texas, led by president Sushil Patel (center), has a niche working with hospitality customers like Reena and Arun Patel, who own and operate a La Quinta hotel in Dallas. Between the [Trump] administration and Congress and the regulators, they did a terrific job of allowing banks to work with their borrowers,” says Jeff W.

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Bad Actors Emerge in PPP Lending – More Expected as Forgiveness Guidance Emerges

Abrigo

Their loan requests, according to court documents, were made to pay employees for a business that was not operating at the time of pandemic and had no salaried employees. It is not too late to perform CDD and transaction monitoring of these businesses – the regulators will expect it.

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Will Dynamic Pricing Change How Automotive Parts are Sold?

PYMNTS

Amazon has earned a reputation for mastering dynamic pricing, and other eCommerce operators — along with organizations that serve the B2B space — are following that example. Regulators, for instance, might end up taking a closer look at the use of pricing software in this sector.

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An Open Road For Open Banking?

PYMNTS

there are indications that the opening of data flows between financial services companies has led to strong innovation (and demand for that innovation), and more regulation may loom. the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. But regulators may have to take a more hands-on approach as data sharing comes into focus.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. The regulator and media pressure on overdraft fees has been a constant challenge to overdraft revenue. regulated financial institutions! Acronym of the Year. Has to be M-O-E. THE INDUSTRY TREND AWARDS.

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