PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

In today’s top news, California lawmakers propose a financial watchdog at the state level, and Germany launches an antitrust investigation into Amazon. California Proposes Financial Watchdog Agency. Plus, the Federal Reserve is working with MIT to explore the use of digital currency. Just Eat Takeaway to End Its Gig Worker Model.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

On November 4, 2020, California voters approved of the ballot initiative Proposition 24, more commonly known as the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”). The CPRA goes into effect on January 1, 2023, and will expand several of the existing protections in the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The California law is more specific and more punitive for breaches. In addition to the first lawsuit filed, companies in California are confronting the new reality of the CCPA. Except when it’s a lawsuit.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

California BanCorp , the holding company for California Bank of Commerce (CBC), has announced the launch of a Treasury Management Consultancy to enable firms to manage their liquidity, utilize excess cash for better investments and reduce financial risks. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

users into new agreements with its corporate headquarters in California, effectively circumventing the European Union’s strict privacy laws, according to an exclusive report by the Reuters news service. It’s not clear how happy consumers in the United Kingdom will be over Facebook’s latest move, but privacy advocates are already up in arms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The California law is more specific and more punitive for breaches. In addition to the first lawsuit filed, companies in California are confronting the new reality of the CCPA. Except when it’s a lawsuit.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

California is once again poised to set the standard for privacy and data security by enacting the first state law directed at securing Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The law was enacted contemporaneously in both the California Senate and Assembly. Notably, the law exempts certain activities from its requirements.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Promising as intelligence of things (IoT) solutions are, though, security has been a stumbling block. The June IoT Tracker explores the latest advancements in IoT security and new applications of smart technology. According to the tracker, the global IoT security market is expected to increase by a 35.5

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

Atlanta payments encryption firm Bluefin is partnering with New York mobile payments processor PAAY to advance eCommerce security. Founded in 2007 by Miles and John Perry, who serves as chief executive officer, Bluefin specializes in encryption and tokenization payment and data security. . Each $1 of fraud costs retailers $3.13. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

Lobbying groups and trade associations representing tech giants such as Facebook and Apple have thrown their support towards legislation that could weaken California’s landmark privacy law. Second, receiving and verifying consumer requests via phone calls would present security concerns in many cases.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

5) just as the company’s stock is soaring on the election victory of Proposition 22, a California referendum to exempt ridesharing companies from the state’s AB 5 gig worker law. Shares of Uber and other gig economy companies were rallying a day after California voters backed Prop 22. London Reprieve.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Labor Department classified these gig workers not as employees, but as contractors, in a case that enabled an unnamed company hiring these gig workers to not have to pay federal minimum wage, overtime or Social Security taxes. California Trucking Weighs In. State governments are grappling with this debate, too.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

California is pressing forward with efforts to provide legal banking services to marijuana businesses as cannabis companies struggle to get banked. Reports in The San Francisco Chronicle said California policymakers introduced a bill last Thursday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Silicon Valley checkout-free, autonomous retail startup AiFi has secured a new round of funding, bringing its total raised to $30 million, the company said in a press release on Monday (Oct. A variety of openings are expected in California and Texas by the end of 2020. AiFi is also partnering with top supermarkets in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Treasury and Commerce departments are unable to protect their digital databases, lesser organizations would be seemingly hard-pressed to prevent similar security breaches. Justice Department, National Security Agency and the White House. The thinking goes that if the U.S. It includes all five branches of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Secure payments provider PCI Pal launched a new digital service on Tuesday (Jan. 28) that will let organizations offer ultra-secure payments across a multitude of channels, from social media to email and everything in between. Using the service, customers will be able to pay securely through any channel.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2020

Lawmakers across multiple states are considering legislation to reconfigure the often burdensome security deposit structure that adversely affects renters of less financial means, according to the Wall Street Journal. As many as one fourth of all renters in the United States devote 50% or more of their monthly expenses to rent. Sittenfeld. “To

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

alleging the California company’s video conferencing app has security bugs. The complaint was filed on Tuesday (April 7) in Northern California’s U.S. As a result of the security flaws, users are getting “Zoombombed,” users say. District Court, according to a report by Yahoo Finance, referencing Bloomberg News.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Tanium, which provides organizations with an IT security platform, raised $200 million from Wellington Management, Baillie Gifford & Company and Adage Capital Management, pushing Tanium’s valuation up to $6.5 According to reports, Tanium addresses security friction within businesses caused by a disparate security strategy.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2020

California lawmakers have introduced a bill that would attempt to more clearly define how cryptocurrency is meant to be treated, and definitively determine if it is an investment contract. Gibraltar-based Global Stock Exchange has launched its Grid tokenized securities platform in Estonia as of May 7.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

A California man has sued Robinhood Financial and Robinhood Securities, claiming he lost thousands of dollars after his brokerage account with the firm was breeched, according to a complaint. Mehta is represented in the matter by the California law firm Erickson Kramer Osborne. Robinhood, the lawyers state, hasn't kept up.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2022

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued final regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The lawsuit, which alleges that Ripple illegally sold unregistered securities related to the XRP cryptocurrency, could have some repercussions in the crypto world. Specifically, it could change how cryptocurrency is viewed going forward, as it seeks to answer the question of whether digital coins should be viewed as securities or not.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

Along with the growing popularity of IoT devices, from fitness wearables to smart fridges, comes increased security and privacy issues. The latest Intelligence of Things (IoT) Tracker details how these concerns are driving providers to develop new security approaches. Who’s Responsible for Smart Device Security?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBC) said last week that there should be a “floor” for data privacy and security regulations, a statement issued by the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs. He pointed to the recent enactment of the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 as an example.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

Backpage.com Chief Executive Carl Ferrer, along with two controlling shareholders, are facing fresh charges from California Attorney General Kamala Harris, who last week filed a lawsuit alleging the online media company engaged in pimping and laundering money.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Last week, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it had entered into a consent order with Wheels Financial Group, LLC d/b/a LoanMart, a California-based company that markets and services automobile title loans. LoanMart holds a CFL license.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

PSCU’s Lumin Digital has converted over 10,000 Mutual Security Credit Union digital users to a cloud-based platform, Lumin Digital said in a press release on Tuesday (Dec. Our team worked in close coordination with the Lumin Digital team to execute a well-orchestrated conversion for our members.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Zededa , a California-based tech firm that provides IoT device management software, said this week (Feb. IoT Security Concerns. Security Upgrades? That said, the PYMNTS research confirms what others, including Kaspersky and Zededa, have found on their own: It’s a long road to IoT security.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 1, 2019

Cybersecurity returned to the top of the B2B startup investment list as three companies in the enterprise security realm landed nearly half of the $246 million in B2B venture capital this week. Cequence Security. Also operating in the enterprise security space is Cequence Security, based in California.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The issue has been a contentious one since the California State Assembly passed the controversial bill earlier this year. But California’s state courts saw the issue somewhat differently. The AB 5 has passed the California State Senate’s Appropriations Committee and is now set to move to the floor for a full vote.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

Thus, IoT security is becoming an essential part of modern conversations. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and data security and privacy practice chair of D.C.-based A lot of the devices we’re talking about have no security. They weren’t built with security in mind, and there really isn’t any way to patch them.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

An anonymous researcher warned the publication of the security flaw on the USPS website. Perhaps more troubling is that the researcher allegedly warned USPS about the security issue a year ago but did not receive a response. “It seems like the only access control they had in place was that you were logged in at all.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

California unemployment benefits could help to see you through until your next job arrives. But signing up for California unemployment benefits can seem like a job in and of itself. In 2020, California unemployment benefits were critical for many people. In May 2020, for example, California's unemployment rate was 16.3%.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Microsoft has promised to follow California’s privacy law throughout the United States after the regulation goes into effect on Jan. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) gives consumers in California the right to access any and all personal data that a company has on them and request that it be deleted and not sold.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Golden State appears poised to preempt the Securities and Exchange Commission by enacting rules that would require larger firms to make detailed disclosures about their greenhouse gas emissions. Banking groups are concerned that the state regime won't align with federal rules.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Connie Ngo , CertiK’s marketing manager, told CoinDesk in an email that the companies agreed “it would make sense to formally partner with one another as a public promise of Hdac’s focus on security and a symbol of CertiK’s ability to support larger enterprise-level solutions such as Hdac’s.”

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