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Brex Offers FDIC Insurance, Adds Chief Legal Officer

PYMNTS

Brex , the San Francisco financial technology startup, is offering FDIC insurance on its no-fee cash management account, the company announced Wednesday (July 22). The new feature in Brex Cash allows customers the choice to hold cash savings with FDIC insurance, or invest in Money Market Funds.

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Ireland Crypto Regulation Looms

PYMNTS

In Ireland, reported CryptoGlobe , the Irish cabinet has approved legislation that will bring more regulation to the sector. Separately, in India, the action toward crypto regulation seems to be … inaction. The statement comes as cryptocurrencies are still not being recognized as legal tender. Banks are well capitalized.

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Bitcoin Daily: US Regulators Join Global Financial Innovation Network; Colorado Explores Crypto Banking For Cannabis Firms

PYMNTS

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission ( CFTC ), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ( OCC ), and the Securities and Exchange Commission ( SEC ) have announced that they are joining the Global Financial Innovation Network ( GFIN ).

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Federal banking agencies Issue “Crypto Asset Roadmap” for 2022 guidance; OCC confirms prior interpretive letters on crypto (but adds no-objection requirement)

CFPB Monitor

Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space. Accordingly, “it is important that [the Agencies] provide coordinated and timely clarity where appropriate to promote safety and soundness, consumer protection, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including [AML] and illicit finance statute and rules.”

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Digital Disruption

Independent Banker

Meanwhile new competitors regularly emerge, including person-to-person facilitators such as digital wallet provider Venmo, crowd-funding loan provider Lending Club and real-time cryptocurrency settlement company Ripple. Now it has a small-business financing program, Square Capital. Siphoning customers.

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Cash-Equivalent Accounts: The Safest Types of Investments

MyBankTracker

Both the principal value of the certificate and the interest rate are guaranteed by the bank, and fully covered by FDIC insurance for up to $250,000 per depositor, per bank. And since they are issued by banks, they’re also insured by FDIC. Cash-equivalent investments have four primary purposes: Capital preservation.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

An RBC Capital Markets report put the average annual sales of an Amazon Go location at about $1.5M. In August 2019, Greenlight raised a $54M Series B from strategic investors including Wells Fargo, JP Morgan, and investors Drive Capital , Relay Ventures , and TTV Capital. That scale would make Amazon Go a $4.5B business.

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