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Varo Achieves Milestone AsĀ First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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Colin Walsh got lots of laughs five years ago when he talked of his intention to launch a financial technology (FinTech) startup. On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. OCC is an independent bureau of the U.S.

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Singapore Eases Regulations Over Venture Capitalists

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Singapore is changing its rules on venture capital in an effort to support economic growth, reports said this week. The agency did note, however, that it will deal with “errant VC managers” on a case-by-case basis and continue to retain its powers to regulate venture capitalists.

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Brussels To Investigate German Regulator Over Wirecard

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Valdis Dombrovskis , the European Unionā€™s (EU) executive vice-president in charge of financial services policy, said Wirecardā€™s collapse threatens investor trust in the EU, the newspaper reported. We need to clarify what went wrong.ā€. A mid-July deadline for a reply from ESMA has been set, he added.

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FDIC issues final rule on brokered deposits and interest rate limits applicable to less than well capitalized institutions

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The FDIC has issued a final rule that establishes a new framework for analyzing whether deposits made through deposit arrangements qualify as ā€œbrokered depositsā€ and amends the methodology for calculating the interest rate restrictions that apply to less than well capitalized insured depository institutions (IDIs).

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Today In Payments Around The World: Mynt Lands $175 Million In Funding; Airtel Teams With Amazon On Video

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Plus, the United Kingdom and the European Union are set to begin discussions on financial services sector regulation now that Brexit has been affected. Globe Fintech, which is called Mynt, said Bow Wave Capital Management and existing investors took part in the fundraise.

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Avalara Unveils eInvoicing Software For Tax Compliance In India

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Businesses can also harness flexible application programming interface (API) integrations or file uploads to reduce interruptions to existing procedures in enterprise resource planning software (ERP) and other financial technologies.

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Kuwait Debuts FinTech Sandbox

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As evidence that sandboxes are ever-increasingly a global phenomenon, Kuwaitā€™s central bank put forth guidelines this week that are geared toward companies seeking to meld financial technology (FinTech) and financial services (FinServ). The sandbox, Reuters reported, has four phases.

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