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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jack Ma has seen his net worth plunge by $3 billion after the Ant Group double initial public offering (IPO) was suspended on Tuesday (Nov. 3) by Chinese regulators, according to a report from Business Insider , which quoted numbers from Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. percent of Alibaba, which has a market capitalization of $775.5

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand. Welcome to adulthood, y’all. Wonderful” O’ Leary, and of course Tom and Gisele. What’s Next?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit that would allow it to continue making loans throughout the country while complying with new Chinese banking regulations. Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. On Tuesday (Jan.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Ant Group and Chinese regulators have agreed on a restructuring plan that will turn Jack Ma’s fintech giant into a financial holding company, making it subject to capital requirements similar to those for banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

The Chinese government is preparing to crack down on what it views as antitrust behavior in the payments sector by tech giants such as Ant Group and Tencent Holdings. Payment companies that already possess state licenses will be given one year to comply with the new regulations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

New Chinese finance rules will force Ant Group to comply with regulations to back up any payments, lending or other finances with substantial capital, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (WSJ). 1, and will have to apply for a license to do so. 1, and will have to apply for a license to do so.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Capital One has signed on to join Fiserv ’s surcharge-free MoneyPass ATM network. Under the deal , MoneyPass will be made available at over 1,500 Capital One ATMs at Capital One branches, Capital One Cafés and other select locations. While ATMs are highly popular with customers, ATM fees are not.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Federal Reserve's top regulator cited the financial crisis of 2008 repeatedly in a speech about the merits of new risk-capital standards — proposals that have drawn unprecedented fire from banking trade groups and members of Congress.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Coindesk pointed to Coil as one example. Its founder is the former chief technology officer at Ripple.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay has pushed back against the Reserve Bank of Australia’s potential regulation of its fees. Afterpay has a market capitalization of around $10 billion. A majority of its revenue comes from merchant fees, which comprise around 3 to 6 percent of transactions.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2019

General Electric ‘s divestiture of GE Capital assets continues as MUFG Union Bank announced plans to acquire GE Capital’s Trade Payable Services (TPS) operations. 16), MUFG Americas and GE Capital said MUFG Union Bank will acquire GE Capital’s supply chain finance platform for an undisclosed sum.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Large Chinese companies, including Alibaba and rivals Tencent , food delivery giant Meituan and retailer JD.com , have lost almost $200 billion in Hong Kong since regulators announced last week that they were investigating Alibaba's reported monopolistic practices, according to Bloomberg. Regulators on Sunday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

And Bank of England just joined their corner, stating that the final regulation should be amended. The rule will come in to effect in 2018 and is designed to increase the banks’ financial strength, as well as measure their capital against the total assets of the firm.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

India's central bank wants stricter regulations for big shadow lenders, according to a new report from Bloomberg. One proposition is a 9 percent core capital requirement on the top tier, akin to banks. The paper comes after a speech by a top RBI official in charge of banking regulation, Bloomberg writes.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Reports in Reuters on Tuesday (May 28) said UBS expects its regulatory costs to remain high in the years ahead after a decade of more stringent regulations leading to heavier, more costly burdens on banks. “That has tied up enormous resources.” “Why is this so significant?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2019

India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. Anil Ambani , group chairman of the non-bank financial company (NBFC), revealed the firm’s plans on Monday (Sept. Following Ambani’s announcement, shares in Reliance Capital dropped to their lowest level in two decades.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

30), it will serve as detailed regulation for cryptocurrency firms — for activities ranging from digital payments to the trading of coins like bitcoin and ether. Among the firms gearing up to apply for licenses are Tokyo-based Liquid Group, Inc. After the Payment Services Act goes into effect on Thursday (Jan. and London-based Luno.

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American Banker

AUGUST 1, 2023

The Federal Reserve is leading the push for broader, more standardized risk-capital rules, yet some of its board members, other regulators and industry groups are uncomfortable with the proposal.

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TheGuardian

MARCH 9, 2021

Greensill filed for insolvency on Monday, prompting concerns that the failure puts jobs at risk at one of its biggest borrowers, the metals manufacturer GFG Alliance Group. Founded by the entrepreneur Sanjeev Gupta, GFG Alliance employs 35,000 people around the world, including around 5,000 UK workers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Investigators from the Federal Reserve carried out an inspection of Amazon ’s cloud in April as Washington looks into ways to regulate companies that provide the service. People familiar with the matter said the regulators were most interested in looking at Amazon’s resiliency and backup systems. Just last week, U.S.

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BankUnderground

APRIL 28, 2023

This post investigates whether large and small banks in the UK and US differ in the cyclical patterns of capital positions and credit provision. The reforms aimed to ensure that banks have sufficient capital resources to absorb losses and reduce the cyclical effects of bank capital (and regulation) on the supply of bank credit in stress.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The banking industry's campaign against proposed capital requirements has reached a new dimension, with a group called Center Forward buying a Sunday Night Football ad arguing that the proposals would raise consumer costs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Deribit , a popular global cryptocurrency options exchange, is moving to Panama in February to sidestep the Netherlands’ upcoming regulation changes on the industry, according to Bloomberg. Know Your Customer is literally the foundation of regulated financial services.”. million in a Series A funding round, led by WisdomTree.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2019

It does, however, supervise micro-credit banks like Equity Holdings Group, Cooperative Bank of Kenya, NCBA Group and others. . The law would mean that the central bank would license and regulate the lenders, and also force them to have requirements for capital. There is need for consumer protection.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

federal officials may still be in the early stages of assessing the nation’s alternative lending and small business finance sector, an effort that may eventually lead to regulation of an industry that has yet to face significant crackdowns. The CRBF is not the U.S.’s The CRBF is not the U.S.’s

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 21, 2023

The three risks are: 1) rising funding costs to erode profitability, 2) reduced capital at small banks compared to larger banks, and 3) elevated commercial real estate (CRE) credit risks. The graph below shows net interest margin (NIM) for three asset-sized bank groups.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

China’s move to suspend Ant Group’s anticipated blockbuster initial public offering (IPO) likely came from the top echelon of the Chinese government, according to a report in the Financial Times. The suspension came just two days before shares of Ant Group were to go live on the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets. A collective $2.7

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American Banker

JANUARY 12, 2024

A coalition of financial trade groups issued a joint comment letter asserting that the federal bank regulators' proposed capital rule lacked justification and evidence required by the Administrative Procedure Act, threatening legal action if regulators don't delay and significantly amend the rule.

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American Banker

JULY 13, 2023

Five organizations representing large banks sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell requesting a long and thorough public review process for rule changes that are expected to be rolled out this summer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The IPO rate for Chinese companies is the highest since Alibaba’s massive market debut in 2014, according to CNBC , citing a new report from Renaissance Capital. market for 2020, according to Renaissance Capital. A unit of Ping An Insurance Group, Lufax filed confidential paperwork with the U.S. China and the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2018

Despite a regulation crackdown and other issues, investors have continued to fund cryptocurrency startups in 2018, with ICOs raising $11.8 This year’s surge comes as ICOs have faced stricter scrutiny from regulators like the U.S. This year’s surge comes as ICOs have faced stricter scrutiny from regulators like the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

The State Administration for Market Regulation — China’s regulator — said on Tuesday (Nov. Alibaba has about a 33 percent stake in Ant Group. The decree from Chinese regulators followed the suspension of Ant’s initial public offering (IPO) in Shanghai and Hong Kong. The news sent Alibaba shares down more than 7 percent.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A working group within the central bank is also mulling over whether to allow industrial conglomerates to set up banking units, according to Reuters. 20), the working group recommended regulatory changes that would allow industrial groups to hold larger stakes in lenders, marking a significant policy shift for the central bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2018

. — specifically the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA) and the Electrical Contractors Association (ECA) — have stated this month that the overwhelming majority of councils are not, in fact, doing their jobs of making sure that suppliers are meeting the 30-day payment terms mandated by the three-year-old Public Contracts Regulations.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. Other ideas include more government action regarding competitive regulation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Financial analysts are fairly optimistic about Europe , but the latest Europe Working Capital Survey released by REL Consultancy, part of the Hackett Group, found the EU’s top 1,000 nonfinancial companies saw their cash conversion cycles slip as they hold onto more net working capital. The data, released Thursday (Aug.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Recent regulatory crackdowns on Ant Group, Alibaba and Tencent show that China’s former tech darlings have run afoul with all-powerful political and regulatory regime in China. Reuters quoted Ant as saying in a statement that it would establish a “rectification” working group and fully implement the government’s requirements. .

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