BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Francesca Diluiso, Barbara Annicchiarico and Marco Carli While climate change is often seen as a long-term concern, climate mitigation policies can have different short-term effects, since they affect the transmission mechanism of conventional macroeconomic shocks.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Small business owners have a lot on their plates today and, depending on who one asks, top concerns range from taxes to late invoice payments. Luckily, research from Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Capital One and others often point to one thing: Despite the challenges, small businesses are optimistic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

It is a big deal for the cannabis industry’s expansion plans,” said Matthew Kennedy, an IPO market strategist at Renaissance Capital, which runs exchange trade funds that buy newly listed shares. And at $22.39 at the close of trading on Thursday (July 19), the company had a market value of nearly $2 billion. “It Last month, a U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Hong Kong’s new regulations and supervision on digital assets transactions validates the importance of blockchain technology and digital assets, which is good news for the whole industry,” Cai said in a speech at the World Blockchain Summit in Wuzhen, China.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The blueprint for the proposed digital currency seems to offer Beijing extraordinary supervision over the flow of money, giving regulators economic control that most central banks do not have. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Hong Kong is again pushing for more multinational corporate treasurers to call the city home with a new initiative by local regulators. At the event, government officials promoted their initiative , launched earlier this year, that offers tax breaks for corporate treasurers that set up shop in Hong Kong. Reports Friday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

For its part, Paxos describes itself as a regulated financial institution that builds infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets. There’s also the fact that different federal agencies are simultaneously drafting and enforcing conflicting regulations. We need capital for three reasons really,” he said.

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Abrigo

MARCH 22, 2023

Understanding trade-based money laundering Addressing the FinCEN priorities in your AML/CFT policy means knowing what steps to take to prevent trade-based money laundering and terrorism funding. Banking regulators and criminals understand TBML, so be sure your AML investigative team also does. Gain confidence in your BSA program.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. Lucas White: We need to continue to differentiate community banks and educate policymakers on why tiered and proportionate regulation is necessary. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. They spoke before the Subcommittee on National Security, International Development, and Monetary Policy Tuesday. Head of Cybersecurity Strategy Tom Kellermann said, testifying before a U.S.

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TheGuardian

APRIL 22, 2021

Among other decisive actions, we have made changes in our senior business and control functions; we have enhanced our risk review across the bank; we have launched independent investigations into these matters by external advisors, supervised by a special committee of the Board; and we have taken several capital-related actions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So too, for that matter, has the crypto space at large, where hundreds of billions of dollars in market capitalization have been lopped off by investors, as evidenced by nadirs seen over the summer. As has been seen before and will be seen again, the specter of regulation is likely to set off a stampede for the proverbial (crypto) door.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Takeaway 3 Meanwhile, regulators continue to reinforce the importance of lenders knowing customers and beneficial owners. Even after redoing this certification, borrowers may then still be declined on the same application due to another incorrect validation rule (for instance, an Applicant Tax ID issue),” the letter said.

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BankUnderground

JULY 29, 2020

This post reviews the literature that considers the channels via which the shock affects the economy, and the macroeconomic policy options for dealing with the aftermath, taking as given the shock caused by the virus and the lockdown. Monetary Policy. Fiscal Policy. Real Flow Variables (Goods Demand and Supply).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone, despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. CFOs are also struggling to achieve growth, maintain competitiveness and stay agile as regulations change. Fifty-two percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

It’s been just a few weeks since the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) took effect — and speed bumps remain. The data shows that of 14 firms that utilize AI when it comes to data privacy, a third of those firms showed that there were potential problems with policies already in place, with some of the language lacking clarity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Other ideas include more government action regarding competitive regulation. In Washington State, Frey said that “for every $1 it invests in a Main Street program, there is a $13 return to the public coffer” in the form of taxes and fees. Policy put into place must target Main Street. It must provide bridge loans, not bailouts.

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PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2017

And while SMEs are awaiting tax reform, this area also makes the U.S. Regulatory policies like tax reform and a boost in infrastructure spend may have small businesses looking up, but if regulators don’t act on those policy proposals, entrepreneurs can’t make moves to grow.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs say they have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. CFOs are also struggling to achieve growth, maintain competitiveness, and stay agile as regulations change. 52 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. Dr. Jonathan Mordis, PharmD, CPh, VP of business development at Corporate Capital Direct unit Rx Fund Assist , pointed to one of the root causes of cash flow pain for independent pharmacy owners.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Even as nearly one-third of Americans are already members of a credit union, it seems there’s almost nothing the NCUA still won’t try to further expand the market reach and special tax-exempt privileges of the credit unions it supervises. Talk about your captive regulator! When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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TrustBank

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. Did changes to policy encourage spending at the cost of saving? The only time US personal saving has been this low was back in 2005 when it bottomed out at 2.1%.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

According to my firm's profitability peer group, a branch with $74 million in average deposits made a mere pre-tax profit of three basis points. Another challenge is imposed by the very government that tries to assist LMI households: regulation. Since a bank can't cut regulation, they trim their branch network to lower those costs.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2016

Government policy can demand invoice electronification. Those bodies can then issue mandates for corporations to submit and exchange invoices electronically, for tax purposes. In this market, as well as in Asia, tax regulators have launched national efforts to digitize invoicing and billing in the name of tax compliance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Bank of America, Capital One, Wells Fargo, Chase and more published their findings — sometimes to contradicting conclusions. Chase reached some optimistic conclusions regarding how small business owners feel about the year ahead, while Capital One highlighted a 9 percent decline in SME optimism. Small businesses’ top concern?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The jousting over eCommerce taxes — especially for U.S. Last week in India, the government proposed a tax on eCommerce transactions that will likely increase operating costs for sellers large and small. The tax, technically known as “Tax Deducted at Source” (TDS), is sent directly to an account held by the central government.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 24, 2020

As a general matter, the proposal would codify the FDIC’s current supervisory processes and policies for ILCs that would not be subject to consolidated FRB supervision and “add additional safeguards the FDIC believes are appropriate based on its experience.” The FDIC would also apply certain rebuttable presumptions of control.)

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

The brothers are aware of the security issues surrounding bitcoin and recommend that exchange operators and their regulators need to look closely at “multisig” security services, which require many people to sign off on a transaction. Other factors are a potential recession in Europe and Asia and low policy rates among central banks.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Here it is.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Here it is.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

We also have been playing what has become an annual game of intense defense—opposing a number of proposals that would enhance and expand the fields of membership and powers of tax-exempt credit unions. Too often, banking laws and regulations are based on a “one size fits all” approach. IBANYS strongly opposed legislation (S.

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BankUnderground

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

For example, if an OEF faces net outflows of £100 which would lead to trading costs of £1 (ie the sum of bid-ask spreads, commissions, taxes and similar for selling £100 of assets is £1) it can swing its price such that redeeming investors receive £99. That should mean redeeming investors have to consider the full costs of their actions.

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FICO

MARCH 31, 2016

During this period of Congressional gridlock, much of the activity in Washington DC impacting the financial services industry remains focused on the development and implementation of new regulations. Here’s a very brief overview of what we’ll cover: Stress testing is a key area of emphasis for regulators around the globe.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. In person for the first time since 2019, the ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., No other event provides more opportunities for community bankers to engage with lawmakers, regulators and government officials.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Honesty is the best policy. In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Mashing up OnDeck’s quick credit-decisioning tech with Chase’s risk and underwriting models and capital pools gave Chase a way to expand its community of SMB borrowers without expanding its bad debt. A penny saved is a penny earned.

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NCR

MARCH 1, 2016

ERM encompasses several broad categories, which include the following: Credit Risk – This is the risk that earnings and capital could be adversely impacted due to a borrower’s inability to perform on their contractual obligations. Compliance Risk – The banking industry is highly regulated.

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