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Bitcoin Daily: OCC Grants Crypto Firm Anchorage Conditional Digital Banking License; Crypto Exchange RG Coins Owner Arrested For Money Laundering

PYMNTS

With the national trust bank charter, South Dakota-based Anchorage will become Anchorage Digital Bank , National Association. The OCC conditionally approved the charter, meaning Anchorage had to agree to comply with certain capital and liquidity requirements, as well as the OCC’s risk management rules, the release stated. “The

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

Talk about your captive regulator! Even more obviously absurd, one provision would allow community credit unions in seven states—Montana, Alaska, Delaware, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont and Wyoming—to serve their entire state. When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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OCC targets BSA/AML compliance by Anchorage Digital Bank – only 15 months after granting bank charter to the crypto custodian

CFPB Monitor

As we will discuss, the timing of the Consent Order indicates that even when regulators permit crypto activities by financial institutions, they remain cautious, particularly as to BSA/AML compliance. In granting this charter, the OCC applied the same rigorous review and standards applied to all charter applications.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. A pretty clear-cut sizzle.

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BitGo On Protecting Cryptocurrency Exchanges From Money Launderers

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billion bitcoins in circulation, with a market capitalization of $117.81 These coins often change hands through cryptocurrency exchanges like South Dakota-based BitGo , which was founded in 2013 and specializes in tokenized forms of cryptocurrency known as wrapped bitcoin. regulations.”. The year 2020 saw 18.42