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Cannabis: A Case Study in Cash-Only's Constraints

Payments Source

It's a multibillion-dollar industry in a state of payments-regulation limbo and as a result, the U.S. cannabis business has mainly operated on a cash basis.

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The top 10 2022 AML resources for financial crime fighters

Abrigo

Checklists, guides, and more to help you and your AML-CFT staff Thousands of FinCrime professionals have accessed these guides, checklists, and other resources produced in 2022 by Abrigo's team, which includes former bankers, BSA officers, and regulators. . Read the case study. From crypto to cannabis. Keep me informed.

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How GDPR Is Testing The Homesharing Market

PYMNTS

Regulators want to have a greater stake in the way sharing platforms operate. Many of these regulators also now expect sharing and payment services to comply with shifting data regulations, like GDPR. A reclassification could lead to significant changes in how the mobile payment service can operate in the country.

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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. Unfortunately, some banks adopted BSBY as one of their preferred indexes and in doing so created risk in derivatives and operations. The reason for the cessation of BSBY is simple – lack of use.

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Navigating China’s New Regulatory Terrain

PYMNTS

Back then, FinTechs asked for forgiveness instead of permission, rushing headlong into markets, disrupting them and operating in newly invented spheres of finance that regulators barely understood. For a case study in the new privacy rules at scale, people are looking to China and its Multi-Level Protection Scheme 2.0

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. The topics were perfect, and there were some great case studies, but the substance was standard, bordering on underwhelming.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

The major themes of fraud, artificial intelligence (AI), expansion of instant payments, open banking, and regulation were particularly relevant to your roles as executives, risk managers, compliance officers, and technology leaders. It is likely that regulators will soon ask banks to come up with a plan.