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SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

China's top regulator, the State Administration for Market Regulation, has fined coffee chain Luckin Coffee and other firms that helped it inflate its sales and expenses last year, The Wall Street Journal reported. The regulator said on Tuesday (Sept. The regulator said on Tuesday (Sept. WSJ reports.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Recognizing that regulated and non-regulated financial institutions seek to engage in cryptocurrency and crypto asset activities, the three largest federal bank regulators, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, recently issued a joint statement on crypto assets.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 29, 2020

is planning to fold its financial operations into a holding company that could be regulated more like a bank, according to people familiar with the situation, potentially crippling the growth of its most-profitable units. Jack Ma’s besieged Ant Group Co.

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JULY 16, 2019

France’s financial regulator is set to approve a wave of cryptocurrency-related firms in the country, subjecting them to new rules that include paying taxes and complying with capital requirements and consumer protections, according to a report by Reuters. Because digital currency is so new, regulations vary around the world.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

China is reportedly looking at new regulations that would impact Alibaba and Ant Financial in an effort to boost oversight of financial holding companies. The aim is to have plans made for a supervision plan for financial holding companies by the first half of next year. As a result, regulatory oversight is necessary.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the dynamic environment of highly regulated industries like healthcare and financial services, leaders often balance competing goals to delight customers while cutting costs. Diagnosing and Correcting Process Failures Despite the billions spent yearly to digitize processes, companies often are not operating at their maximum potential.

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Bank Innovation

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Chinese insurance company ZhongAn Online Property and Casualty Insurance, which boasts a customer base of 500 million people, has obtained approval to open an initial public offering (IPO) on the Hong Kong stock exchange. China’s first online-only insurance company hopes that the IPO will raise as much as $1.5 billion USD.

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The Paypers

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Saudi Central Bank has announced the issuance of Rules for Regulating Buy Now Pay Later Companies, as part of its role in supervising the BNPL companies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As government regulators in China increase tech industry oversight, Tencent said it will comply with new laws intended to curb antitrust activities and tighten FinTech acceleration, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (Nov. The regulators are looking more closely at transaction-based platforms, Lau said, per Bloomberg.

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DECEMBER 16, 2020

Robinhood has come under the watchful eye of regulators — this time in Massachusetts. State regulators are set to file a complaint on Wednesday (Dec. 16) saying that the stock-trading platform failed to protect its customers and their assets, violating state laws and regulations.

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DECEMBER 10, 2020

Several companies, including Twitter , are urging European Union regulators to “defend the Open Internet.” The companies expressed concern about how harmful and illegal content will be handled in the future. The move comes as the EU is working on a European Democracy Action Plan and the closely watched Digital Services Act.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

After having its $37 billion dual IPO pulled by Beijing, Jack Ma’s Ant Group is working fast to overhaul operations to comply with government regulations, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (Jan. The company is keeping the lines of communication open and establishing a time frame to make changes, he noted.

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

The proposed regulations from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are expected within the next few weeks and are almost certain to guide the actions of a newly announced government digital watchdog, FT reported. FT quoted an unnamed government spokesman saying of upcoming new regulations: "We are committed to making the U.K.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The challenge for accessing financing is particularly acute for early stage technology companies, according to Jason Crystal , co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform Miventure , a company slated to launch before the end of the year. The line is getting blurry between what's a tech company and what's not a tech company," he said.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

In addition, the regulators are trying to keep as many resolution options as possible open for the FDIC to resolve a firm in a way that minimizes the long-term risk to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF). Current Capital Requirements. The current long-term debt calibration for U.S. of total leverage exposure.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

According to Mexican regulators, the two companies in charge of the country's credit and debit settlements represent "a near monopoly," and big businesses need to sell shares in those companies, the Associated Press (AP) reported. In addition, Mexican payment systems often break down and make it more difficult to use cards.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the district court’s Order granting a motion for judgment on the pleadings and holding that a charged-off loan made by a lender licensed under the Consumer Discount Company Act (“CDCA”) that is subsequently sold to a third-party debt collector is no longer subject to the CDCA and collecting on the debt (..)

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has issued new draft rules that seek to rein in any non-bank company that dominates at least half of the payments market or combination of two companies that dominate at least two-thirds of the market.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

But in doing so, it will now face more scrutiny from regulators, Bloomberg reported. Regulation will be more of an issue for crypto companies the bigger and more ubiquitous they become, Bloomberg reported. Bitcoin has had a good year despite numerous global challenges, becoming more popular than ever.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

In Apple 's annual report , the tech giant discussed the impact that various legal proceedings and new regulations around the world could have on its operations and financial conditions. Complying can be "onerous and expensive," Apple said, and it could also affect the company's bottom line. The issue, according to the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Under Russia's anti-monopoly law, the company could face a fine of around 1 percent to 15 percent of its annual revenue generated in the country. The European Commission called those behaviors "manipulative" and said the EU had been working with the company to make the changes. Let’s be obvious and blatant about this.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Solutions like telemedicine, secure patient data management platforms, and prediction software incorporating big data and IoT are becoming increasingly integral to the success of healthcare companies, and the pandemic is accelerating their development. Cultural Alignment and Collaborative Communication.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Ant Group 's initial public offering (IPO) could be delayed by six months and its valuation reduced by quite a lot after its delay this week, a report from the Financial Times says, as new regulations come into play. 3), one day after Beijing debuted a set of regulations that would have forced Ant Group to re-do its business model.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 19, 2016

Thousands of American companies including financial institutions that do business directly or online with European customers need to start reckoning with data privacy regulations enacted by the European Union that. Companies Need to Gea. The post U.S.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Jeremy Kress, a law professor at the University of Michigan, filed a petition for rulemaking to two bank regulators, asking them to adopt an unaffiliated director standard for larger banks to address conflicts of interest between banks and their holding companies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

With an array of bills brought forward by lawmakers during this legislative session, Washington state could become a leader in artificial intelligence regulation. Microsoft , as well as its president, has been asking regulators to make legislation on artificial intelligence (AI) for months.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

As China's Ant Group readies for its IPO — the biggest ever — founder Jack Ma wanted to clarify that the company is a tech firm, not a bank, Reuters reports. Reuters writes that while Ant presents itself as a tech company, financial regulators have suggested it's under their umbrella. The aforementioned IPO will go for $34.4

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

On November 9, 2022, New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Superintendent Adrienne Harris announced that the NYDFS formally proposed an updated cybersecurity regulation. The proposed regulations would create three different tiers of companies based on their size, operations, and nature of their businesses.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Big Tech companies like Apple and Facebook have lately had a contentious relationship with regulators and lawmakers over issues like privacy, use of personal data and perceived bias. At times, the firms have pushed back against the idea that they need to be regulated. The question is how best to approach this.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

Federal and state authorities are targeting companies that allegedly lend money to small businesses at extreme rates and seek to collect payments with heavy-handed tactics, NBC News reported Tuesday (Aug. Critics argue that the total cash outflow required of businesses that get money from merchant cash advance companies can be disastrous.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 12, 2022

On July 29, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) released Draft Amendments to its Cyber Security Regulations. If passed, this third component would represent a significant new obligation for covered entities, potentially changing the manner in which companies document ransomware responses.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Regulation is perhaps the strongest driver of Lithuania’s FinTech-friendly environment. For traditional banks, compliance experts agree that it’s all about data — and the ability to share information with regulators. Just ask Sergiy Barybin, CEO of Lithuanian cross-border payments technology company SatchelPay.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Jack Ma’s Ant Group is considering moving all of its financial services units to a separate holding company that would be regulated like a bank, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Dec. Alipay, Ant’s payments division, would also likely be moved to the new holding company. 29), citing sources. It was suspended on Nov.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

It will be easier for New York cryptocurrency businesses to launch in New York, thanks to a plan by regulators that would ease licensing rules. The existing licensee would provide the startup with the operational, staffing, and other support until it can obtain a full DFS virtual currency license.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Brazil has signed a decree which clarifies the roles the country’s central bank and securities regulator will have regarding cryptocurrencies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

To form a direct-to-consumer (DTC) online commerce strategy, Kidd & Company, LLC and T-street Capital, LLC have joined forces by creating a holding company focused on buying companies called Brand Holdings, LLC. The firms unveiled their first purchase, Dr. Emil Nutrition, in a Tuesday (July 7) announcement.

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