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Brex Offers FDIC Insurance, Adds Chief Legal Officer

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Brex , the San Francisco financial technology startup, is offering FDIC insurance on its no-fee cash management account, the company announced Wednesday (July 22). Her role will include legal and compliance oversight including the company affiliate, Brex Treasury LLC, a Securities and Exchange-registered broker-dealer.

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Cryptos, Blockchain Listed Among SEC Priorities In 2020

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8), the Securities and Exchange Commission ’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance and Examinations (OCIE) offered up a list of its priorities for the year that has just dawned. Among them: cryptocurrencies and the financial (alternative) data that is used in the investment realm. “The In documents released Tuesday (Jan.

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SMB Challenger Banks A Hot Spot With VCs

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Compliance startup Chainalysis works with law enforcement officials and financial institutions (FIs) to ensure that their cryptocurrency operations are within regulations. Open Financial Technologies. India’s Open Financial Technologies raised $4.6 challenger bank to secure funding.

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Circle Rolls Out USD Digital Coin

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. “Just as HTTPS, SMTP and SIP enabled free borderless information sharing and communications, crypto assets and blockchain technology will enable us to exchange value and transact with one another in a similar way: instantly, globally, securely and at low cost.”

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Promontory Financial Group CEO on the future of RegTech

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Promontory is now a key component of IBM Watson Financial Services. During the interview, he describes how we are in the middle of a cryptocurrency “explosion” that is ripe for regulation. Ludwig also expects new regulatory interest in the vast expanse of emerging financial technologies and services. Watch the video.

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Canadian Fintech Market Map

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Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. This subcategory includes companies enabling the trading, storing, and/ or usage of cryptocurrencies, but excludes companies working on cryptoassets unrelated to financial services (e.g.

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FinTech Startup Revolut Raises $80M In New Funding, Now Valued At $5.5B

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has secured $80 million in new funding at a $5.5 Since then, the financial technology (FinTech) company has expanded its portfolio to also offer business banking. with an app and debit card, expanded into cryptocurrency trading with Paxos Trust Co., London startup mobile bank Revolut Ltd.