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FHFA announces Office of Financial Technology

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On July 18, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”) announced the launch of a new Office of Financial Technology with the goal of advancing effective risk management as it evaluates fintech developments in the housing finance space. In the introduction to the RFI, the FHFA noted President Biden’s March 2022 executive order.

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Coinmotion partners Fenergo to streamline AML compliance procedures

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Ireland-based SaaS financial technology solutions provider Fenergo has partnered with Finland-based cryptocurrency service provider Coinmotion.

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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. 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 Chainalysis.

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Democratic Congressman Bill Foster seeks chairmanship of House Financial Services Committee Fintech taskforce

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Democratic Congressman Bill Foster, who represents the 11th District of Illinois, has sent a letter to Maxine Waters, Democratic Chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee, to express his “strong interest in serving as the Chair of the Taskforce on Financial Technology and Innovation that will be convened in the coming weeks.”

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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.”