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Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets

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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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Top News In Payments: Apple Shares Hit Record High; CA Denies Lending License For Sezzle

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In today’s top payments news, Apple’s share price hit a record high above $300 on Thursday, “buy now, pay later” company Sezzle was denied a lending license from California and a European Central Bank policymaker urged area banks to seek alternatives to Libra. CA Denies Lending License For BNPL Firm Sezzle. at the end of the day.

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Bitcoin Daily: IRS To Meet With Crypto Groups; Thieves Take $630,000 In Ether From Lender bZx

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The IRS has invited cryptocurrency groups to meet for a regulatory summit March 3 to discuss how the two can work together going forward, published reports said Tuesday (Feb. The IRS has been trying to combat cryptocurrency tax evasion, and the agency has been working on establishing more concrete guidelines for digital currencies.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Rises After Recent Crash; IRS Delivers New Rules For Crypto Investors

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Because threat actors often get recipients’ emails from password breach lists, they sometimes include passwords to lend authenticity,” Hunter Johnson, Cofense Professional Services at Cofense, wrote in a blog post. Ransom is demanded in bitcoin, upon threat of releasing damaging information to family, friends, and co-workers. percent rate.

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Workforce Shifts Bring About Payroll’s Own Evolution

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Employers don’t simply want a payroll solution, she said, but a holistic suite of human capital management tools that can handle everything from tax compliance to integrations with time-tracking solutions. ” In the U.S.,

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Canadian Fintech Market Map

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Companies in this subcategory (1) provide technology to accounting and tax, bookkeeping, and expense management players, or (2) leverage technology to provide these services directly to end-users. For example, KNØX Custody (disclosed equity funding of US $6.2M) provides insured cryptoasset and cryptocurrency custody solutions.

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Fizzle Of The Week: The Activist CFPB

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percent related to prepaid cards and 2 percent to payday lending. The new movement on the pre-paid card rule followed news last week that the CFPB will also take another look at the payday lending rule put into place during Corday’s final days as executive director. South Korea is levying heavy duty taxes on trades.

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