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OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. billion of cryptocurrency reportedly was lost to theft or fraud – double that of the previous year. That’s according to the U.S. Cryptos also help bad actors avoid sanctions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The global regulatory framework of cryptocurrencies and blockchain remains either fragmented, vague or simply nonexistent. Part of the initiative includes the SBA’s guidelines to the nation’s traditional financial services market on how to service these industry players while maintaining compliance.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The head of the country’s only licensed and publicly traded cryptocurrency broker says tighter regulation and exponentially higher yields are causing corporate treasury and cash management accounts to seriously consider this alternative asset class. This in the wake of the OCC’s Sept. But this trend toward crypto doesn’t stop there.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

During phase one, VASPs will have to demonstrate their compliance with these standards, according to the release. Their research will begin with a proof-of-concept for a CBDC operated on distributed ledger technology (DLT) to test the proposed coins’ use cases in payment settlements, the release stated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

The Bank of Japan ( BOJ ), Japan’s central bank, has joined in with other regulators and officials around the world in its worry over Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra , according to reports. . They also talked about how Libra could operate as a brand new global currency. “It monetary policy and the dollar.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The 2022 clarity promised by the “roadmap” presumably will supersede, once issued, Interpretive Letter #1179, which appears to function as a general stop-gap until the 2022 publications hopefully provide more detail regarding exactly how banks can attain compliance. Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Reuters reported news on Tuesday that banking regulators from seven states across the United States are working to, as the newswire reported, “streamline” the FinTech reporting process, with an eye on those tech firms having an easier road toward offering their products and services across the nation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

The second was the rise of cryptocurrency (though during his remarks he tended to refer to it as Convertible Virtual Currency or CVC). It concerns me when I hear about some compliance budgets being cut by casinos looking to trim costs and retain gamblers,” he noted. The Team Oriented Nature Of Compliance .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

A former cryptocurrency exchange and its founder are facing charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the agency announced in a press release on Wednesday (Feb. Montroll operated an unregistered online securities exchange and defrauded its users by misappropriating their bitcoins. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Compliance with market standards and regulations allows us to provide our clients with legal security and convenience of using the exchange, with the participation of a friendly banking system and the availability of payment operators,” BitBay said. Department of Justice on illegal financial issues affecting national security.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2018

The survey stretched across 77 C-level executives, IT managers and others — and of that tally, 76 percent of firms are not currently in compliance with their own information governance policies. As many as 85 percent of firms are boosting budgets over the previous year’s, tied to data privacy and compliance.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

For airlines and hotels, catering to customers from around the world means dealing with a long list of complications, including accepting payments in a host of local currencies, complying with national and international regulations, and finding ways to afford or offset the high price of processing fees.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The June 2021 release of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN) Priorities makes this clear in naming cybercrime as one of the eight national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CTF) priorities. Usually, the ransom is a substantial amount of money or cryptocurrency. financial institutions.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The June 2021 release of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ( FinCEN) Priorities makes this clear in naming cybercrime as one of the eight national anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CTF) priorities. Usually, the ransom is a substantial amount of money or cryptocurrency. financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

In other news, the SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) announced that it is joining forces with the Swiss National Bank (SNB) on a proof of concept to look into how digital central bank money could be used in the settlement of tokenized assets between market participants. “As percent rate.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

The Report posits that there are three principal categories of illicit uses of digital assets: 1) cryptocurrency as a means of payment for or manner of facilitating criminal activity; 2) the use of digital assets as a means of concealing illicit financial activity; and 3) crimes involving or undermining the digital asset ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

10, with new regulations for cryptocurrencies, wallets and exchanges. Some operators said no way, moving to countries with more relaxed rules, or simply shuttering. The United Nations (UN) actually wants to use identity to help end poverty, calling for a digital ID for every living person by 2030. Know Your Criminals.

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NCR

AUGUST 18, 2017

It started out as the rails for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but has evolved as a technology that can transform many legacy business paradigms in the banking sector. Today these activities are both time-consuming and costly, with Thomson Reuters estimating the average national bank spends around $60 million on these activities every year.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

We’ll provide the definitions and analogies you need to know for bitcoin, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and more. GOLDMAN SACHS IS SETTING UP A CRYPTOCURRENCY TRADING DESK. Goldman Sachs is reportedly setting up a cryptocurrency trading desk in New York that will be running by the end of June 2018, if not earlier.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2021

Indian FinTech Cashaa and the country's United Multistate Credit Cooperative Society teamed up to launch what they say is the world's first cryptocurrency bank branch through a joint-venture bank called Unicas, according to a release. The operation also will provide traditional banking services, according to the backers.

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Urs Bolt

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Financial Technology (Fintech) could help build an inclusive financial system which allows any group in society to enjoy more convenient financial services by lowering the threshold and costs of obtaining financing, said Wang Zhongmin, a former vice chairman of the National Council for the Social Society Fund, recently at the Hangzhou Bay Forum.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 7, 2021

On January 4, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published an Interpretive Letter clarifying the authority of national banks and federal savings associations to participate in independent node verification networks (“INVN”) and use stablecoins to conduct payment activities and other bank-permissible functions.

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BankUnderground

AUGUST 9, 2022

Widespread adoption of crypto in the metaverse, or any other setting would require compliance with robust consumer protection and financial stability regulatory frameworks. Types of cryptoasset include non-fungible tokens (NFTs), cryptocurrencies, utility and security tokens. The role of cryptoassets.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

Further, actually touching client funds immediately makes these apps into regulated custodians or money transmitters or financial advisors, which means a lot of compliance cost for little upside. Nearly every nation on the face of the Earth is trying to understand what it means to launch a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Blanco told a conference last week that FinCEN, which operates as part of the Treasury Department, sees as cryptocurrency gains traction. Over the past few years, he stated FinCEN has issued a number of rules that have helped clarify how firms should operate within cryptocurrency spheres. States’ Rights?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. The Holy Crap Operational Risk Award – goes to the growing threat of ransomware with bank technology vendors. Expect more deals to be announced in 2024.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Benson Porter, Boeing Employees CreditUnion – Porter led BECU through an amazing streak of growth in the Pacific Northwest, all while building an innovative, stakeholder-driven brand respected nationally. FIS wins Valley National with IBS platform.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Develop your risk assessment with the AML/CFT priorities in mind Evaluating each FinCEN priority and addressing them in your financial institution's risk assessment is key to compliance. Institutions should also monitor virtual currency or cryptocurrency transactions for unusual activity. Many TCOs currently operate in the U.S.,

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Abrigo

JANUARY 31, 2023

Recap and forecast The current state of AML/CFT regulations Terminology change Financial crime professionals have long referred to Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance in conjunction with anti-money laundering efforts as “BSA/AML.” Russia still has the lead in cybercrime and has more experience with intelligence operations than China.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Questions about regulatory compliance related to money laundering were reported to be the reason for PayPal’s exit. The launch of Libra ignited a global debate over the role of cryptocurrencies in payments and financial services. Two: Be Clear About What You Are. Except that’s not what the Libra whitepaper says.

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Abrigo

MARCH 4, 2022

He won’t sit still for it,” James Clapper, former Director of National Intelligence under President Obama, said of the trade and financial sanctions during an interview Sunday on CNN. You have nationalists with the Russian Federation, and you have these criminal groups operating independently. Indeed, former top U.S.

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