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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States. The institutions are the ones shouldering the costs of compliance, examinations, and fines. Including rental and leasing licensees, as of 2021, the industry comprises approximately 16.7% In 2017, over 5.51

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Banking Computer-Security Incident Notification Requirements Take Effect

Abrigo

In this guest column by Jeffrey Taft and Matthew Bisanz of Mayer Brown 's Financial Services Regulatory & Enforcement practice, learn more about how to be ready for compliance. For these purposes, a financial institution includes a national or state bank, a savings association, an Edge or agreement corporation, a U.S. How and When.

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For Charter Schools, A Workforce Spend Tutorial

PYMNTS

These schools are publicly funded but operate independently from traditional public schools, adhering to specific school and local or district authority guidelines. According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools’ latest figures , approximately 7,000 charter schools are currently educating more than 3.2

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

PYMNTS

Since 2018, when sports betting was only legal in the state of Nevada, 19 additional states and the District of Columbia have legalized the practice, either already allowing bets to be placed or are on the way to doing so. In a microcosm of the national expansion, New Hampshire’s newly online sports gambling program raked in $2.31

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What The Streamlined Sales And Use Tax Agreement Means After Wayfair

PYMNTS

Wayfair ruling have made tax compliance challenges highly visible. Struggles to understand and fulfill tax obligations are not new — states have worked for decades to manage these compliance difficulties. Where SSUTA Does — and Does Not — Ease Remote Sales Tax Compliance . SSUTA’s Role in South Dakota v.

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Bill to regulate use of algorithms under consideration by D.C. Council

CFPB Monitor

Among other criticisms, the trade groups assert that the Bill would impose difficult, if not impossible, compliance burdens on lenders that will result in decreased credit access and higher cost loans.

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State AGs urge Mulvaney to continue use of disparate impact theory of ECOA liability

CFPB Monitor

On September 5, 2018 a group of 14 state Attorneys General and the AG for the District of Columbia sent a comment letter to CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, urging him to refrain from “reexamining the requirements” of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”). to discriminate against any person.