PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ongoing security concerns have prompted the Federal Reserve to further scrutinize big tech firms that serve the banking industry, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Thursday (Nov. Can we look at their overall compliance management program?”. 21), citing a senior official. The Annual Conference held Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

The prospectus said that the company is offering 8,399,000 “common equity share security tokens” on the ethereum blockchain. Also, digital financial services company BCB Group said that BCB Payments Limited has secured an Authorized Payment Institution (API) license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2019

Investigators from the Federal Reserve carried out an inspection of Amazon ’s cloud in April as Washington looks into ways to regulate companies that provide the service. People familiar with the matter said the regulators were most interested in looking at Amazon’s resiliency and backup systems. Just last week, U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Reports in Reuters on Tuesday (May 28) said UBS expects its regulatory costs to remain high in the years ahead after a decade of more stringent regulations leading to heavier, more costly burdens on banks. “That has tied up enormous resources.” “Why is this so significant? .”

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2023

But compliance deadlines are tiered. June 28, 2023, based on the Code of Federal Regulations and the March 30 publication). However, compliance deadlines for affected financial institutions are tiered so that small business lenders originating the most transactions begin reporting data earlier than less active small business lenders.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 3, 2024

Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued a new regulation on the requirements, including how AML staff will access the information through a new federal beneficial ownership information (BOI) registry. Financial institutions will be the last group to gain access, and the timeline is undetermined.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2018

It also requires finding faster ways to securely address customer identification program (CIP) obligations and know your customer (KYC) requirements. Along with digitally handling money transfers, WorldRemit and others like it also need to be able to meet KYC and other compliance checks in an increasingly digital realm.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 20, 2020

Compliance plays an important role in a financial institution’s relationship with its customers. As banks evolve to a digital-centric operating model, one of the laments Cornerstone often hears from our clients is, “Compliance won’t let us do that.” Give Compliance a Seat at the Table – Early.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The world’s first ICO regulations are coming, care of Gibraltar. The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

The FinTech group is reportedly mulling setting aside a significant number of shares for users if it goes public, but it has yet to make any final decisions, according to Bloomberg, who cited unnamed sources. The company has also hired two new compliance officers.

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. The most vulnerable and targeted group is older adults (over 60), with a reported 3.1 Would you like other articles like this in your inbox?

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The CFPB has issued a final rule amending Regulation Z to address the discontinuation of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR) that is currently used by many creditors as the index for calculating the interest rate on credit cards and other variable-rate consumer credit products. Change in index. Dollar LIBOR indices. (The

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

As such, the regulators and FIs seeking to crack down on these activities have their work cut out for them. . Rethinking Security Strategies . Money is the lifeblood that fuels any organization, and that includes terrorist and other criminal groups. Financial and Ethical Security Strategies.

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Insights on Business

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

A common assumption in risk and compliance is that financial institutions typically have to spend more to meet their regulatory obligations. To achieve this, IBM and Promontory Financial Group are at the forefront of applying cognitive technology to regulatory demands.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Payments is already a highly regulated and complex space, but when it comes to moving money for Global Citizens , the rules that govern these kinds of payments are well beyond just the basics. If there are licenses required, Butterfield suggested investing in practical legal advice and potentially working with locally situated regulators.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Recent regulatory crackdowns on Ant Group, Alibaba and Tencent show that China’s former tech darlings have run afoul with all-powerful political and regulatory regime in China. Reuters quoted Ant as saying in a statement that it would establish a “rectification” working group and fully implement the government’s requirements. .

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Today, governance, risk and compliance (GRC) is being transformed by not only rapidly-evolving regulatory standards and growing costs of non-compliance, but also by the clear and present need for greater GRC adoption/engagement – by the first line of defense – while delivering added value by empowering business users.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

There seems to be no shortage of action in the corporate banking space, whether it be scandals (like Royal Bank of Scotland’s Global Restructuring Group fiasco ), cyberattacks (such as the $81 million stolen from the central bank of Bangladesh) or anomalies like Brexit impacting top financial institutions across the globe.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 22, 2018

According to some studies, as many as 30,000 to 40,000 regulatory changes can occur in a given year, and they are projected to culminate into 300,000,000 pages of regulation by the end of 2020. Given these issues, it is critical that governance, risk and compliance (GRC) systems are leveraged to enhance this process.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

PingPong Financial Group , a Chinese FinTech company, has received a Payment Institution (PI) license from the government of Luxembourg. PingPong’s robust compliance program extends across its global operations, from its merchant customer base in China to its partnerships with major banks in the U.S.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 10, 2020

The CFPB recently announced that it has issued a Compliance Assistance Statement of Terms Template (“CAST Template”) through its Compliance Assistance Sandbox Policy (“CAS Policy”) after receiving an application from Build Commonwealth, Inc. service providers, consumer groups, trade associations, etc.) Commonwealth”).

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Bank of America has teamed with IBM and its regulatory compliance arm, Promontory Financial Group, to create a cloud computing platform that has privacy, security and regulatory banking compliance protocols built in, according to a report by American Banker.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Codified risk-based approach The AMLA codified the risk-based approach for the first time, and a thorough risk assessment is necessary to justify businesses to your regulators. ?As As regulators get up to speed with new FFIEC Exam Manual updates, you may need to remind them that not all groups of customers present the same risk.

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Perficient

AUGUST 16, 2023

In 2011, Hanes put together a local investment group that purchased the bank from its former holding company, and he became President and CEO of the new bank. Bank Closed By Regulators Almost all bank closures happen on a Friday so that regulators can work all weekend to reopen the bank on Monday.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2018

But the recent thefts, along with other attempted and completed cyberattacks, demonstrate why payments officials in the region are expressing fresh concern about financial security there. The lack of security cooperation between bankers and regulators also comes up for blame. Fraud is a Top Worry. Growing Awareness.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

Banks on Wall Street are talking to regulators about waiving rules regarding brokers working remotely while the coronavirus makes its way through New York, according to a report by Reuters. The CEO of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), Kenneth Bentsen Jr.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2016

According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. The updated regulations are slated to take effect Oct.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Takeaway 1 BSA and fraud functions have historically been siloed, and IT has been external to compliance. Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and fraud functions have historically been siloed within financial institutions' structures in the compliance world. Similarly, IT security professionals generally do not have a compliance background.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Differing regulations between sending and receiving countries are challenging to navigate, and cross-border transactions can take up to several days to complete as they are routed through intermediary banks. The startup recently secured $16.5 Could Regulatory Compliance For Cross-Border Payments Be Simpler?

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Abrigo

JANUARY 24, 2024

"Accept without post" option A critical way credit unions can prevent FedNow fraud is that staff investigating AML or fraud can hold funds or delay the availability of funds, perhaps even beyond Regulation CC requirements. The FedNow Service offers various educational resources, as do other industry groups.

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PYMNTS

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. That’s according to the U.S. In the report from the U.S. and international sanctions, and decrease America’s influence in the global marketplace.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 14, 2021

The new law became effective immediately upon signing notwithstanding the authority it gives the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) to adopt rules “consistent with [the] Act.”. Proposed Regulations. The IDFPR has proposed regulations to implement the Act.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The United States may have some of the world's best cryptographers working for the National Security Agency and other spy shops, but the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is crowdsourcing at least part of its effort to beat the algorithms that cloak information about certain cryptocurrencies. 1 have just taken effect.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Gene Ludwig, the CEO and founder of Promontory Financial Group , recently sat down with Bloomberg Law in a wide-ranging interview to discuss his predictions for the future of RegTech, blockchain, and where he sees the markets going in the next three to five years. He sees the future of regulation continuing in two directions.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2019

In a recent Mastercard study, it was revealed that only 25 percent of online merchants were aware of SCA requirements , and of that group, 24 percent said they have no plans to support the requirements by the deadline. Cas Paton, OnBuy founder and managing director, discussed the challenges of SCA compliance in an interview with PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

A series of regulations was established to encourage a safer, more transparent financial services environment following the 2008 financial crisis. Failure to meet AML/KYC requirement challenges can be costly for FIs, too, with regulators issuing heavy fines for lax security practices or failure to devote sufficient resources to oversight.

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