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Enforcing AML/KYC Compliance When Legal Precedent Does Not Apply

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Social distancing restrictions implemented to curb the virus’s spread are preventing compliance professionals from obtaining physical identification documents and holding in-person meetings that typically enforced anti-money laundering/know your customer (AML/KYC) compliance. Compliance Enforcement Goes Remote With Biometrics.

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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

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Of particular significance is that in Virginia, banks may offer this service in either a fiduciary or non-fiduciary capacity. In addition, the classification of cryptocurrencies as securities can create a unique compliance burden for SEC-registered investment advisers (RIAs) trading these instruments. dollars.

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Any vehicles sold online, including through www.carmax.com or the CarMax mobile app, must also clearly and conspicuously disclose on the first page of the overall description of the vehicle or vehicle history report that the vehicle may be subject to an open recall for safety issues that have not been repaired.

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Connecticut poised To become fifth state to enact privacy law

CFPB Monitor

The CTDPA follows the form and content of other privacy laws passed in the prior year, including the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), and Utah Privacy Act (UPA). The law now awaits the Governor’s signature. Children’s Data. Biometrics.

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When One State’s Tax-Exempt Necessity Is Another’s High-Tax Discretionary Purchase

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Diaper retailers used to help customers avoid tax costs by providing their products online to out-of-state consumers, but the practice only helped those with cash flow and internet access, and the 2018 Wayfair ruling has since stopped such reprieves. Managing compliance.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending . Costco Card.

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Easy Ways BSA Officers Can Get Their Required Training

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Ongoing training is at the very heart of a satisfactory Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program in financial institutions. 5 in Richmond, Virginia Oct. Finally, BSA officers can obtain required training using online resources from reputable thought leaders. 16 in Chicago, Illinois Oct. Learn More.

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