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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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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Europe Plans To Release Drafts Of Digital Regulation Legislation; UN Initiative To Tax Big Tech In Developing Nations Gains Momentum

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Regulation. The Digital Services Act will be one of the regulations, which Vestager said will revise the eCommerce Directive and will make digital services take additional responsibility for contending with “illegal content and dangerous products.”. The Digital Markets Act is a second set of regulations. and Facebook Inc.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Facebook Faces $6.06 Million Fine From South Korea; Big Tech Tax Becomes Due In France

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The commission said it would refer the recipient of the penalty, Facebook Ireland Ltd., The French Finance Ministry has told Big Tech firms that the Digital Service Tax is now due, PYMNTS reported, citing Reuters. Companies subject to the tax have received notice to pay the 2020 installment,” an official from the Finance Ministry said.

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New York Issues Final Mortgage Servicing Regulations

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On December 18, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued its Final Regulations detailing the business conduct rules for mortgage loan servicers. These regulations will require implementation of additional New York-specific communications and servicing procedures. Effective Date. Escrow Accounts (§ 419.2).

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Cryptos, Blockchain Listed Among SEC Priorities In 2020

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Call it, perhaps, a New Year’s Resolution list — for regulators. 8), the Securities and Exchange Commission ’s (SEC’s) Office of Compliance and Examinations (OCIE) offered up a list of its priorities for the year that has just dawned. In documents released Tuesday (Jan.

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FinTech Partnerships With FI Marked By Global Scope

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In reference to the partnership’s advantages, the firms said, is the elimination of manual data entry and accounting. In the Middle East , RAK Bank has said it will offer Sage accounting software to business banking customers, in an agreement that helps those firms manage value-added tax (VAT) compliance mandates.

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Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals

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Before the September 11 attacks, the BSA did not refer to terrorist financing as part of the illicit activity that law enforcement was concerned with preventing. BSA was intended to detect illicit activity through cash and monetary instruments to catch tax evaders using secret foreign bank accounts. BSA Rules and Regulation.

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