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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

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Last week, Nacha held its Smarter Faster Payments Conference in Miami, a significant event for over 1,800 bankers and vendors. With our team of eight members at the conference, we were able to provide comprehensive coverage and distill the ten most essential insights for you.

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US Treasury Secretary Sees Libra As National Security Threat

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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Japan’s Central Bank Chief Presses For Global Effort To Regulate Libra 

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Bank of Japan Head Haruhiko Kuroda spoke to business leaders in Osaka about the importance of having a coordinated global plan to regulate Libra and other cryptocurrencies, Reuters reported on Tuesday (Sept. He urged policymakers to ensure that the highest level of regulation is applied to such assets.

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Regulators Ask Banks To Go Easy On Govt. Workers During Shutdown

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banking regulators asked lenders to help workers who couldn’t pay their bills or needed credit in the meantime, according to a report from Reuters. Some have turned to social media for help, using online fundraising sites or even selling possessions. As Friday (Jan.

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With Terrorists And Scammers Lurking, Is A Crypto Storm Looming?

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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. The DOJ report stands as only the latest of warnings over the risks tied to cryptos.

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FinCEN Deputy Director Talks Reform, NBFI Supervision

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Jamal El-Hindi, the deputy director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the 2019 Money Transmitter Regulators Association Annual Conference on Wednesday (Sept. 11) about the importance of innovation and the regulation of non-banking financial institutions (NBFI), according to a release.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

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Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio. 8) Deposit Impact of Social Media: SVB’s customer base and followers were highly active on Twitter and other social media properties.