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Cryptocurrency risks, rewards and red flags for financial institutions

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Cryptocurrency regulation is on the horizon The ups and downs of the cryptocurrency scene have illuminated a need for guidance for traditional financial institutions. You might also like this whitepaper, "Understanding Cryptocurrency." Historical benefits of cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency's appeal to consumers.

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LATAM’s Payments Innovation Renaissance

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“If a firm needs to digitally onboard someone and verify them, we can help that company do that fairly seamlessly,” Samer Atassi, regional director, Latin America and Caribbean for Jumio, told PYMNTS in a recent conversation. And accurately, he noted, doesn’t just mean they lock out fraud. Opportunity, he noted, abounds.

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Bitcoin Daily: SIMBA Chain Lands $1.5M Blockchain Contract From US Air Force; Centra Tech Co-Founder Pleads In Crypto Fraud Case

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Robert Farkas, the 33-year-old co-founder of crypto project Centra Tech , has pleaded guilty in court to conspiring to commit securities and wire fraud, Coindesk reported. The new blockchain-based credit system, according to the E24P regional consortium launched by BLOCKO, will be more transparent in terms of how credit is handled.

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Japanese Crypto Exchanges to Create Self-Regulatory Body After $530M Heist

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The 16 registered cryptocurrency exchanges currently operating in Japan will soon form a self-regulating body, after a $530 million heist of digital coins in the region led to investor concerns, Reuters reported today.

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Bitcoin Daily: Blockchain Energy Firm Partners With Thai Oil And Gas Company; Binance Poised To Make US Debut

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Pump and dump is a type of fraud that manipulates the price of an asset through a rush of high-volume purchases by fraudsters. Meanwhile, cryptocurrency payment processor BitPay has been accused of blocking donations to Hong Kong for several weeks. The surge artificially inflates demand, and then the actors dump their tokens.

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Bitcoin Daily: Crypto Investors See Fed's Call For Stimulus As Reason To Buy Bitcoin; Fraud Loss Prompts Crypto Lender Cred To File Chapter 11

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According to the release, Ripple chose DIFC for its “innovative regulations, expansive network and reputation as a leading global financial centre,” according to the release, with the two companies “aligned” in their visions for the future.

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Facebook And Google Payments Efforts Top Week’s News

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Users of Facebook Pay , which the company said is not related to its proposed cryptocurrency Libra, will be able to enter a preferred payment method and then use the option to eventually pay throughout all of the related apps. Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston. Deutsche Bank told U.K. Money Laundering Epidemic.

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