PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 25, 2020

The OCC has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) seeking comments in connection with a comprehensive review of its regulations on electronic activities of national banks ( 12 CFR part 7, subpart E ) and federal savings associations ( 12 CFR part 155 ). Comments on the ANPR must be received by August 3, 2020.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

To enable continued innovation and growth in the digital economy, the Business Roundtable is asking Congress to pass a comprehensive consumer data privacy law that establishes a national privacy framework and strengthens protections for consumers. And KnowBe4 Data Privacy Director Lecio DePaula Jr. companies.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

A plan by India to regulate what it terms “non-personal” data has roiled the executives of Big Tech companies like Amazon , Facebook and Google and advocates for freedom and competition in business, Reuters reported. The idea is for the companies to share data so as to spur research, national security and policymaking.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The EU’s investigative unit will form a task force to examine TikTok’s activities across the 27-nation bloc following a request from a lawmaker concerned about its data collection and its security and privacy risks. EU authorities can fine companies for violations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

The data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details and tax ID numbers, the report stated. Lastly, while cryptocurrencies might never replace fiat currencies as a medium of exchange, they could replace gold as a store of value, according to research from the Bank of Singapore , The National reported.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Merchants in the European Union (EU) are still wondering exactly what changes the regulation will bring when it comes to their relationships with customers. It is still a matter of debate on what exemptions, innovations and changes can be left up to national authorities — and what cannot. Around the PSD2 and GDPR world.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

Regulators are taking in an interest in stablecoins, with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) noting in a report the digital currencies need to adhere to norms to offer protection from the terrorism financing and money laundering, Bloomberg reported. Swipe, for its part, is available in 31 nations in the European Economic Area.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

The top court of the 28-nation bloc ruled the transfer of personal data to platforms in the U.S. The decision on Thursday (July 16) ends a data transfer agreement between the EU and the U.S. Companies will have to choose between whether to move personal data to servers in Europe or stop doing business in the region.

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Bobsguide

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

According to Chris Dearie, CCO of TP ICAP, the volume of data created by recent regulations imposed upon EU markets is incredibly difficult for national competent authorities (NCAs) to deal with effectively. Speaking at a recent regtech conference in London, Dearie suggested if the European.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

A 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR) from Cisco found companies that suffer a data breach could have customer, opportunity and revenue losses exceeding 20 percent. Ackerman added that a number of states will adopt some version of Europe’s strict General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ). ”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

regulators are saying cyberattacks pose the greatest risk to U.S. banks in upcoming years, but the regulation and testing processes are convoluted and complicated for institutions in both spaces to assess, according to a report by the Financial Times. Right now, different regulators look at different pieces of the same bank.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

Regulation. EU Gears Up To Propose New Big Tech Regulations. Australian Regulator Looks Into Merger Law Changes. The regulation enables authorities in Turkey to take content off of platforms instead of restricting access as they had done previously. Facebook’s WhatsApp To Grow Payments Service Following NPCI Go-Ahead.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The United Kingdom will create a technology regulator next year after Brexit is completed, according to a report by the Financial Times. There is an emerging international consensus around the scope of new regulation. Members of BEIS have been meeting with lawyers and different academics to determine how the regulator will operate.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

European Union (EU) regulators want feedback from users and digital service providers before they craft new rules that could manage giant tech firms Google, Facebook, Amazon and Uber, Reuters reported. Facebook Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg published “Charting the Way Forward: Online Content Regulation.”

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

63 percent of small businesses applied for a working capital loan last year, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence recently found. However, Dave Gilbert, founder and chief executive officer of SMB alternative lending firm National Funding , said he’s seen a trend of growing traction within the small business community.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Regulation. EU Aims To Have Big Tech Share Data With Smaller Competitors. Firms such as Google and Amazon “shall not use data collected on the platform?.?.?.?for Data Activist: Big Tech Not Following Transatlantic Data Transfer Regulations. antitrust regulation. Last week, a U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The statement provides FIs with federal data that defines the legal status of hemp, as well as the U.S. If banks have additional questions regarding the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) and its regulations, they can contact the USDA, state departments of agriculture and tribal governments.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

The National Bank of Canada, the sixth largest lender in Canada, has become the latest high-profile firm to announce a data breach. According to a report in Reuters , the National Bank of Canada said Thursday (Sept. The revelation on the part of National Bank of Canada comes as consumers in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Prepare for a big week of retail data, all of it unprecedented in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Starting with the Commerce Department retail sales data on Wednesday, retailers will get a sense of how much consumers are spending and the retailers they are spending with. Expect a steep drop in March spend due to the COVID-19 crisis.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

Capital One is just one of numerous financial institutions using Amazon’s cloud services to store customer data, igniting the question of where banks end and vendors begin. . Regulators’ influence over non-banks is limited, and banks are left to vet their own vendors. Treasury report last year, the WSJ said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2020

Meanwhile, Trident Crypto Fund, which is based in Malta, has experienced a large data beach in the newest privacy leak to impact the digital currency industry, per a report from a Russian news outlet, CoinDesk reported. The watchdog claimed it has information that the exchange was dealing in regulated activities that needed its permission.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

On November 17, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced in a blog post that it is in seeking to build a new data set that “will allow for a more robust understanding of market trends” in the auto market. trillion nationally) are on pace to surpass student loans as the second-largest debt category in 2023.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Bob Hickok.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

BlockFi suffered a “temporary data breach” on May 14 that exposed some customer information, the company reported in an incident report. In other news, the government of Iran is aiming to limit digital currency exchanges with so-called “currency smuggling” regulations, CoinDesk reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Ride-hailing company Uber has revealed in its transparency report that it has received an increased number of requests for data information from the U.S. Uber said the increased number of requests was due to not only its company growth but a “rising interest” from governments to look at its customer data. regulators and 1.8

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Blaine Luetkemeyer would significantly change data security and breach notification standards for the financial services and insurance industries. Most notably, the proposed legislation would create a national standard for data security and breach notification and preempt all current state law on the matter.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

According to Bloomberg , the Monetary Authority of Singapore published a new consultation paper that revealed new and existing venture capitalists will no longer be subject to the same rules that apply to fund managers overall, including capital requirements and business conduct regulations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

It’s National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and industry leaders are zeroing in on some of the most vulnerable targets of cyber scams: small businesses. As lawmakers ponder this risk, PYMNTS highlights some of the newest data points uncovered by researchers examining small business cybersecurity. Stronger passwords.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

The National Payments Corp. We have received the data localization compliance system audit report from WhatsApp, which shall be reviewed in the next few weeks,” a Mumbai-based representative for NCPI said, according to Bloomberg. of India is reviewing an audit report to ensure WhatsApp complies with local rules. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2019

Rubrik , an IT security and cloud data management company, has suffered a massive data leak. The database, running on a hosted Amazon Elasticsearch server, held tens of gigabytes of data, including customer names, contact information and case work for each corporate client. The company pulled the server offline on Tuesday (Jan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

The National ATM Council (NAC) argued in testimony to the Committee on Consumer Affairs of the New York City Council last week that a proposed ordinance would impose costly and burdensome new security regulations on ATM operators all around the city. said Renard in the same press release. “In said Renard in the same press release.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

WhatsApp, Facebook’s messaging app that is trying to make inroads in the digital payments market in India, has created a system to store payment data locally in India. Reuters , citing a statement from WhatsApp, reported the company confirmed it built the system in response to India’s payment data guidelines.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Lawmakers and regulators in the U.K. Reuters , citing lawmakers and regulators in the U.K., Reuters , citing lawmakers and regulators in the U.K., Meanwhile, Charles Randell, Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) chair, told a committee that everyone is in agreement that the system needs to be looked at with fresh eyes.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

When the European Commission decides to investigate a matter, European law says that national competition authorities cannot investigate the same topic. Part of an investigation launched in 2018, the updated charge sheet questions whether Amazon abused its position to use merchants’ collected data against them.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 8, 2022

Eight national trade groups have filed a petition with the CFPB that urges the Bureau to engage in rulemaking to define larger participants in the market for data aggregation services. According to the trade groups, the current situation creates “an unsustainable model as the aggregation services market grows.”

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