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How regulators can foster competition and bolster AI innovation

American Banker

Speakers at DC Fintech Week highlighted ways forward for regulators to keep pace with artificial intelligence, such as by setting up "guardrails" before guidelines.

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China's Financial Industry Firms Redo Plans, Funding In Wake Of More Oversight

PYMNTS

With regulators cracking down in China, FinTech leaders are scrambling for capital and trying to plan their futures, Bloomberg reported Wednesday (Nov. Earlier this month, China debuted drafts for new rules for eCommerce companies, with the goal of trying to cut down on monopolistic power, PYMNTS reported.

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Today In Payments: LendingClub Gets OK To Acquire Radius Bancorp; GDPR Penalties Escalate As EU Officials Crack Down

PYMNTS

In today’s top news, LendingClub gets approval to acquire Radius Bancorp, and GDPR fines have escalated as European regulators step up enforcement. Fines levied under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) jumped almost 40 percent in the past 12 months as European Union (EU) regulators stepped up enforcement efforts.

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Data Enablers: Valen Makes Insurance Human Again

PYMNTS

Like FinTech, InsurTech debuts in an industry that has historically been very slow to adopt new technologies. DC: There is significant crossover between FinTech and InsurTech. Both are in heavily regulated industries that have historically been very slow to adopt new technologies. PYMNTS: Why was the company founded?

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Take a risk-based approach to compliance management

Insights on Business

Attend IBM Watson Financial Services RegTech Forum in Washington, DC on March 28. Parkinson, former director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation for the Federal Reserve Board, provides the opening address at the IBM Watson Financial Services RegTech Forum. Mr. Patrick M.

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Blockchain Tracker: Capitol Hill To Startups, Incubators Inbetween

PYMNTS

That’s because, a few days later, the Chamber of Digital Commerce announced a team-up with DC seed fund 1776 to launch the DC Blockchain Center, the first of its kind in the city. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced a new House bill to keep FinTech companies and innovation stateside. This comes after Rep.

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California Dept. of Business Oversight launches “true lender” investigation of auto title lender’s partnership with Utah bank

CFPB Monitor

In the past, “true lender” attacks have been launched or threatened by state authorities against high-rate bank/nonbank lending programs in DC, Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Thus, both the OCC and FDIC have adopted regulations rejecting the Second Circuit’s Madden decision.

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