BankBazaar

APRIL 11, 2024

India’s telecom regulator TRAI has unveiled new regulations aimed at introducing caller ID as a default service and preventing fraudulent SIM swap activities. It remains to be seen how these regulations will work with the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Act. Why the New Rules?

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

WhatsApp will be allowed to operate its payments service in Brazil once the company formally seeks permission and shows it can operate in the country without putting customers’ data at risk or violating rules intended to preserve competition, the company’s chief central banker said Thursday, according to Reuters.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 4, 2018

On September 21, 2018, the Attorney General for the State of Washington filed a lawsuit (see complaint ) against several companies engaged in purchasing charged-off consumer debts, for operating as “collection agencies” without a license, in violation of the Washington Collection Agency Act (WCAA).

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 14, 2021

The new law became effective immediately upon signing notwithstanding the authority it gives the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) to adopt rules “consistent with [the] Act.”. Proposed Regulations. The IDFPR has proposed regulations to implement the Act.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The CFPB has issued a final rule that revises the definitions of “small creditor” and “rural areas” under Regulation Z of the Truth in Lending Act (TILA). The CFPB created special small creditor provisions with regard to certain Regulation Z requirements. Wendy Tran and Richard J. Andreano, Jr. less than 3.5 Census Bureau.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The road to mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies will still have its bumps, its potential roadblocks set in place from regulators. At the heart of it all might lie a jousting existential in nature — namely, between the companies that create and issue cryptos and the agencies that regulate them.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The most common is known as a trade-based money laundering (TBML) scheme. FICO explains: “In its simplest definition, TBML is the process of disguising the proceeds of crime and moving value (i.e., Financial institutions can expect additional scrutiny from regulators and auditors on EDD processes and high-risk customer monitoring.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

Ant Group Overhauling Operations to Satisfy Chinese Regulators. After having its $37 billion dual IPO pulled by Beijing, Jack Ma’s Ant Group is working fast to overhaul operations to comply with government regulations. Morgan Chase fourth-quarter earnings reports. Car Subscriptions Hit Pause as BMW, Audi Suspend Programs.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2022

The CAMELS rating is a measure of a financial institution’s risk based on an evaluation and rating of six essential components of its financial condition and operations. Earnings: The quality, trend, and sustainability of the net profits from a financial institution’s operations. What regulators look for in top-down guidance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2020

Trade groups and restaurant owners have lobbied for regulation of fees, arguing that their industry sees thin profit margins. It was trending that way, and off-premise has definitely been a growing segment of the market, but in the last few weeks, we’ve definitely seen an acceleration of that.”. “It

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

The Organization for Economic Co-operation estimates that the transferred funds uncovered in the Pandora Papers leak totaled $11 trillion. The definition of who is considered a beneficial owner is expanded. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Who is a Beneficial Owner?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2020

It's definitely going to be a bitter fight,” Dinesh Agarwal, CEO of IndiaMART , which calls itself India’s largest eCommerce marketplace, told Reuters. Startups said they plan to lodge complaints in court and with government regulators. Google will lose this battle. It's just a matter of time.”.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 25, 2022

The court therefore relied on the common definition of the term “money,” namely a “medium of exchange, method of payment or store of value.” Finding that Bitcoin was a medium of exchange under this definition, the court determined Bitcoin was ‘money’ for purposes of the MTA. Code §26-1001 et seq., does not define the term “money.”

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The CFPB recently issued a final rule that amends the Regulation Z ability to repay/qualified mortgage rule by extending the sunset date for the qualified mortgage (QM) based on a loan meeting certain product requirements and being eligible for sale to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The QM often is referred to as the “GSE Patch.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

And in some cases, like surcharging for credit card fees, it is a backward and forward evolution, depending on whose definition of “consumer good” is ascendant at the moment. Data: $46 billion: The amount of Indian eCommerce revenue that PwC estimates will be shaved off due to new regulations. $20 74 percent: Share of U.K.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The financial center operates with its own legal, regulatory and tax infrastructure and traces its roots back to 2005. As reported by the Gulf Times , the Qatar Central Bank adopted new regulations in December that focus on combating money laundering and terrorist financing.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions. Section 4013 – Temporary Relief For Troubled Debt Restructurings.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Increased bureaucracy damages customer retention and onboarding, while complex regulation can get in the way of innovation. And there are many others, spanning functions from KYC and data protection to anti-fraud and regulator solutions. In such a fast-moving field, the definition of RegTech is fluid. There are hidden costs too.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Increased bureaucracy damages customer retention and onboarding, while complex regulation can get in the way of innovation. And there are many others, spanning functions from KYC and data protection to anti-fraud and regulator solutions. In such a fast-moving field, the definition of RegTech is fluid. There are hidden costs too.

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Abrigo

JULY 7, 2021

Every bank and credit union in the United States either operates in a state that has legalized or decriminalized some form of cannabis or borders one that has. The definition of “majority” or “substantial” is defined by each financial institution’s risk tolerance. Keep up with Ever-Changing Regulation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

They are definitely more agile. They’re definitely faster. And they have fewer rules and regulations to comply with, which keeps us on our toes.”. So, there’s definitely an opportunity and a threat at the same time.”. We are actually able to attract talent from them and compete with them on talent,” he explained. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

Carney explained that if Libra was immediately popular with users “it would instantly become systemic and will have to be subject to the highest standards of regulation.”. It would also need to be open, he said, so other companies could join and collaborate with it.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 28, 2022

As the number and frequency of cyber attacks continue to grow, regulators have attempted to enhance cybersecurity protections via increased and more rigid incident reporting obligations, leading to a constantly shifting regulatory patchwork of varying disclosure and timing obligations.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The CFPB indicated that simultaneously with issuing the Special Edition, but after apparently having already conducted exams based on its interpretation of Dodd Frank , it had updated its Education Loan Examination Procedures regarding the definition of “private education loans” for purposes of its authority to supervise nonbanks.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

State Bank of Texas, led by president Sushil Patel (center), has a niche working with hospitality customers like Reena and Arun Patel, who own and operate a La Quinta hotel in Dallas. Between the [Trump] administration and Congress and the regulators, they did a terrific job of allowing banks to work with their borrowers,” says Jeff W.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2016

Payment Systems Regulator last month has now led corporate payment company AirPlus to change its operations, according to reports on Thursday (April 14). AirPlus revealed that it will replace its individual pay corporate cards with cards that fall under the EU’s definition of a card product to which interchange fee caps apply.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 25, 2021

The new law became effective immediately upon signing notwithstanding the authority it gives the Illinois Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation to adopt rules “consistent with [the] Act.”. The Act also contains a broad definition of the term “lender” and applies to loans made using a bank partnership model.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

The CFPB has taken a significant step towards issuing regulations to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act by releasing an outline of the proposals it is considering in preparation for convening a small business review panel (Panel). Small Business” Definition. Financial Institutions Covered. Product Coverage.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Open Banking regulations have gotten FinTech innovators’ brains churning over how to take advantage of the troves of data that traditional banks have typically kept locked away. With regulations like PSD2 and Open Banking emerging as ways to boost financial services competition, the bank-FinTech relationship has taken center stage.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2016

Consumer-facing drones definitely had their moment in 2015 with a crush of them appearing in the sky flowing by hobbyists’ hands. However, commercial operators have largely been stymied by the lack of regulations governing who can and can’t fly – and what they can and can’t deliver by drones as well.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The Advisory Panel was formed in 2017 to identify actionable steps for improving state licensing, regulation, and non-depository supervision and for supporting innovation in financial services. It has 33 fintech company members that engage with the CSBS Emerging Payments and Innovation Task Force and other state regulators.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The report noted that there is no internationally agreed-upon definition of what that activity might be, but for the confines of the report, it includes “all credit activity facilitated by electronic [online] platforms that are not operated by commercial banks.” China was the largest market, yet volume has declined in recent periods.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Noltensmeyer spoke with PYMNTS about a recent TokenEx eBook focusing on PCI controls and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy concerns. That’s especially important when companies operate across multiple channels, such as brick and mortar, websites or call centers, Noltensmeyer said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

That a market is massive and emerging as a target for digitization, does not necessary mean it will be an easy target to pursue — a lesson learned the hard way by Facebook in June when regulators hit the pause button on its adding payment capabilities to WhatsApp in Brazil. This is definitely happening.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

Drug Enforcement Administration’s rule, which has prevented federally regulated financial institutions from providing services to marijuana companies in places like California and other states in which the drug is legal. Hertzberg highlighted the ongoing struggles of legal marijuana operations in today’s conflicting legal climate.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

In the world of small business financial services, entrepreneurs’ frustrations with banking have been loudly vocalized : firms are often considered too small to be profitable for banks’ corporate services units and are therefore pushed into an FI’s consumer banking operations.

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