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Bitcoin, Other Cryptocurrencies Continue Decline Over Regulation Fears

PYMNTS

With fresh concerns about government regulation of cryptocurrency surfacing, Bitcoin and other digital tokens continued the recent declines in value, erasing $550 billion in value for the global cryptocurrency market since the start of 2018.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Regulation. Tencent Holdings President Martin Lau said further regulations are needed in China to mirror a “new reality.”. As technology companies become bigger and more important to the economy, I would say more regulations to reflect the new reality are needed," Lau said, according to the report.

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The cyber security threat landscape in financial services

Insights on Business

He outlined four key steps to effective implementation: Exercise and test your strategy and plan. It takes a long time to produce a proper exercise. ” Meshell wrapped up the presentation saying, “Every six weeks there is an IBM cybersecurity response exercise for senior executives to drive awareness. Resource for success.

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Connecticut federal court allows CFPB claims to proceed against mortgage company and principals for alleged licensing and other violations

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB’s lawsuit names as defendants 1st Alliance Lending LLC and three individuals consisting of the company’s CEO, President of Production, and President of Capital Marketing.

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This Week In Payments: MerchantE’s Sandra Blair On Amazon’s Busy Week And The Secret To Salesforce’s Success

PYMNTS

Blair said the launch of Amazon Halo represents a move into a market that Apple has heretofore dominated. She said the Halo offers consumers a slimmer, sleeker alternative to the Apple Watch, but all of the high-tech functionality around health monitoring (heart rate, exercise level, body-fat levels, etc.). The Rise of the SPAC.

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CFPB Summer 2020 Highlights looks at consumer reporting, debt collection, deposits, fair lending, mortgage servicing, and payday lending

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB deemed such requirements to be provisions that waived consumer rights in violation of the EFTA because they required consumers to do more than what the EFTA and Regulation E allow to assert their rights. Violations of Regulation E requirements regarding qualifying notices of EFTA errors. Fair lending.

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

South State Correspondent

8) Deposit Impact of Social Media: SVB’s customer base and followers were highly active on Twitter and other social media properties. The more active your customer base and “friends of the bank” are on social media, the shorter you can expect your deposit duration when sentiment turns negative.