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6 Reasons Financial Institutions Are Embracing Risk and Regulation Tactics

Perficient

Legal Obligations and Regulatory Frameworks It is well-known that financial institutions operate within a complex web of laws and regulations. Operational Efficiency and Effectiveness Adopting regulatory risk and compliance practices is not merely a box-ticking exercise. The Role of Regulatory Risk and Compliance 1.

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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

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But that national network of body-sculpting palaces is in disarray today, with major chains including Gold’s Gym and 24-Hour Fitness filing for Chapter 11 relief due to the coronavirus pandemic, along with a slew of other operators from privately owned yoga studios to fitness centers. Peloton: A Connected Fitness Bellwether .

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An Industry Wake-Up Call: The CFPB’s Impact on the Medical Debt Collection Space

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The objective is clear: encouraging compliance with consumer protection regulations they deem important before punitive measures are implemented broadly. Whether managing medical debt collections in-house or outsourcing to third-party agencies, companies need to exercise vigilance.

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The Fast and the Furious

Chris Skinner

Any bank outsourcing such functions opens themselves up to regulatory risk: The requirements are primarily there to ensure that the outsourcing of the regulated activity, service or function does not lead to an outsourcing of responsibility by the entity in question, or pose a barrier to effective supervision of the specific entity by a regulator.

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CFPB issues statement on Regulation Z billing error resolution timeframes in light of COVID-19 pandemic

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has issued a statement regarding its supervisory and enforcement approach to Regulation Z billing error resolution timeframes in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Until a creditor resolves a billing error in compliance with the Regulation Z procedures, the creditor is subject to the following requirements in Section 1026.13(d):

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China’s Tencent Is Researching Potential Company Cryptocurrency

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Tencent, which operates WeChat, one of the largest chat platforms in the world, recently teamed up with huge diamond mining firm ALROSA , as well as blockchain operation Everledger. In other recent crackdowns by China’s Communist authorities, companies have faced increasingly steep control and regulation by the government.

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UK Government Urged To Break Up Financial Reporting Council

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government heard calls this week to break up its Financial Reporting Council (FRC), separating the body’s audit watchdog and corporate governance roles into two regulators, reports in City A.M. said Tuesday (Aug. The IoD says the same should be done to the FRC. This would help the process of making changes to the U.K.

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