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Today In Payments Around The World: Mynt Lands $175 Million In Funding; Airtel Teams With Amazon On Video

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Plus, the United Kingdom and the European Union are set to begin discussions on financial services sector regulation now that Brexit has been affected. Airtel runs throughout 18 nations in Africa and South Asia with a mobile network that covers over two billion individuals. 26, according to the report.

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AI, Security And Loosened Rules: How The US Wants To Boost FinTech

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Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. financial technology efforts.

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FinTech Firms On The New FinTech Charter

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Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability.

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Closing the gate: House adopts ENABLERS Act amendment to 2023 NDAA

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On July 13, 2022, the House of Representatives (the “House”) adopted an amendment to the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) offered by Maxine Waters (D. financial system adopt anti-money laundering procedures that can help detect and prevent the laundering of corrupt funds.”.

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Payments and passports

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Now what this passporting might mean is anyone’s guess, since this is just a newspaper story based on gossip, but I think it might be a little more complex to arrange than it seems at first because of the nature of banking regulation in the United States. This seems anachronistic.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. Merger of Equals Deal of the Year (Bank) – Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. and Summit Financial Group, Inc.

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Lessons From The Failed Chatbot Revolution — And 5 Industries Where The Tech Is Making A Comeback

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From crawling financial documents to simplifying how users manage their money, chatbots are creating more efficient financial technology on both the back- and front-end. Approximately 1 in 5 Americans (nearly 47M people) lives with some form of mental illness, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.