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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Regulatory News, of the Global Type. of India.

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Blockchain-Powered B2B FinTech Roars Back With VCs

PYMNTS

In PYMNTS’ latest B2B venture capital roundup, which yielded $75 million in new funding, startups embraced distributed ledger technology for B2B payments and supply chain management, with 80 percent of total funding landing at blockchain companies. Envoy Group. The $13 million raised for U.K. Transparent Systems.

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FDIC order against First Fed Bank latest example of third-party scrutiny

American Banker

The Port Angeles, Washington-based bank said it has already invested "significant resources" into enhancing its compliance management for fintech partnerships, after self-reporting a problem last year.

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Quona Capital Raises $203M For FinTech-Boosting Fund

PYMNTS

Quona Capital, a venture capital firm based in Washington and Bengaluru, has closed its second fund with $203 million in commitments, according to a report by Deal Street Asia. The fund will set its sights on FinTechs and financial organizations in Africa, Latin America, India and Southeast Asia.

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Can AI assist in vendor management challenges?

Independent Banker

And yet, some industry experts have observed that AI is not yet being used to its full advantage in vendor management—one of the thornier problems that community banks are wrestling with today. If a community bank has just a handful of vendors, managing those vendors is fairly straightforward. based cybersecurity technology firm.

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Dr. Annamaria Lusardi: FinTech Is Great, But No Substitute For Teaching Kids Financial Literacy

PYMNTS

She’s the George Washington School of Business ’ endowed chair of economics and accountancy academic director and head of the Global Financial Literacy Excellence Center (GFLEC). FinTech Is A Tool, Not A Replacement For Knowledge. And the world has changed so fast around us. Lusardi should know. But Lusardi said that’s ridiculous.

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B2B FinTech Firms Brace For Growth With New VC

PYMNTS

Growth of FinTech funding seems unstoppable, with the latest analysis from Hampleton Partners finding enterprise financial services and integration, online financial services, enterprise financial software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) risk management as some of the hottest spots for investors this year. 2nd Address. ANNA Money.

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