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FTC Bans Rogue Payment Processor In Settlement Over Alleged Scams

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A Texas operator of several payment processing centers has agreed to be permanently banned from the industry in order to settle charges by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the state of Ohio that they unlawfully participated in scams, according to a press release. The FTC and Ohio officials filed their complaint against the trio in U.S.

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 Invoice Fraud, Global In Reach, As GDPR Looms

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The report recommends a collaborative approach among information security and compliance team members. As GDPR takes effect late in the month, firms must be compliant with new rules and regulations. Also noted by the site, Ernst & Young’s Global Fraud Survey has set its sights on compliance efforts.

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SAFE Banking Act returns to Congress: Is safe harbor for cannabis banking on the horizon?

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Bipartisan support The SAFE Banking Act's long road to the Senate Many in the AML/CFT community have been watching the unfolding of the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act for some time now with no significant progress. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, in the same hearing.

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Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra

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Like a toddler who has gotten his hands on a book of matches, Facebook has burned down the house over and over, and called every arson a learning experience,” said Ohio Sen. It’s a good idea for us to explore this because quite honestly cryptocurrency now is still kind of the wild, wild west that is not well regulated,” he said.

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Gonzo Notes from Money20/20

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Samsung bought LoopPay with its Magnetic Secure Transmission technology, which gives it the ability to reach merchants in a way that other wallets cannot due to having both the NFC (near-field communication) and MST (magnetic secure transmission) technologies. Innovation in security. Apple Pay … not.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy.

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Regulators Urge Tech Innovation To Combat Financial Crime

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Said Ohio Democrat Sherrod Brown, such relaxing of rules could be harmful. financial system.”. As noted by Credit Union Times, there was some discussion over how relaxed rules should be for smaller financial institutions.