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Turkish Authorities Search For Suspect In US Tax Fraud Scheme

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Turkish prosecutors have issued a detention warrant for Turkish businessman Sezgin Baran Korkmaz, who has ties to Utah business executives who recently pleaded guilty to a $511 million tax credit scheme in the U.S., In Utah, Korkmaz worked with Jacob and Isaiah Kingston, brothers and executives of a Salt Lake City-based biodiesel company.

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CFPB Rolls Out Innovation Regulator Network

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A network to better coordinate financial innovation among federal and state regulators is being launched by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in partnership with several states, the agency said in a press release. State regulators in every state were invited to join. .

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Financial Crisis Still Weighing Heavy On Wall Street

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With all the uncertainty over future regulations and changes that may be coming to the industry, it’s likely that institutions will focus on differentiating themselves through improvements to customer service and protection issues.”. The class-action case is being brought by customers accusing the bank of fraud and recklessness.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

Community bank customers can be at ease knowing that community banks take the protection of their customers’ data very seriously, and community banks are regulated by some of the strictest data privacy laws of any sector,” Estep says. CCPA was modeled closely after the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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Data Dive, Supersize Edition: Warby Parker, Whole Foods And WhatsApp

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Indian regulation requires all payments data be processed in-nation — instead of on Facebook’s servers. But the system has not yet managed its long-touted national expansion — and the issue at hand seems to be data processing.

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CFPB finalizes product sandbox proposal and changes to trial disclosure, no-action letter policies; discloses plans to propose interpretive letter program

CFPB Monitor

In addition, the CFPB has announced the creation of the American Financial Innovation Network (ACFIN) to facilitate coordination between the CFPB, other federal regulators, and state regulators and the CFPB’s issuance of the first NAL under the revised NAL Policy.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Fraud prevention tools. This process also comes with hurdles like regulations, fees, compliance standards, and payment card issuers — all of which become increasingly complex for international transactions. Additionally, the company must underwrite risk, and is on the hook in the event of fraud or returned items.

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