Perficient

MAY 27, 2022

This piece was written in collaboration with Chandni Patel, Director of Financial Services and member of Perficient’s Digital Assets Working Group. For those wanting to start their own cryptocurrency fund, it’s important to be well informed about cryptocurrency regulations. State Regulations. SEC Regulation.

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DECEMBER 20, 2020

Alibaba billionaire Jack Ma told Chinese regulators in November that he would give portions of Ant Group , the FinTech he founded, to the country's government in what so far has appeared to be an unsuccessful effort to make peace with authorities in the country, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

As government regulators in China increase tech industry oversight, Tencent said it will comply with new laws intended to curb antitrust activities and tighten FinTech acceleration, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday (Nov. The regulators are looking more closely at transaction-based platforms, Lau said, per Bloomberg.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Ahead of an intended initial public offering (IPO), Alibaba Group Holding’s Ant Group has conducted a preliminary filing with the securities watchdog of China, Reuters reported. The news service reported that the move hints that the two Chinese investment institutions will be heading up the group’s onshore offering.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 25, 2023

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau , an industry group composed of the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) has filed a brief as amici curiae cautioning the Supreme Court against a ruling that could call into question all of the CFPB’s regulations.

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DECEMBER 27, 2020

Financial regulators in China are moving to curb the influence of Jack Ma 's Ant Group by telling it to switch focus back to its mainstay payments business while fixing issues in personal lending, wealth management and more, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. The People's Bank of China criticized Ant on Sunday (Dec.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Ant Bank, the virtual banking division of Hangzhou, China-based Ant Group , has launched banking services in Hong Kong, Fintech News reported. We set up Ant Bank with the intention of providing increasingly mature FinTech products and services to the Hong Kong market and to provide a new choice to people locally.”. billion yuan ($10.5

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Now is the time for bankers to engage lawmakers in how the crypto and digital asset market shapes up. Well, Gonzobankers, the smart, idealist and self-declared revolutionary crypto kids just bought themselves a future of regulation — intricate, overbearing, and frustrating regulation, and regulation that the market will now demand.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

FinTech company Ant Group continues to press toward having the biggest initial public offering (IPO) ever, with returns at an estimated $35 billion. Ant Group is the online payment affiliate of China-based Alibaba Group Holding. Ant Group gets most of its revenue from consumer loans made on the Alipay payments app.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Ant Group , the online payment provider for China-based Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is seeking a record return of at least $35 billion as it goes public in the Hong Kong and Shanghai markets, sources told Bloomberg News. 18), Shanghai regulators approved Ant Group’s request to proceed with its IPO share sale.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Ant Group has won the nod from China's top security regulators for its Shanghai offering, the last hurdle to clear for the $35 billion dual listing, Reuters reports. Ant, the FinTech backed by China's Alibaba Group, plans to list simultaneously in Hong Kong and Shanghai in the next few weeks, according to sources quoted by Reuters.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Jack Ma has seen his net worth plunge by $3 billion after the Ant Group double initial public offering (IPO) was suspended on Tuesday (Nov. 3) by Chinese regulators, according to a report from Business Insider , which quoted numbers from Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. percent of Alibaba, which has a market capitalization of $775.5

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JANUARY 20, 2021

The Chinese government is preparing to crack down on what it views as antitrust behavior in the payments sector by tech giants such as Ant Group and Tencent Holdings. Payment companies that already possess state licenses will be given one year to comply with the new regulations.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Expressing a range of concerns, several key industry groups submitted comments to the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) last week regarding its proposed rule that would impose new substantive and disclosure obligations on auto-dealers in the auto finance process.

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JANUARY 7, 2021

China’s Ant Group is mulling the creation of a new consumer loan unit that would allow it to continue making loans throughout the country while complying with new Chinese banking regulations. Ant Group had planned to go public for $35 billion, which would have made it the largest IPO in market history. On Tuesday (Jan.

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DECEMBER 2, 2020

China’s Ant Group, which owns the widely used Alipay payments app, is looking at selling its 30 percent stake in India’s Paytm as friction between the two countries grows, sources told Reuters. Reuters said Paytm, which is partly backed by Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp., Like Alipay, Paytm is a digital payments platform.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

UK Regulations to Create New Digital Markets Unit. antitrust regulators are creating a Digital Markets Unit that will be given the duty to enforce rules applicable to Big Tech firms. That new division will fall under the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Apple Faces $12M Fine Over iPhone Marketing.

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JULY 31, 2020

The People’s Bank of China, the nation’s central bank that regulates financial institutions, has alleged the digital payment companies have used their strong positions to crush competition, sources told the news service. The mobile banking market reported 56.2 Reuters reported. Reuters reported.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

One of Sweden’s largest private insurers, Folksam Group , says a data breach affected one million of its clients. The firm said it discovered the breach after an internal audit and that it has reported the breach to Swedish regulators. elections or fraudsters looking to take advantage of the pandemic’s eCommerce trends.

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Perficient

APRIL 2, 2021

The agencies collectively announced a request for information (RFI) to gain input from stakeholders including financial institutions, trade associations, and consumer groups. Finally, views are sought for compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including those related to consumer protection. Credit Decisions. Textual analysis.

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OCTOBER 26, 2020

Ant, which is backed by Alibaba, plans to list on both the Hong Kong market and on Shanghai's STAR Market in the next few weeks. Ant Group was said recently to be pondering a $280 billion minimum valuation for the double listing, a 12 percent hike from the previous amount speculated.

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JULY 15, 2020

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), the European Union’s (EU) financial watchdog, plans to examine how German regulators handled oversight of Wirecard AG , the collapsed payments company that is facing a series of criminal allegations.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Huobi Group has announced the official launch of a digital asset exchange in Argentina. Compliance is actually one of the biggest barriers to entry for small businesses in any highly regulated industry,” the company wrote in a blog post. Financial services businesses bear some of the highest compliance costs of any industry.

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MARCH 26, 2019

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York has announced the creation of the Fintech Advisory Group to bridge the communication gap between the FinTech industry and consumer organizations, the organization said in a release. The group plans to hold its first meeting on April 1. Members will participate on a rotational basis.”.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The Shanghai Stock Exchange is reportedly delaying Ant Group’s record initial public offering (IPO) following Jack Ma’s meeting with Chinese regulators, during which he said Ant Group was a tech company, not a bank. Ant IPO Postponed by Shanghai Stock Exchange. Amazon, Apple Headed for $100B Q4.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Ripple , the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk noted that most of the members of the new lobbying group have ties to Ripple. Coindesk pointed to Coil as one example. Its founder is the former chief technology officer at Ripple.

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MARCH 9, 2020

billion, Tesco has struck a deal to sell its Malaysia and Thailand assets to entities of CP Group. The move will enable the company to focus on producing shareholder returns and cash from its United Kingdom, Central Europe and Ireland markets, The Wall Street Journal reported. The grocer has left markets such as the U.S.,

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) company Afterpay has pushed back against the Reserve Bank of Australia’s potential regulation of its fees. Afterpay has a market capitalization of around $10 billion. Afterpay CEO Anthony Eisen said the company should be seen as a sales and marketing company, more like Amazon or Google.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on Wednesday (June 10) announced that it would push off for two months a decision on whether to let Amazon push forward with plans to buy a minority stake in the delivery service. The British competition regulator has set a new deadline of August 6 for a decision on the Deliveroo deal.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

That news has brought out a multitude of regulators, lawmakers and leaders around the globe who are concerned that the currency won’t be regulated closely enough and could potentially upend the global financial market. Facebook has said it will release Libra sometime in 2020.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

Android has 95 percent market share in the country. Global companies (not based in India) have held dominance across any number of markets, such as smartphones and televisions (90 percent share) and in cosmetics and other consumer staples. The battle, it seems, is being joined on new fronts.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 7, 2022

Four leading trade groups are calling on the CFPB to rescind the recent updates to the UDAAP section of its Supervision and Examination Manual that instruct examiners to consider discrimination in connection with non-credit products and services as an unfair act or practice. Chamber of Commerce.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Large Chinese companies, including Alibaba and rivals Tencent , food delivery giant Meituan and retailer JD.com , have lost almost $200 billion in Hong Kong since regulators announced last week that they were investigating Alibaba's reported monopolistic practices, according to Bloomberg. Regulators on Sunday (Dec.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The European Union is examining the creation of a single data market that would reportedly challenge tech firms such as Google and Facebook, as Reuters reported. The creation of a “single European data space, a genuine single market for data” would include new rules governing cross-border use and data interoperability, among other tenets.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Regulators are looking into a possible merger between Dean Foods and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and its potential antitrust implications for the industry, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. is marketed by them. In November, the two entities announced they were looking into making a deal with each other.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

That led to the much-heralded double initial public offering (IPO) of Ma’s Ant Group , which would have been on both the Shanghai and Hong Kong listings and worth $37 billion, being torpedoed reportedly by President Xi Jinping over the slight. Alibaba, along with Tencent , Meituan and JD.com , lost nearly $200 billion in Hong Kong.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

Ride-hailing firm Be Group in Vietnam is launching two delivery services to compete with Grab and Go-Viet, Deal Street Asia reported on Monday (Aug. Unlike Grab and FastGo, Be Group has also registered itself as a transportation business. The company’s beExpress is designed to be a delivery and postal service for eCommerce enterprises.

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