PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

China is reportedly looking at new regulations that would impact Alibaba and Ant Financial in an effort to boost oversight of financial holding companies. This comes as Ant Financial, the Chinese FinTech giant and an affiliate of Alibaba Group, posted an earnings pre-tax loss of 2.4 Reuters cited two sources at the time.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2019

Reuters reported Lagarde said that technology companies’ use of big data and AI i ncreases big tech companies’ dominance in the mobile payments market, which could result in policymakers around the world rethinking how they regulate the banking system and how they ensure financial settlements are made safely and securely. “A

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MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. Other ideas include more government action regarding competitive regulation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The two-year bond will come to the market with 3.25 The bank’s blockchain system was used to issue digital certificates proving ownership, as well as create groups of underwriters and document proof of transactions. Bank of China announced that it has issued 20 billion yuan ($2.8 percent coupon rate. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2018

Fizzle of the Week: Cryptocurrency Regulation. The saga over bitcoin and its relationship to various regulators has become something of the payments answer to a romantic comedy. If crypto closes down in one place, users can take their anonymous accounts to more regulatory-friendly markets. Easy come, easy crypt-go, it seems.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. Regulations. German Gov’t Looks Into Amazon’s Use of Its Market Position Amid Pandemic. RILA Joins Trade Groups in Tackling Counterfeit Merchandise.

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Perficient

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Health plan organizations must conquer mountains of data, increasing regulations, and escalating consumer expectations. Common Risks and Consequences for Health Plans Not Embracing Digital Transformation: Digital transformation in regulated industries, such as health insurance, can feel daunting, to say the least.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

In other news, in an attack on Indian cryptocurrency exchange BuyUCoin , hacker group ShinyHunters leaked the private information of over 325,000 users, Inc42 reported. The data leaked included names, email addresses, phone numbers, bank account details and tax ID numbers, the report stated.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

According to The Next Web , hours after moving all raised funds out of its wallet, the company shut down its website, deleted its social media accounts and kicked all users off its chat group. And Venezuela is trying to lure the world’s oil markets to start using its national cryptocurrency, the petro.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

In the rare instance that a new market emerges, using the blueprints that other industries have created in supply chain management, logistics, procurement and other areas may seem like the easy path to take. Take, for example, markets like the food and beverage, pharmaceutical and medical supplies space.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Italian competition regulators are probing the Alphabet-owned search and tech giant amid allegations Google has abused its power atop the country’s display ad market, Reuters reported Wednesday (Oct. The probe in Italy comes as Google also faces anti-trust investigations around the world on part of regulators in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2016

This is proving particularly true for more and more cash-strapped states that have spent years staring at soaring traffic for online retailers but little — if any — increases in the taxes reaped from this digital, transcontinental economy. Fields, chair of Morrison & Foerster LLP’s state and local tax group, told Bloomberg BNA.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

eCommerce sales tax laws are having unintended consequences in the tobacco industry. These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. in 2017 had a 52.75

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

If Wirecard had done so, Cranston wrote, “it would most likely have used it to negotiate on price, but it did not do that, paying what it did because of its assessment of what was needed to gain the strategic access Hermes provided to the Indian market,” according to FT.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Gig workers’ rights and benefits — including healthcare and access to unemployment — have become key topics debated by regulators in th e United States as they work to figure out how to provide support. and other countries is the way consumers and regulators th ink about it. How The Pandemic Is Impacting Business Regulations.

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OCTOBER 5, 2020

Regulation. The General Court judgment raises important legal issues that are of relevance to the Commission in its application of State aid rules to tax planning cases,” Executive Vice President Margrethe Vestager said in the statement. Data Activist: Big Tech Not Following Transatlantic Data Transfer Regulations. 25 statement.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

Avanti Financial Group said in a press release that it has received permission from the Wyoming Division of Banking to begin operating in the state as a bank as early as October and plans to offer a real-time settlement solution for corporate treasurers.

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Vitalik Buterin

APRIL 20, 2018

Recently I had the fortune to have received an advance copy of Eric Posner and Glen Weyl’s new book, Radical Markets , which could be best described as an interesting new way of looking at the subject that is sometimes called “ political economy ” - tackling the big questions of how markets and politics and society intersect.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

The pandemic has shut down brick-and-mortar casinos in markets like the United States to help minimize risk, for example, leading consumers to turn to online casinos and sportsbooks. This is resulting in increased revenue for these online gambling platforms in states like New Jersey — trends in growth that may well continue after the crisis.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

The requests come on top of a busy week in antitrust investigations where, as has been widely reported, a group of 50 attorneys general stood on steps of the United States Supreme Court on Monday and announced an investigation into Google’s advertising practices. On the Continent — and Taxes in Sight.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The bill seems part and parcel of a strategy that seeks to bring at least some forum for smaller firms to voice complaints, and perhaps even give regulators some power to shape the ways in which eCommerce giants interact with local players. That’s due in part to a sales tax boost that now has been hurting consumer spending.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

The Emerging Payments Association (EPA), an industry trade group, urged the FCA to lift its Wirecard freeze as soon as possible. “We We predict dozens of corporate failures, hundreds of job losses and significant reductions in tax payments, unless it is removed right away,” the EPA said in a letter to the FCA, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2019

The group is meeting ahead of the upcoming conference of the G7 finance ministers in France July 17-18. The group is going to investigate how Libra will impact monetary policy, as well as the stability of the financial landscape. The task force hopes to attract more officials to the group, as Libra’s implications are far reaching.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

HSBC posted an 18 percent loss in pre-tax profits for the third quarter of 2019, compared to the same period last year, reports said. HSBC group CFO Ewen Stevenson announced plans to restructure the businesses with the greatest losses, its U.K. billion in pre-tax profits, below analyst expectations, with revenue at $13.36

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

PSD2 and open banking regulations were forged to accelerate competition in the financial services arena, and this week, a look at the latest initiatives reveals the opportunity for new market entrants to rival incumbents in the small business banking arena. Banking and accounting for U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2016

The dog days of summer are upon us, and so as bankers head to the beach, shall we assume the flight to market has hit a snooze button? Airbnb , having staked its claim in urban environs, has said that it is open to market regulations in cities of scale such as Vancouver and others. Down round? billion, down from $3.4

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Abrigo

MARCH 22, 2023

A well-known example of a TBML system is the Black Market Peso Exchange , where U.S. Read now Means and methods How trade-based money laundering works In recent years, investigations have documented how terrorist organizations work with transnational organized crime groups to facilitate terrorist financing.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2019

The car manufacturers are struggling with the cost of shifting to electric vehicles, with Altmaier pushing the country to become a leading manufacturer of battery cells for use in electric cars, a market currently dominated by Asia.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2019

In other news, Brazil’s Tax Authority has announced that transactions involving cryptocurrencies must now be reported to the Department of Federal Revenue ( RFB ). He added that it will become the first government agency run on a blockchain-based system and artificial intelligence.

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PYMNTS

MAY 23, 2017

That’s a bleak outlook, but new research from TMF Group suggests that — while outbound foreign direct investment from U.S. Raimundo Diaz, head of Americas at TMF Group, and Jason Gerlis, regional director of North America at TMF Group, both chatted with PYMNTS about the findings in the report. Instead, nearly half (45.6

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JANUARY 29, 2018

Drug Enforcement Administration’s rule, which has prevented federally regulated financial institutions from providing services to marijuana companies in places like California and other states in which the drug is legal. Paying your taxes with duffel bags full of cash isn’t safe or efficient for anyone involved.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

A spokesperson for Flipkart said, according to report from another outlet, “The Flipkart group is fully compliant with all applicable laws and FDI regulations.”. That news came in the midst of a slowdown in the nation that has led the government to introduce tax cuts and different measures to bolster growth.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2017

Businesses face mounting risk thanks to things like geopolitical uncertainties and regulation but are also threatened by something as seemingly arbitrary as group chat platforms. That’s according to SAP SuccessFactors and Oxford Economics, which surveyed 4,100 FinServ executives across markets.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The latest episode had French President Emmanuel Macron telling executives from major technology companies — including Facebook, Microsoft, Intel and IBM — that innovation needs to be accompanied by tough regulations and societal contributions. “I Don’t worry, though — the Americans can give as good as they get.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Reports are surfacing that, since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect on May 25, customers exercising their rights under the law are contacting companies with questions about how their online data is being handled, and to request copies of that data. Brazil Law?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

The digital currencies market has ballooned from $17 billion at the beginning of the year to a more than $600 billion valuation now, and regulators are issuing new concerns about a potential bubble. According to Reuters, the regulatory body has decided not to regulate the trade of virtual currencies.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2018

In the Middle East , RAK Bank has said it will offer Sage accounting software to business banking customers, in an agreement that helps those firms manage value-added tax (VAT) compliance mandates. The software firm, Sage, has had five of its accounting offerings focused on VAT, accredited by the UAE Federal Tax Authority.

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