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Draft Guidelines Clarify GDPR Scope

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As GDPR continues to take root, having an impact in Europe and beyond the confines of the continent, news came late last month that the European Data Protection Board has published draft guidelines that touch on the data protection regulation’s territorial scope. As many as 2.7 million users had accounts in the United Kingdom.

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Bitcoin Daily: Signal Messaging App Testing Crypto Payments; Gemini Adds 20 Tokens To Exchange; SIA, WizKey Partner For Credit Market Based On Blockchain

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In other news, European FinTech SIA is partnering with WizKey to create a platform to allow credit negotiations on blockchain for banks, financial operators and funds, according to a press release. Diokno, Philippines’ Central Bank (BSP) governor in the release.

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Report: Purported COVID-19 Vaccines Hit Dark Web

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Criminals seeking to exploit unmet demand for the COVID-19 vaccine are selling doses – many presumably fake – on the "dark web," the portion of the internet dominated by merchants who operate beyond easy reach of law enforcement agencies, the Financial Times reported on Friday (Dec.

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How TIPS Is Helping ECB Expand Its Real-Time Payments Reach

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The Eurosystem [aims to create] an integrated payments area in Europe where solutions are based on a common scheme, and Pan-European market infrastructures, such as TIPS, [bring] benefits to citizens and businesses alike,” the ECB told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Official guidelines and regulations can only go so far, however.

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Compliance In The Clouds: How The Pandemic Is Affecting Banks' Cloud-Native Futures

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He explained that the cloud can help FIs swiftly respond to compliance and security challenges during the pandemic. With regulations governing open banking, [like] PSD2, and storage of data, [like] GDPR, we now have an even stronger case to securely open our systems to external partners,” Schmidt said. Security Takes Center Stage.

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Biz2Credit Bets On India’s Emerging Alt-Fin Market

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Biz2Credit is expanding its small business lending operations into a market without much experience with alternative finance. The executive added that India is also on track to see similar expansions in alternative SME finance as already experienced in other markets like Europe and the U.S.

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Monetary Authority Of Singapore: What It Will Take To Win Digital Banking Licenses

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Other regulators in Australia, India and Singapore are examining financial innovation rules of their own, using GDPR and PSD2 as guidelines. Around The Data Protection And Security World. The regulation is now slated to roll out in July 2020, rather than the February 2020 deadline previously proposed.