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Tuesday: Join the ‘Regulators’ and Financial Institutions’ Pandemic Responses’ Zoom meeting (Subscribers Only)

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EST, Bank Innovation will host a Zoom meeting for subscribers titled “Regulators’ and Financial Institutions’ Pandemic Responses: What Do We Know, What Can We Know, and When Can We Know It?” On Tuesday at 12 p.m.

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Singapore sees ‘strong interest’ in digital bank licenses

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Singapore has received “strong interest” in its effort to open up the banking industry to fresh competition after 21 groups made bids for digital licenses, the financial regulator said.

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Inside TransferWise’s regulatory advocacy efforts

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It’s taking its position to regulators around the world in an effort to change how the industry operates. based money transfer startup TransferWise is going beyond cheeky ads to spread its message of foreign exchange fee transparency. The eight-year-old company, which is reportedly valued at $3.8

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Big tech acting like banks should face same rules, Germany says

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Germany has a message for big tech companies: Get ready to be regulated if you want to offer banking services. It’s really, really important” to ensure a level playing field between banks and new competitors, Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Kukies said at a conference in Frankfurt on Monday. That means the big tech firms also […].

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Varo’s bank charter process a test for consumer banking startups

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This week, digital banking startup Varo received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a significant milestone in the company’s three-year quest to become a bank.

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Big tech Is coming for banking: Experts predict fintech’s 2020

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Financial technology startups will enter the next decade with a little more street cred than the last time around. Nearly 60 upstarts focusing on financial services — from Stripe Inc. to Chime Inc. to Plaid Inc. — have garnered valuations of more than $1 billion in recent years, according to CB Insights.

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Bankers and aggregators disagree on data-sharing approaches

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The parameters around how consumer financial information should be shared with third-party apps and platforms was the subject of debate at an industry forum organized by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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