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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

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The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. The prevailing sentiment, as the crisis heads into its third month, is that more innovative government programs will be necessary to provide any meaningful relief. Other ideas include more government action regarding competitive regulation.

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Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud

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Regulators’ influence over non-banks is limited, and banks are left to vet their own vendors. Bank regulations hadn’t “sufficiently modernized to accommodate cloud and other innovative technologies,” according to a U.S. One of the main issues being revisited is Facebook’s purchase of Instagram and WhatsApp.

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Trending: How EU Regulators Are Complicating SCA Compliance

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Merchants in the European Union (EU) are still wondering exactly what changes the regulation will bring when it comes to their relationships with customers. It is still a matter of debate on what exemptions, innovations and changes can be left up to national authorities — and what cannot. Around the PSD2 and GDPR world.

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Are New Prepaid Card Regulations Too Much?

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According to Brad Fauss, president and CEO of the Network Branded Prepaid Card Association, the recently released regulations on prepaid cards from the Consumer Finance Protection Board could be another instance of good intentions gone wrong. The updated regulations are slated to take effect Oct.

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Forging FinTech-FI Partnerships With mPOS?

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The stakes are too high to turn away from at least the prospect of such relationships, not with the fierce pace of innovation punishing anyone who lags behind, and regulatory measures such as PSD2 aiming to make the world safer for FinTech-FI collaborations. And Commonwealth has been one of the innovation leaders.”.

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Bipartisan Policy Center Report Urges Small Business Financial Reforms

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The center’s Task Force on Main Street Finance — co-chaired by former Senator Olympia Snowe, former U.S. It is critical that we respond to the needs and concerns of Main Street America,” said Snowe in a statement.

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2019: An artificial intelligence-enhanced AML odyssey

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Highlights of the regulator’s guidance. In the statement, regulators have provided leeway to create innovative new approaches. In the statement, regulators have provided leeway to create innovative new approaches. The main conclusion that can be drawn is: the status quo isn’t working for anyone.