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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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Disrupting The Car: How Shared Cars, Bikes, & Scooters Are Reshaping Transportation And Cannibalizing Car Ownership

CB Insights

Perhaps more importantly , because kick scooters have yet to be formally regulated, city governments are enacting more stringent regulation to curtail the rapid deployment of dockless scooters. San Francisco was one of the first cities to tackle scooter regulation. in Series A funding in August.

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Why Regulating P2P Carsharing Won’t Level The Playing Field

PYMNTS

They should have spent money on innovating. Unfortunately for Turo (the competition), that has meant a push in state after state for regulations supposedly aimed at “leveling the playing field” between P2P carsharing services and regular rental car companies. Reasonable And Unreasonable Regulations.

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Fintech Fundings: 27 Companies Raise $345 Million Week Ending August 14

Fintech Labs Insights

It was another stellar week for Finovate alums with 6 fundings totaling $123 million: money transfer service Payoneer ($50 mil), AI innovator Kensho ($33 million), tax specialist VATBox ($24 million), , cash-back specialist Mogl ($7.9 VAT tax refund solution . Source: NW Innovation. HQ: Damascus, Maryland.

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Sports Betting Moves Forward In The U.S. — With or Without ‘Integrity Fees’

PYMNTS

Meanwhile, states such as Kentucky, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland and others are making moves toward legalization, and via different methods. The state reportedly would impose a $250,000 licensing fee on betting providers, along with a 3 percent tax. percent state tax on sports wagers.