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Cross border payment innovation and regulation drive each other

Bobsguide

Unheard of today, the New York & Mississippi Valley Printing Telegraph Company was founded in 1851. Five years later, the company was renamed Western Union. Arguably one of the first companies to transact across borders, Western Union tapped into its telegraph network to transfer money from one.

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Update on state small business commercial financing disclosure laws

CFPB Monitor

Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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Caesars Puts Stake In Online Betting Co DraftKings

PYMNTS

In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S. and international sports, pursuant to state rules and regulations. .” Founded in 2012, Boston-based DraftKings offers daily fantasy sports contests across 11 professional sports and in eight countries, including the U.S.,

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. A pretty clear-cut sizzle. Costco Card.

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Risk-based transaction monitoring

Abrigo

Recently, the cases of First IC Bank in Georgia and Oxford University Bank in Mississippi emphasize the continuing need for a strong culture of compliance, including the need for adequate risk-based transaction monitoring. BSA Rules and Regulation. BSA Rules and Regulation. Your BSA/AML software should be, too. Learn more.

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

PYMNTS

Supreme Court ruled in May that states may legalize sports betting — it was already allowed in Nevada — four other states have approved such wagering: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey and West Virginia. The state allows both online and offline sports betting, with regulation oversight provided by the West Virginia Lottery Commission.