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Bitcoin is about to get even more scrutiny by regulators, on a global stage. As reported by Reuters this week, Lagarde said at a conference sponsored by the newswire that bitcoin should be regulated — worldwide. She went on to say that “there has to be regulation. She pointed to the crypto’s use in criminal activity.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

The House committee held a hearing on the idea after Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks in July proposed a new special purpose national banking charter for payments companies. They argue that the OCC would oversee the new charter holders — but not as rigorously as state regulators would.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Countries with the most sizable count of BTMs are developed nations like Britain, Canada and the United States. There, people need to change a nation's money for cryptocurrency that isn’t regulated by a government or connected with it. But they have grown in popularity in markets that are not stable.

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JANUARY 22, 2020

Separately, IBM CEO Ginni Rometty told CNBC from Davos that artificial intelligence should be subject to “precision regulation … you want to have innovation flourish and you’ve got to balance that with security.” An agreement among OECD countries would spur France to end its national digital tax. “We

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

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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AUGUST 2, 2019

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. Treasury report last year, the WSJ said. Efforts from lawmakers in the U.S.

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APRIL 22, 2020

Global concern over the coronavirus spreading on contaminated surfaces in public places is unleashing rapid development of innovative biometric products that could assist a touchless society. These surveillance technologies are opening a hornet’s nest of privacy and security concerns for citizens.

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OCTOBER 14, 2019

Between $800 billion and $2 trillion USD is laundered each year, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, and fraudsters undoubtedly hope to raise those amounts. Part of the problem is that money laundering controls are easier for fraudsters to anticipate than security measures for other cybercrimes.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The National Institute for Smart Governance (NISG) in India has published a report recommending that laws around blockchain should be based on what the technology does, and not the technology itself, according to a report Tuesday (Jan. said that national policy might not be enough in terms of crypto regulation. . “We

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The bumpy road cryptos face under scrutiny from regulators (we’re looking at you, Libra ) was a springboard into a larger discussion between Zac Cohen, general manager at Trulioo , and Karen Webster on the challenges FIs and others face when deploying new technologies. Identities, in turn, must be secured, verified and reusable.

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JUNE 14, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai pushed back against talk of regulating tech companies, saying that the move could have unintended consequences, according to a report by CNBC. “I I worry that if you regulate for the sake of regulating it, it has a lot of unintended consequences,” Pichai said.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Federal Reserve is turning heads for its attention to faster payments, but the Fed has recently announced yet another initiative in the payments innovation space. Last week, the Fed’s Secure Payments Task Force called for comment from industry stakeholders about what challenges they face when it comes to payments security.

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Innovation is happening at the speed of payments — which, as it turns out, can be pretty fast these days. I travel three weeks out of four to meet our stakeholders in the markets they are in — customers, agents, regulators and employees. Sometimes this can even happen in nations that have had stability for decades.

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JULY 22, 2019

But, Atassi said, Latin America is also a challenging region to take on as a whole because nation-by-nation and vertical-by-vertical, the situation on the ground can vary quite widely in terms of infrastructure, consumer interest and regulatory prerogatives. Opportunity, he noted, abounds. Meeting A Dynamic Market .

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JULY 27, 2020

The OCC issued a letter last week stating that “a national bank [and a federal savings association] may provide. The letter states: Consistent with OCC regulations and guidance on custody activities, the risks associated with an individual account should be addressed prior to acceptance. The letter states that the OCC.

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JUNE 24, 2019

This means Libra is likely to see more scrutiny from regulators as the project takes shape and eventually launches. That sentiment was reflected in part by the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), which said this past weekend that there should be coordinated regulations on cryptocurrencies. Beyond Cryptocurrencies.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The National Standardization Group for Facial Recognition Technology was launched last week by Hong Kong-based SenseTime and 27 other tech companies. Although facial recognition and biometrics offer security authentication and transaction speed, the measure also opens the door to data theft as cybercriminals seek ways to beat the system.

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JANUARY 15, 2019

Malaysia’s initial coin offering (ICO) regulations are said to take effect on Tuesday (January 15) per a notice from the Securities Commission (SC) in the country, Coindesk reported. With the order, exchanges and offerings for tokens would need the SC’s approval. dollars, The Telegraph reported.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The country’s government and regulators are keeping pace with those in the European Union and the U.S. as they upgrade their online data and financial rules to support global digital banking innovations. Confronting the Chinese Privacy Myth . In China, there is [an] ever-shifting gray line,” Chorzempa said. The law is still ambiguous.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Aiming to beef up security in connected and driverless cars , a group of lawmakers have introduced a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives that would put the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in charge of studying security issues for cars and trucks that are connected and eventually driverless.

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OCTOBER 16, 2018

So, it is in far-flung corners of the globe where, in recent days, regulators and cross-border efforts have promoted a bit of cross-pollination between tech-savvy upstarts and more entrenched players in the financial arena. At times, that collaboration even moves with a bit of regulatory underpinning.

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OCTOBER 21, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, the European Banking Federation’s ( EBF ) Alexandra Maniati , Director of Cybersecurity & Innovation, said the European banking industry is, increasingly, embracing the cloud to pivot to new financial services and products across the Continent.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

Jamal El-Hindi, the deputy director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), spoke at the 2019 Money Transmitter Regulators Association Annual Conference on Wednesday (Sept. 11) about the importance of innovation and the regulation of non-banking financial institutions (NBFI), according to a release.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2018

He said that in his own state of Washington, state regulators have been looking at those issues for some time to determine the possibility of some sort of reciprocity or sharing of information. “It The pilot being run with those initial seven states will provide some answers for how state regulators can streamline the process.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

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. Around the Digital Banking world.

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MAY 16, 2020

100 for User A in America, 200 pesos for User B in Mexico and so forth) in order to perform transactions in a secure, fast and reliable way.”. A central entity may be a central bank which regulates a monetary supply,” the company wrote. “A Embodiments may also allow for user anonymity.”.

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OCTOBER 11, 2019

Financial institutions (FIs) worldwide are innovating their AML strategies to protect against similar events, but the process requires more than simply adding security to their online platforms. Consumers want speed and personalization, but they don’t want to sacrifice security,” he said. AML Strategies and Innovation Quirks.

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MARCH 14, 2019

And there, Kohli said, innovation is helping corporates adapt to and manage these global risks. The rise of third-party payment providers, and the opportunity for traditional institutions to collaborate with them, has also opened doors for cross-border payments innovation. Treasurers’ Biggest Worries.

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MAY 19, 2019

The National Credit Union Administration was named as Municipal Credit Union’s conservator, Linda Lacewell, the state’s acting financial services superintendent, told Reuters. At the same time, the credit unions are on the hook to not only provide for customer experience but also security.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The costs of using some cards is going on the incline, as news is breaking that the nation’s two largest card networks, Visa and Mastercard, are preparing to up the fees charged to merchants to accept network-branded cards. The change will go into effect in early April, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Takeaway 1 NBFIs are agile and innovative and are competing head-to-head with traditional financial institutions. Takeaway 2 NBFIs should ensure their AML programs are sound and pass the scrutiny of FinCEN and their primary regulators. Stay up to date on regulations affecting NBFIs and other BSA trends. DOWNLOAD .

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JULY 31, 2022

Locality Bank, a digital-first community bank serving south Florida that opened in January, is run by industry veterans with such successful track records that regulators signed off on their application for a charter in less than a year. Location: Fort Lauderdale, Fla. That’s no small feat for any de novo, especially during a pandemic.

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JULY 31, 2017

In fact, the federally backed National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) reported credit union membership grew by 4.3 This inaugural edition of the Tracker covers the most significant recent developments from around the credit union market, including notable innovations, industry partnerships and efforts to challenge and change regulations.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2021

On January 1, 2021, the Senate voted into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The AMLA is extensive, and there are many steps involved before FinCEN can implement the act, such as conducting studies, writing regulations, and publishing guidance. With the 2021 change in administration in Washington, D.C., Learn More.

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JANUARY 13, 2017

But thanks to faster cross-border payments solutions, the distance between nations across the world is shrinking considerably. But with so many unknown questions about how the technology functions, greater regulation may be required to help governments and the public trust and accept it. Regulation required. In short, no.

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JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. While these are general today, the AMLA requires that regulations be written around each Priority, as appropriate. Until regulations have been released and go into effect, regulatory expectations remain unclear.

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OCTOBER 18, 2018

In July, reports in the Financial Times said Switzerland is working to open the nation’s traditional corporate banking market to cryptocurrency companies finding it difficult to get banked, thanks to fears over anti-money laundering (AML) violations and other compliance issues. “Time is pressing,” he said.

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