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Securing a Resilient Financial Services Enterprise

Cisco

The functioning of global economies is partially reliant on a secure and protected financial services infrastructure. It is the reason why financial services is one of the most highly regulated and highly fortified industries. Cisco Thought Leadership in Financial Services. The Cisco Secure portfolio.

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Google CEO Pushes Back Against Regulation Talk

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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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Expected changes at CFPB under new leadership highlighted in Ballard Spahr webinar

CFPB Monitor

The webinar looked at the changes that the CFPB is likely to undergo under the leadership of Messrs. Mr. Cordray expects Mr. Uejio to put the CFPB on a path that is more in line with the agency’s vision for carrying out its mission that prevailed under Mr. Cordray’s leadership.

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Federal Reserve Issues Supervisory Letter on Crypto Activities for Banks

Perficient

Legal status – There is some question regarding the legal status of many crypto-assets – is it a security, is it fungible, is it a derivative – as well as the very limited legal precedent regarding how crypto-assets would be treated in varying contexts, including, for example, in bankruptcy court. The Home Owners’ Loan Act.

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FDIC’s New Banker Engagement Site (BES): Improving CRA & Compliance Exam Communication

Perficient

Already reviewed by Perficient, BES provides a secure and efficient portal to exchange documents, information, and communications for consumer compliance and Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examinations. By the time people started speaking of Y2K , regulators were accepting documents from the bank prior to starting the onsite examination.

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Ripple Mulls Moving Headquarters Abroad

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Brad Garlinghouse , the company’s CEO, says he went to London in September and told the outlet that the Financial Conduct Authority does not consider XRP to be a security. s FCA took a leadership role in characterizing how we should think about these different assets and their use cases,” Garlinghouse said. What you see in the U.K.

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Bitcoin Daily: NY Regulator Announces New Crypto Unit; Online Crypto Lender Leaked Customers’ Credit Info

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“This new division and these appointments position DFS as the regulator of the future, allowing the Department to better protect consumers, develop best practices, and analyze market data to strengthen New York’s standing as the center of financial innovation.”. The company then pulled the database offline.