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Main Street SMBs, Digital AP, GoodRx’s IPO Tops This Week’s News

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HSBC To Staff: Stay Off Bank’s Social Media Accounts . The 233,000 global staffers of HSBC Holdings Plc were told to remain off the bank’s social media sites on Monday (Sept. The 233,000 global staffers of HSBC Holdings Plc were told to remain off the bank’s social media sites on Monday (Sept.

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Facebook Hit With Three State Probes Over Privacy Violations

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According to Bloomberg , Attorneys General in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Connecticut are investigating existing allegations against the company, while New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts are looking to find any potential unknown violations. Earlier this week Racine said he believes more states will sue the social media giant.

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Bitcoin Daily: German Crypto Firm Shuttered After Pyramid Scheme Accusations; People’s Bank Of China Denies Bogus Announcement Of Stablecoin Launch

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But in May, authorities in Namibia called Karatbar a pyramid scheme, while last month, Florida’s financial regulator denied that the company had been issued a banking license. I hope everybody will join this platform,” he said in a video, according to The Guardian. And the U.S.

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin.

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Tech Giants’ Stocks Down After Regulatory Oversight Agreements

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Shares in Facebook were down 8 percent after a Wall Street Journal story revealed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will have jurisdiction to examine the social media company over competition concerns. Some politicians, like Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren , have been calling for the breakup of tech giants.

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Regulatory Tracker: Sandboxes Gain, While Cryptos Wane

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The secretary of the Commonwealth in Massachusetts has put the brakes on five initial coin offerings in that state. The specific directive from William Galvin, the state’s head securities regulator, commands that those firms abandon the sale of what have been termed “unregistered securities.” The firms named include Mattervest, Inc.,

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The Current Banking Crisis – 10 Not So Apparent Lessons

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8) Deposit Impact of Social Media: SVB’s customer base and followers were highly active on Twitter and other social media properties. The more active your customer base and “friends of the bank” are on social media, the shorter you can expect your deposit duration when sentiment turns negative.