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Mexican Regulator Gives Go-Ahead For Uber’s Cornershop Acquisition 

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Mexico’s antitrust regulator Cofece has approved the acquisition of grocery delivery platform Cornershop by Uber Technologies, Bloomberg reported on Monday (Dec. and Canada operating under Uber’s app. . under Uber's ownership in Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida. Cornorshop first rolled out in the U.S.

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Bitcoin Daily: Turkey To Test Digital Currency In 2021; Japan Prepares To Issue CBDC; Bitcoin Crests $28,000

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Binance KR will cease operations because of low usage and volume with limited trading pairs of BKRW. Miami Mayor Francis Suarez might want to make his city a hub for crypto at the government level, a report from CoinDesk says. The new partnership will do well for the mass-adoption of crypto, the company anticipates.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

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Last week, Nacha held its Smarter Faster Payments Conference in Miami, a significant event for over 1,800 bankers and vendors. Regulation and Legal Topics in Payments This Nacha conferenec nailed the balance between product, regulatory and legal risk. It is likely that regulators will soon ask banks to come up with a plan.

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FinCEN Tightens Real Estate Cash-Buyer Reporting Threshold

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While the previous purchase amount threshold varied by city, it’s now set at $300,000 for each metropolitan area, covering certain counties within the following major locations: Boston, Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco and Seattle.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

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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Is Tribal Lending Done?

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Regulators spent most of 2017 cracking down on the practice. They also argue that the federal and state governments have no right of regulation here, because tribal sovereignty is protected by treaty. Some short-term lenders – particularly those feeling the squeeze from state regulations around such loans (i.e. Tribal Lending

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Will Chicago Be The Next City To Say Bye-Bye To Uber And Lyft?

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A vote in Chicago this week could decide if Uber and Lyft will continue to operate there, as the vote from the full city council will determine whether or not ride-sharing firms will have to comply with the same types of regulations city-licensed taxi drivers are forced to. Both companies ultimately suspended service in Austin.

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