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U.S. Regulations to Consider When Managing a Cryptocurrency Fund

Perficient

For those wanting to start their own cryptocurrency fund, it’s important to be well informed about cryptocurrency regulations. Regulatory cryptocurrency regulations are most fluid at the state level. State Regulations. Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) ). Bernegger added that the number of crypto hedge funds is growing daily.

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Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud

PYMNTS

The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal on Thursday (Aug 1). Regulators’ influence over non-banks is limited, and banks are left to vet their own vendors.

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Department of Education Anti-Arbitration Regulation Fails Supreme Court Tests

CFPB Monitor

Department of Education recently announced proposed regulations designed to expand and improve the major student loan discharge programs authorized by the Higher Education Act. But that is precisely what the Department’s proposed regulations would do. The Department’s proposed regulation constitutes administrative overreach.

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U.S. Supreme Court’s invokes “major questions doctrine” to invalidate EPA regulation: what are the potential implications for the consumer finance industry?

CFPB Monitor

In West Virginia et al. When an agency seeks to regulate a significant portion of the American economy. When an agency seeks to regulate an area that is traditionally regulated by state law. Environmental Protection Agency et al. ,

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

Regulations such as Geographic Targeting Order updates help identify AML risks by requiring identification for certain real estate purchases. The limited regulation around the real estate industry has made it especially easy for these bad actors to cycle their dirty money into the financial system using this avenue. In 2017, over 5.51

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. Clearly, blue-suit regulators stood out. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 billion in assets.

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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.