PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2016

Bitstamp has stamped its name in the record books in the EU for being the first company of its kind to secure a national license to operate as a bitcoin exchange. The company was awarded a license by the Luxembourg government, which recognizes it as a fully regulated, licensed exchange. That included security reviews and audits.

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. Massive financial losses can destabilize their operations, impact profitability, and harm their reputation. billion in fraud losses in 2022.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 9, 2020

The New York Department of Financial Services has sent a letter to the institutions that it regulates requiring each such institution, by February 7, 2020, to provide to DFS a description of its “plan to address its LIBOR cessation and transition risk.” (LIBOR is the acronym for the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate.).

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 14, 2021

The new law became effective immediately upon signing notwithstanding the authority it gives the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (“IDFPR”) to adopt rules “consistent with [the] Act.”. Proposed Regulations. The IDFPR has proposed regulations to implement the Act.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

national security.”. "On 1), the tech giant referred to the possible effects of legal proceedings and global regulations and how those could impact its operations and financial conditions. Critics have charged that the company’s main purpose is to sue big companies for infringing on patents that it owns.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 20, 2022

In 2017, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the regulator that oversees the panel of banks on whose submissions LIBOR is based, announced plans to discontinue LIBOR after 2021. The FCA subsequently announced that no LIBOR indices will be available after June 30, 2023.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Not to ruin your holiday spirit, but let’s start this story with the cold and brutal truth: One of the largest risks that payments and commerce operators face in 2019 is being called to account by government officials, regulators or media about a failure to secure their organizations from cyberattacks. and other places.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is seeking to “modernize” the regulation of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a bid to make those investment vehicles more innovative, and give them quicker entrance to the market. Might that pave the way for the emergence of cryptocurrency ETFs?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is criticizing top Australian banks for what the regulator said is an inefficient process of reviewing internal systems that allowed the banks to charge excess fees to customers. Reports said analysts believe most of those cases relate to those advisory fees.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Business lending in Australia probably won’t face tougher loan regulation when it comes to small business loans. He went on to describe “the central and perhaps irreplaceable role played by guarantors in securing small business finance and the particular vulnerability of small businesses to failure.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

which the institution plans to deploy in its corporate payments operation. Indeed, what will drive crypto adoption, Chell told PYMNTS, is in the technology’s ability to reduce payments friction, and integrate compliance and security. BitRail doesn’t yet operate in the B2B payments space.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Key Takeaways Cannabis-related businesses operate in high cash volumes, creating a public safety concern. CRBs operate with high levels of cash, with many of them currently cash-only businesses. The Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019, H.R. Why is the SAFE Banking Act important? What is the SAFE Banking Act?

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The CFPB recently issued a final rule that amends the Regulation Z ability to repay/qualified mortgage rule by extending the sunset date for the qualified mortgage (QM) based on a loan meeting certain product requirements and being eligible for sale to Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The QM often is referred to as the “GSE Patch.”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

In one of the latest salvos , know your customer, or KYC, efforts are being championed by the Asia Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association ( ASIFMA ). community banks hailed some changes to the Dodd-Frank regulations, particularly in regard to how small to medium banks are treated. Closer to home, in the U.S.,

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

An obvious reason is the inroads they’re making into the market, both domestically and globally: recent Accenture research finds that digital-only banks operating in the UK could amass a total of 35 million customers globally within the next 12 months, up from 13 million today. Regulation. Why are they doing so well?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2019

The second was the rise of cryptocurrency (though during his remarks he tended to refer to it as Convertible Virtual Currency or CVC). When it came to technology, Blanco was specifically interested in – and concerned about – two main areas. The first is the rise of mobile gaming and gambling. “What you do saves lives.”

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 30, 2022

The OCC has long been concerned with operational risks posed to banks from cyber attacks. The SRP now estimates that operational risks to banks remain “elevated” because cyber attacks continue to “evolve” and “become more sophisticated.” Cybersecurity Risks.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are doubling down on data security. Effective data security features are critical to securing this information. However, Facebook and Amazon are not the only Big Tech companies with a need to innovate in data security. The Future of Data Security.

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 31, 2022

On May 19, 2022, the Associate Director of the Enforcement and Compliance Division of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), Alessio Evangelista, spoke at the Chainalysis Links Conference in New York City on the topic of “The Intersection of Cryptocurrencies and National Security.” Responsible Innovation “.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

The encrypted open source technology that records, stores and transfers information on a public forum in a secure manner to ensure no tampering takes place is truly unique. Primarily, blockchain technology is being used in the finance world among various monetary entities to securely transfer bitcoins or make monetary transactions.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. they can take place with tokens classified as securities.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2019

The watchdog group is investigating why the latest version of the Kaspersky Lab’s parental control app, Safe Kids, was declined by Apple’s operating system, which affected the app’s functionality. Apple said the removed apps used a “highly invasive” technology – Mobile Device Management (MDM) – that violated the App Store policies.

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Abrigo

JUNE 5, 2023

In addition, even before the recent banking troubles, regulators have emphasized the financial institution’s responsibility to provide leaders with information on key areas of planning, operations, and risk management. Regulators review them to assess safety and soundness.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The end result is that companies outside China will be able to, eventually, control Chinese securities and asset management firms, insurance companies (through joint venture majority stakes) and banks. In reference to life insurance firms, a 51 percent limit will take effect and will be eliminated in five years.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As is germane to Switzerland, there’s been a bit of support from regulators here — verbal support anyway. As has been reported , Mark Branson, CEO of Swiss financial supervisor FINMA said that Libra poses fewer concerns than do cryptocurrencies that trade and crypto firms that operate with no supervision. “I

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Federal banking regulators have been busy in this space. Accordingly, “it is important that [the Agencies] provide coordinated and timely clarity where appropriate to promote safety and soundness, consumer protection, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including [AML] and illicit finance statute and rules.”

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BankUnderground

MARCH 1, 2021

During these negotiations Catto lobbied for the Bank not to be given more powers to regulate banks. The negotiations went smoothly on the whole but, according to records in the Bank’s archives, Catto declared himself during one meeting at the Treasury to be ‘strongly against any legislation giving powers to regulate the banks’.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

With regulators starting to embrace the tech, a growing number of startups are eyeing an opportunity to disrupt the massive market. Primary markets: Companies in this category focus on the tokenization of real assets — which refers to tracing ownership using DLT tech like blockchain. Corporates like Infosys and Sia are operating here.

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BankBazaar

APRIL 19, 2023

This can in turn cause a chain reaction of bank failures as other banks are forced to pay out depositors who have moved their funds to more secure institutions, leading to a broader financial crisis. What have the regulators done? This can have significant implications for the business’s operations and growth prospects.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

We do think Europe will kind of adopt this regulation,” Hochrieser said, referring to the recent FDA ruling. He added that public smoking bans are “the first” stop toward more regulations. In contrast, rules about authenticating the ages of gamblers are enforced more strictly in Europe than in the U.S., Authentication Process.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

According to the report, the banking regulator said the data breach had to do with a former employee at the agency removing more than 10,000 records without receiving authorization to do so. The OCC said that, once it found the data breach, it referred the case to the Treasury Department’s Inspector General’s office.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 27, 2022

A worsening economy can exacerbate conditions that experts refer to as the fraud triangle fundamentals—pressure, opportunity, and rationalization. Digital assets (cryptocurrencies ): Although digital asset scams are primarily consumer issues, customer accounts may start to intersect with business operations where digital assets are concerned.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

The problem often stems from the environment in which they are operating — one that can put the brakes on innovation, even when innovation is key to thriving. They are heavily regulated and require heavy investment,” both in terms of capital and human resources. But that’s not the whole story, of course.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2016

As we have addressed , Congress passed the Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act of 2015 (HELP Act) on December 4, 2015, in efforts to expand the designation of additional areas as being “rural” under Regulation Z of TILA. More specifically, Congress struck out the word “predominantly” from TILA provisions.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 9, 2020

For ease of reference, the OCC has helpfully provided FAQ numbers from the rescinded OCC Bulletin 2017-21 that are noted in parentheses throughout the new bulletin to distinguish them from the FAQs containing new topics. Screen-scraping can pose operational and reputation risks. Use of third-party assessment services.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 4, 2022

A previous version of these procedures referenced the Regulation Z definition of “private education loans” which differs from the Truth in Lending Act definition. Transcript withholding. The CFPB observed that some postsecondary schools withhold official transcripts from students who are delinquent on a debt owed to the school.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2019

Stieber said traditional lenders will often refer their small business customers to a factoring company like American Receivable if rejected for a bank loan , or if bank financing is not enough for a company’s working capital needs at the time. . “That’s what factoring is here for,” he added. Bad Reputation.

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