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MAY 4, 2016

It can seem like the low-hanging fruit of political topics, but there’s new evidence coming out that small and medium-sized businesses are feeling the crunch from government regulations. ” “Overregulation is undermining the resolve of small retailers,” Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the NRF, said in a statement.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Regulation is still shaping banks’ strategic thinking, says a new study by The Economist Intelligence Unit. The unit surveyed 200 global banking executives to investigate the challenges retail banks face in the years to 2020. In North America regulation was the top concern.

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JULY 23, 2020

Walmart is selling its 28 stores and eCommerce operations in India to Flipkart Group , the online marketplace it controls. The stores operate like warehouse clubs, serving independent retailers and other small businesses. According to The Wall Street Journal , a Walmart spokesperson declined to share financial terms of the deal.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

With the boom of eCommerce both before and during the pandemic, European Union regulators are taking another look at antitrust rules regarding internet sales and distribution platforms. The European Commission, the EU’s arm for antitrust regulations, said in a press release that it will examine vertical block exemption regulations (VBER).

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MAY 31, 2020

Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. Although Chile has now granted permission, Mexico regulators still have not.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

Large Chinese companies, including Alibaba and rivals Tencent , food delivery giant Meituan and retailer JD.com , have lost almost $200 billion in Hong Kong since regulators announced last week that they were investigating Alibaba's reported monopolistic practices, according to Bloomberg. Regulators on Sunday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2018

With retailers struggling to get compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard , qualified security assessors are going to be in more demand and can offer tokenization as one way of achieving compliance. That’s according to TokenEx , which recently hosted a webinar to help retailers better understand tokenization.

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MARCH 17, 2020

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. The DEO “seeks concepts and an operator to program the space to boost innovation and entrepreneurship, demonstrate creative placemaking and feature the Made in Fairfax Network. But it never happened. and San Francisco. Starting Jan.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

The headline statement is that crypto firms have traditionally operated in a regulatory environment that might charitably be likened to the “Wild West.” In addition, any firms that carry out crypto asset related activity within the scope of the FCA’s regulations must register with the authority before conducting business.

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JUNE 2, 2020

The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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JUNE 25, 2019

More financial regulators are talking about Libra and saying that Facebook’s recently announced cryptocurrency won’t launch without close scrutiny, according to a report by the Financial Times. . The FSB and the FCA have joined with the Bank of England (BoE) and the G7 in speaking out about the currency and its need for regulation. .

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Bobsguide

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Technology, competition, and regulation have put pressure on banks to evolve from lumbering giants to nimble financial ninjas. The transformation of investment and retail banks from their bloated pre-financial crisis operations has been fraught with stringent regulation of their activities and.

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JUNE 6, 2019

Waste is becoming ever more of a vice, especially among younger consumers, and now regulators. By 2023, manufacturers and retailers will have to donate, reuse or recycle the goods” under a program that the French prime minister called the first of its kind from any national government. Amazon’s Role. Liquidation Trends.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

Wells Fargo has revealed that it is firing around three dozen district managers due to the retail banking scandal that happened more than two years ago. Earlier this year, the bank was hit by another scandal involving its wealth management business , opening up more investigations by federal regulators. .

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Perficient

DECEMBER 22, 2023

Positive Aspects of AI in Financial Services As noted by the OCC, advances in computing capacity, increased data availability, and improvements in analytical techniques, have significantly expanded opportunities for banks to leverage AI for risk management and operational purposes.

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MARCH 1, 2018

The Bank of England’s chief operating officer is joining the U.K.’s s New Payment System Operator (NPSO). The Payment System Operator Delivery Group is closing to hand down operation of the nation’s payment systems to the New Payment System Operator in an effort to streamline the payment ecosystem.

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MARCH 26, 2020

For retailers, especially those deemed non-essential and struggling with revenue, branding may be on the back burner right now. According to Claessen, those brand attributes are even more important during this crisis as retailers communicate with employees, landlords and consumers. Big mistake, say several branding experts.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

The United Kingdom’s regulator on competition and antitrust concerns has signaled that eCommerce giant Amazon’s stake in food delivery service Deliveroo may need additional examination. Deliveroo, for its part, stated that it has been working with regulators on these issues. Reports came from CNBC Wednesday (Dec. last year.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The ascent of eCommerce and the digital tools that support it have made it easier — in both theory and practice — for retailers to not only see how consumers browse and what they buy (to analyze the entire path to purchase), but to get to know them in the same ways as those old-time general store operators who served small towns.

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JULY 31, 2020

Regulators in China are preparing to move against once-hot Luckin Coffee Inc. The company has since been delisted, and Luckin has fired its chief executive officer and chief operating officer. which admitted booking millions of dollars in nonexistent sales, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (July 31).

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MAY 6, 2020

Cineworld operates 787 theaters in 10 countries. Richards said safety would be assured for patrons because they are operating at 20 percent of capacity, the number of people coming through could be controlled by staggering screening times and requiring online ticketing before arrival. “Can

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JULY 30, 2019

One of the biggest retail stories as we head into 2020 is how India is a battlefield of digital commerce, along with a hotbed of retail innovation. The eCommerce retailer is said to be working with Catamaran and has started hiring workers for the operation per unnamed sources, Reuters reported. Amazon’s Moves.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 5, 2023

AML Compliance Ten qualities of a successful BSA officer Hiring a Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Officer for a financial institution involves looking for a unique experience level and skillset that ensures compliance with the BSA and related regulations. But what makes an exceptional BSA Officer?

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JULY 5, 2020

The nation’s marijuana regulator has told financial institutions to treat the $500 million hemp businesses the same way they would any other businesses. The reminder is intended for banks with clients that include marijuana retailers or individuals that grow, process, or manufacture pot. Hemp Inc.,

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S. Experts on dispensaries say such labeling is the only way to get around federal banking regulations. Big Retail. and Canada. Companies also have made more than $6.5

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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2022

After moving alone in 2020 to reform its Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has joined the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Federal Reserve Board in issuing a joint notice of proposed rulemaking setting forth proposed amendments to their regulations implementing the CRA.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

So goes Amazon, so goes most of the rest of the retail world, with the eCommerce operator’s influence also extending to payments. Amazon aims to operate 100 percent on renewable energy sources by 2030, and is ordering 100,000 “fully-electric delivery vehicles” as part of this general effort. We might soon find out.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2019

Those two retail trends have recently collided in Southeast Asia, where Carro, an automotive marketplace and financing provider, reportedly has bought Jualo, an online marketplace for used goods from some 300 product categories. The deal is not the only recent news involving the online retail sales of automobiles. Retail Waste.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Managing inventory, B2B payments and a plethora of food and beverage vendors can be a headache for any kind of restaurant, bar or retailer. But in the alcohol beverage arena, unique regulations — many of which date back to the era of prohibition — have added an extra layer of complexity to the supply chain.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

From 7-Eleven to H&M , retailers are adopting digital payments and artificial intelligence (AI) technology to bring more convenient experiences to their customers. And retailers with brick-and-mortar locations in North America are starting to accept Chinese mobile payment systems.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Ever since 2013, when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the eCommerce giant was working on a 30-minute drone delivery program called Prime Air, people have been saying that delivery is the big retail use case for drone technology. Amazon is reportedly pushing for safety approval on its drone designs in addition to precise operating rules.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

That means otherwise straightforward and common small business duties, like banking , taxes and payroll, can be problematic for firms in the cannabis industry that are legally required to operate almost entirely in cash. From there, the regulation of CBD gets a little more complicated.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

The banking industry has seen a steady stream of media attention since 2008, much of it in the form of stories about data breaches linked to major retailers or mega banks’ profits. Two recent surveys addressing the community banking landscape have pointed to increasing regulations as the primary cause of stress for these institutions.

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JUNE 8, 2020

The pandemic has thrown daily operations for merchants in the EU and the U.K. Retailers have had to swiftly adapt to markets where online transactions have ballooned exponentially. Regulators Jump to Tailor SCA for COVID-19. financial and payment services UK Finance. financial and payment services UK Finance. 14, 2019, deadline.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Retailers in the physical world are at a real disadvantage when it comes to knowing the customers in their stores, and what they do once they get there. The list goes on, but suffice it to say, the jokes about digital retailers knowing more about customers than they know about themselves didn’t appear in the culture out of nowhere.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

That’s a bad moon rising for some Big Data operators. The Merchants’ Guide to Navigating Global Payments Regulations , powered by Ekata, dives deep into this complex and unsettled topic, from possible abrupt retail impacts to long-term open banking repercussions. With regulators showing their fangs in dozens of countries, U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Banks, businesses and consumers fundamentally altered how they interacted with each other in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic — and regulators tasked with making sure their data and payments are kept safe took notice. Regulators in countries like Egypt have only recently rolled out their data protection rules.

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