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State AGs To Press Own Case Against Google

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The states leading the probe include Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Nebraska, New York, North Carolina, Tennessee and Utah. Google is also facing a Chinese antitrust probe into whether Google took advantage of its hold over the Android mobile operating system in order to stifle competition. 15) blog. .

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Square Tries To Create A Bank, Again

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Square said it’s going to resubmit the necessary paperwork with state and federal regulators to start a bank in Utah, which could happen as soon as Wednesday (Dec. The company had previously asked to start a bank in September of 2017, but eventually withdrew from the process over procedural issues.

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Varo Is First FinTech to Receive Full-Service Charter from the OCC

CFPB Monitor

In a statement issued after presenting the charter , Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks discussed the value and attributes of a national bank charter, including the ability to operate nationwide under a uniform regulatory framework subject to a single primary prudential supervisor, and the confidence the charter inspires in consumers.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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An industrial bank is an FDIC-insured depository institution that is generally subject to the same banking laws and regulations as any other bank charter type, with the important exception of the Bank Holding Act of 1956. All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active.

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

The privacy of customers’ personal information is at the forefront of every community banker’s decisions, says Steven Estep, ICBA assistant vice president of operational risk. Misconfigurations can be default or blank passwords in critical network devices such as firewalls, switches, storage systems and default passwords in software.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

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Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Joe Reilly, CIO at Zions Bank, rose to the challenge and shared solid details about business change deriving from a system switch. Project Teddy Bear collects stuffed animals and gives them to at-risk children in Utah.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Joe Reilly, CIO at Zions Bank, rose to the challenge and shared solid details about business change deriving from a system switch. Project Teddy Bear collects stuffed animals and gives them to at-risk children in Utah.

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