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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

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Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2017, the bank was converted from its National Charter to a Kansas state-chartered bank and renamed Heartland Tri-State Bank. In 2019, it expanded by buying its fourth branch from a competitor.

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The United States May License Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan.

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Big Tech Faces Regulation Reckoning As 2021 Dawns

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If 2020 was the year of streaming media, of content done a million different ways, of apps and Apple, and Google’s and Amazon’s algorithms … it was also the year of Big Tech regulation, where 2020 set the stage for a 2021 that could be seismic in changing the way companies — from Facebook to Apple to debt collectors — interact with consumers.

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Promethium Subsidiary Receives First FINRA-Approved Digital Asset Custodianship

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Promethium Ember Capital, (“PEC”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Promethium, has become the first digital asset custody provider to come under federal regulation. Secondly, as a qualified custodian, which is what the SPBD classification offers, subjects Promethium to provisions of the landmark United States Exchange Act of 1934.

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Deustche Bank: Regulation Complicates B2B Payments’ Digital Transformation

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Payments are an omnipresent part of life for corporates and consumers alike, with the United States seeing 174.2 The bulk of this value is driven by savings and operational efficiencies, as AI could cut costs for banks by reducing the human error that occurs in payments and other operations. trillion in 2018.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Tops $10K; Malaysia SC To Expand Digital Wallet Regulations

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The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is planning to expand regulations to encompass digital asset wallet providers, adding to its frameworks that currently address Digital Asset Exchanges (DAX) and Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), the SC announced Thursday (July 23). Meanwhile, in the court case United States v.

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Federal Reserve Extends FedNow Service Comment Period

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The FedNow Service is a new 24x7x365 service that will support instant payments in the United States and is expected to be available in 2023. Interbank wires will now move funds faster than Venmo. The Board extended the comment period to allow interested persons more time to analyze the proposal and prepare their comments.

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