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Virginia-based bank provides Bitcoin access at ATMs

Payments Dive

Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bank is partnering with ATM operator BluePoint ATM Solutions and Bitcoin ATM software provider LibertyX to facilitate access to the cryptocurrency. This announcement comes as banks and regulators appear to be warming to digital assets, and as Bitcoin continues to gain value and attention.

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

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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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Virginia federal district court denies motion to dismiss CFPB lawsuit against company providing services to immigrants held in federal detention

CFPB Monitor

The first enforcement action filed by the CFPB under the Biden Administration was a lawsuit filed in a Virginia federal district court jointly with the Attorneys General of Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York against Libre by Nexus, Inc. The Virginia AG argued that the defendant corporations were covered by the VCPA.

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Utah and Virginia enact registration and disclosure requirements for providers of merchant cash advances

CFPB Monitor

Utah and Virginia recently became the first two states to require the registration of providers of merchant cash advances. It also includes “a true-up mechanism where the financing is repaid as a fixed payment but provides for a reconciliation process that adjusts the payment to an amount that is a percentage of sales or revenue.”.

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Federal Regulators Visited Amazon Facility To Search Laptops

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Investigators from the Federal Reserve carried out an inspection of Amazon ’s cloud in April as Washington looks into ways to regulate companies that provide the service. People familiar with the matter said the regulators were most interested in looking at Amazon’s resiliency and backup systems.

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Virginia Attorney General obtains default judgment in lawsuit against pension advance company

CFPB Monitor

As discussed below, the court’s order is a default judgment in favor of the Virginia AG. Although the AG’s complaint alleged that the interest rates charged on the transactions exceeded Virginia’s usury limits, it did not charge the defendants with violating the state’s usury laws.

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Student loan servicing developments in California, Illinois, and Washington; legislation introduced in Virginia and New Mexico

CFPB Monitor

The new year heralds many new developments in the state regulation of student loan servicers. California, Illinois, and Washington have each taken significant steps in implementing their existing laws while legislation has been introduced in Virginia and New Mexico to regulate student loan servicers for the first time.