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A European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker is urging banks in the area to find alternatives to Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, according to a report by Bloomberg. Cryptocurrency cryptocurrency european central bank Libra monetary policy News What's Hot MORE
After making changes to its Android app and terms of service, MoviePass is adding another modification to its platform: Subscribers can now only watch a particular movie through its movie ticket subscription service one time, Android Central reported. “We We recently updated our Terms of Service to reflect that MoviePass subscribers are only permitted to see a select movie in theaters once with your MoviePass,” the company wrote on its website. “We MORE
A WeWork executive is calling for real estate lenders to be more flexible when it comes to their co-working tenants. “It’s It’s important for lenders to look at the fundamentals of each opportunity and not paint everything with a broad brush, because there’s a lot of noise,” Candice King, senior director of capital markets for WeWork’s real estate investment platform, known as ARK, said, according to Bloomberg. MORE
Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty have been appointed to President Donald Trump’s advisory board that aims to direct the future of workforce policy. Regulation Advisory Board AI Apple Donald Trump Education IBM jobs News policy regulation What's Hot workforce MORE
Google is reviewing its privacy policies after a report showed that contractors were given sensitive audio information, including private conversations and personal information that could identify users, according to a report by TechCrunch. MORE
Facebook’s 2012 policy changes that denied app developers access to user data was actually about stifling competition, not protecting user privacy, according to documents reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday (Nov. MORE
While this time of year is filled with cheer and celebration, it’s also important to make sure your company’s policies reflect fairness, equality and safety. Tip #2: Make sure your policies work with diverse religious beliefs. Blog HR Policies‘Tis the season! MORE
trade policy is the largest risk externally that companies face. trade policy will have a negative impact during the next six months, while 20 percent said the impact will be very negative, and 66 percent of Asia-Pacific-based CFOs said the U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax reform — signed into law late last year — was a boon for the stock market, but his tough trade stance is pressuring stocks so far in 2018. MORE
While the company had rolled back the policy in April, it has decided to reinstate collecting the initial 2.9 Earlier this year, PayPal updated its User Agreement to change our refund policy,” a PayPal spokesperson told The Verge. “In MORE
If you close your account before May 7, 2019, the changes will not apply to you,” the company wrote in the policy update. Sellers aren’t happy with some of the changes that PayPal has made to its user agreement. MORE
Bafin, the German financial watchdog that is monitoring Deutsche Bank’s involvement in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, has asked the bank to review some of its correspondent banking policies, according to a report from Reuters. MORE
Uber is changing its policy on bug bounties, payments to people who expose data security problems, Reuters reported on Thursday (April 26). “We’re The company is revising its policy to specify it won’t pursue legal action against good-faith hackers who submit flaws through its bug bounty portal, which is hosted by HackerOne. MORE
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has refused to delay a “loan charge” policy for tens of thousands of individuals in the U.K. The policy has not been well-received, and has even been linked to two suicides in the country. MORE
With the new IBM Policy Lab, IBM is looking to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) development in a way that is safe, but does not infringe upon the creation of new technology, reports said. Leclerc is also chairman of the Software Alliance’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Policy Committee. MORE
In Kenya, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its “FinTech Sandbox Guidance Note,” which is now finalized as policy. MORE
Elena Hernandez, the spokeswoman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said Kratsios is expected to discuss the national plan for artificial intelligence (AI), which was started in 2018. MORE
A Chinese app that lets users convincingly swap their faces with film or TV characters has rapidly become one of the country’s most downloaded apps, triggering privacy concerns, Reuters reported Monday (Sept. Released on Friday (Aug. MORE
19) announced a new policy tool aimed at boosting lending to small and private companies. The central bank in China went on to note that it plans to continue to put in place a “prudent and neutral” monetary policy that will ensure liquidity. MORE
For monetary policy and those interested in inflation dynamics, the implication is that retail prices are becoming less ‘insulated’ from these common nationwide shocks,” Cavallo wrote in the paper. The aforementioned impact of shorter-duration pricing at retailers has implications for monetary policies, according to Bloomberg, as automatic adjustments to what are known as external shocks means that interest rate adjustments by the central bank may lose potency. MORE
and global growth prospects, and in the ability of policy authorities to offset weak growth.” Bob Dylan’s big Nobel Prize win means that this week’s Insights piece features a Dylan-esque theme. MORE
And as a form of data sharing, a form of record keeping, a direct conduit in transactions, some proponents say that decentralized ledger technology (DLT) can be a salve for an issue front-and-center, as Turkey proves a recent example of daily life roiled by rapid currency devaluation and panic: Namely, monetary policy. At its most basic form, monetary policy resides in the hands of governments, and currencies are rooted in the notion of “fiat.” MORE
President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza is his pick to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), after its current chief, Linda McMahon, announced on Friday (March 29) that she will leave the post. MORE
What consumers want mostly is choice – and they tend to prefer retailers and service providers that offer it to them. MORE
Sabine Lautenschläger, Germany’s representative on the European Central Bank’s executive board, has resigned over the institution’s changes to its monetary policy. International european central bank executive board Germany monetary policy News What's Hot MORE
Microsoft is happy to cater to these demands by announcing the availability of retention policies for Microsoft Teams. Teams admins now can use Office 365 Security and Compliance to set retention policies for Teams chats and team channels. Technology is a beautiful thing! MORE
Now she is making waves with her push for climate conscious monetary policies. In her new role as the ECB president, she is hitting the ground running with some amazing policy work around climate change. Fintech General christine lagarde climate change policies trade finance MORE
To take on apps that don’t give users information on the use of their personal data, Apple is introducing a new requirement: At the beginning of October, apps will have to have a privacy policy – even those that are in testing, according to reports. 3, 2018, App Store Connect will require a privacy policy for all new apps and app updates in order to be submitted for distribution on the App Store or through TestFlight external testing,” a statement on Apple’s website reads. “In MORE
So you may have clicked on this link thinking, “what the heck is a policy package and why haven’t I heard of this?” In this article we’ll be discussing what a policy package is and how you can use them within your organization. How do I use policy packages? MORE
Her term ends in October, so she’s working a report that will lead competition policies in the digital era, according to a report by the AP. Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s top antitrust cop, is coming to the end of her term as antitrust enforcer, but not before she plans to release a report laying out a long-term plan to police the world’s largest tech companies. Vestager has tussled with many of the big name tech companies, including Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook. MORE
The new per-transaction threshold complements the bank’s existing policy of not charging an overdraft fee if a customer’s available balance and ending account balance is overdrawn by $5 or less and no items are returned for non-sufficient funds at the end of processing for that business day. Aiming to boost its reputation after a fake account scandal last year, Wells Fargo announced Tuesday (Nov. 14) the launch of a new overdraft feature that will reduce the hit to customers. MORE
According to a report in Bloomberg , the social media giant is spelling out how it collects and uses data in its Terms of Service and Data Use Policy. The updated policy discusses not only how data is used on the Facebook site, but also how it is used across other social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook Messenger. Users have found Facebook’s policies confusing in the past, especially pertaining to apps the company owns. MORE
Policies are “the cornerstones for sound lending and loan administration,” and risk rating policies are a key component. Regulatory agencies lay out elements that loan policies should cover, such as what types of loans an institution will make and what information will be required from borrowers, but they rarely dictate the details. An institution must develop appropriate policies and procedures based on its size and the complexity of its portfolio. MORE
Taking a page from the old Tom Petty Handbook, Target CEO Brian Cornell has officially determined that the retailer will not back down on its inclusive bathroom policy. million signatures argue that “Target’s policy is exactly how sexual predators get access to their victims.” Cornell buttressed that message on a mid-week CNBC appearance during which he affirmed there would be no reversing its policy. “We’ve Retail Target Target Bathroom policy MORE
The move by Amazon to reverse policies for its cashierless Amazon Go stores is being seen as a response to growing economic and political pushback against the impact of Silicon Valley on major segments of U.S. MORE
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced changes to policies on Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs), which are investigational subpoenas issued by the CFPB. CFPB Civil Investigative Demands investigation law enforcement News policy violation What's Hot MORE
The Massachusetts senator and presidential contender sent a letter to eight of the biggest U.S. banks asking about how they assess climate-related risks to assets and how they plan to mitigate social and economic fallout. MORE
The New York Department of Financial Services has announced that Leandra English, who formerly served as CFPB Deputy Director, has joined the NYDFS executive team as Special Policy Advisor. MORE
Also released last week, the EU document has a different focus to the US one, which allowed national FinTech charter bank licenses to be … The post The EU’s policy on FinTech competition is … appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. I cannot post a 222-page PDF from the US Government on FinTech and competition without also posting a 136-page PDF from the European Commission on FinTech and competition. MORE
EXCLUSIVE—Payment processor Visa has not changed any policies related to the purchasing of bitcoin, the company told Bank Innovation. The company still allows Visa cardholders to make cryptocurrency purchases with “credit, debit, and certain prepaid Visa products,” it said in a statement. MORE
The desire to avoid examiner scrutiny may tempt some financial institutions to set the bar high when it comes to credit and liquidity risk management policy limits, but regulators are discouraging this approach. Do established policy limits reflect true risk tolerance? MORE
Chief Executive Officer John Neal said that the 330-year-old insurance market is in discussions with automakers about different policies as car ownership changes. Lloyd’s of London is looking into its auto coverage options to prepare for the impending rise in driverless technology. MORE
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) in the Netherlands has released its own General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fining policy, according to reports , and is the first European Union (EU) country to do so. MORE
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While the company had rolled back the policy in April, it has decided to reinstate collecting the initial 2.9 Earlier this year, PayPal updated its User Agreement to change our refund policy,” a PayPal spokesperson told The Verge. “In
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With the new IBM Policy Lab, IBM is looking to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) development in a way that is safe, but does not infringe upon the creation of new technology, reports said. Leclerc is also chairman of the Software Alliance’s Europe, Middle East and Africa Policy Committee.
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JANUARY 2, 2020
A European Central Bank (ECB) policy maker is urging banks in the area to find alternatives to Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra, according to a report by Bloomberg. Cryptocurrency cryptocurrency european central bank Libra monetary policy News What's Hot
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced changes to policies on Civil Investigative Demands (CIDs), which are investigational subpoenas issued by the CFPB. CFPB Civil Investigative Demands investigation law enforcement News policy violation What's Hot
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JULY 24, 2019
So you may have clicked on this link thinking, “what the heck is a policy package and why haven’t I heard of this?” In this article we’ll be discussing what a policy package is and how you can use them within your organization. How do I use policy packages?
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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
Sabine Lautenschläger, Germany’s representative on the European Central Bank’s executive board, has resigned over the institution’s changes to its monetary policy. International european central bank executive board Germany monetary policy News What's Hot
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FEBRUARY 8, 2018
EXCLUSIVE—Payment processor Visa has not changed any policies related to the purchasing of bitcoin, the company told Bank Innovation. The company still allows Visa cardholders to make cryptocurrency purchases with “credit, debit, and certain prepaid Visa products,” it said in a statement.
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FEBRUARY 14, 2019
Apple CEO Tim Cook and IBM CEO Ginni Rometty have been appointed to President Donald Trump’s advisory board that aims to direct the future of workforce policy. Regulation Advisory Board AI Apple Donald Trump Education IBM jobs News policy regulation What's Hot workforce
PYMNTS
MARCH 14, 2019
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (DDPA) in the Netherlands has released its own General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) fining policy, according to reports , and is the first European Union (EU) country to do so.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 27, 2018
For monetary policy and those interested in inflation dynamics, the implication is that retail prices are becoming less ‘insulated’ from these common nationwide shocks,” Cavallo wrote in the paper. The aforementioned impact of shorter-duration pricing at retailers has implications for monetary policies, according to Bloomberg, as automatic adjustments to what are known as external shocks means that interest rate adjustments by the central bank may lose potency.
PYMNTS
APRIL 7, 2019
If you close your account before May 7, 2019, the changes will not apply to you,” the company wrote in the policy update. Sellers aren’t happy with some of the changes that PayPal has made to its user agreement.
Daily Fintech
DECEMBER 5, 2019
Now she is making waves with her push for climate conscious monetary policies. In her new role as the ECB president, she is hitting the ground running with some amazing policy work around climate change. Fintech General christine lagarde climate change policies trade finance
PYMNTS
JANUARY 3, 2020
Elena Hernandez, the spokeswoman for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said Kratsios is expected to discuss the national plan for artificial intelligence (AI), which was started in 2018.
Chris Skinner
AUGUST 5, 2018
Also released last week, the EU document has a different focus to the US one, which allowed national FinTech charter bank licenses to be … The post The EU’s policy on FinTech competition is … appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. I cannot post a 222-page PDF from the US Government on FinTech and competition without also posting a 136-page PDF from the European Commission on FinTech and competition.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2018
In Kenya, the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) has issued its “FinTech Sandbox Guidance Note,” which is now finalized as policy.
Chris Skinner
AUGUST 31, 2016
The Bank makes clear it’s not the opinions of the institution … The post Could central bank digital currencies kill monetary policy? I didn’t realise until the other day that the Bank of England has a blog Bank Underground. Finally, a boring old British bank with a blog.
PYMNTS
MARCH 26, 2019
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has refused to delay a “loan charge” policy for tens of thousands of individuals in the U.K. The policy has not been well-received, and has even been linked to two suicides in the country.
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APRIL 27, 2018
After making changes to its Android app and terms of service, MoviePass is adding another modification to its platform: Subscribers can now only watch a particular movie through its movie ticket subscription service one time, Android Central reported. “We We recently updated our Terms of Service to reflect that MoviePass subscribers are only permitted to see a select movie in theaters once with your MoviePass,” the company wrote on its website. “We
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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019
A Chinese app that lets users convincingly swap their faces with film or TV characters has rapidly become one of the country’s most downloaded apps, triggering privacy concerns, Reuters reported Monday (Sept. Released on Friday (Aug.
Perficient Financial Servies
MAY 14, 2018
Microsoft is happy to cater to these demands by announcing the availability of retention policies for Microsoft Teams. Teams admins now can use Office 365 Security and Compliance to set retention policies for Teams chats and team channels. Technology is a beautiful thing!
PYMNTS
AUGUST 31, 2018
To take on apps that don’t give users information on the use of their personal data, Apple is introducing a new requirement: At the beginning of October, apps will have to have a privacy policy – even those that are in testing, according to reports. 3, 2018, App Store Connect will require a privacy policy for all new apps and app updates in order to be submitted for distribution on the App Store or through TestFlight external testing,” a statement on Apple’s website reads. “In
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 15, 2017
The new per-transaction threshold complements the bank’s existing policy of not charging an overdraft fee if a customer’s available balance and ending account balance is overdrawn by $5 or less and no items are returned for non-sufficient funds at the end of processing for that business day. Aiming to boost its reputation after a fake account scandal last year, Wells Fargo announced Tuesday (Nov. 14) the launch of a new overdraft feature that will reduce the hit to customers.
PYMNTS
JULY 11, 2019
Google is reviewing its privacy policies after a report showed that contractors were given sensitive audio information, including private conversations and personal information that could identify users, according to a report by TechCrunch.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 18, 2017
While this time of year is filled with cheer and celebration, it’s also important to make sure your company’s policies reflect fairness, equality and safety. Tip #2: Make sure your policies work with diverse religious beliefs. Blog HR Policies‘Tis the season!
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 10, 2019
A WeWork executive is calling for real estate lenders to be more flexible when it comes to their co-working tenants. “It’s It’s important for lenders to look at the fundamentals of each opportunity and not paint everything with a broad brush, because there’s a lot of noise,” Candice King, senior director of capital markets for WeWork’s real estate investment platform, known as ARK, said, according to Bloomberg.
PYMNTS
APRIL 9, 2019
President Donald Trump announced over the weekend that U.S. Treasurer Jovita Carranza is his pick to lead the Small Business Administration (SBA), after its current chief, Linda McMahon, announced on Friday (March 29) that she will leave the post.
PYMNTS
JANUARY 21, 2019
Her term ends in October, so she’s working a report that will lead competition policies in the digital era, according to a report by the AP. Margrethe Vestager, the European Union’s top antitrust cop, is coming to the end of her term as antitrust enforcer, but not before she plans to release a report laying out a long-term plan to police the world’s largest tech companies. Vestager has tussled with many of the big name tech companies, including Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook.
American Banker
JANUARY 22, 2020
The Massachusetts senator and presidential contender sent a letter to eight of the biggest U.S. banks asking about how they assess climate-related risks to assets and how they plan to mitigate social and economic fallout.
Abrigo
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Policies are “the cornerstones for sound lending and loan administration,” and risk rating policies are a key component. Regulatory agencies lay out elements that loan policies should cover, such as what types of loans an institution will make and what information will be required from borrowers, but they rarely dictate the details. An institution must develop appropriate policies and procedures based on its size and the complexity of its portfolio.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 19, 2018
19) announced a new policy tool aimed at boosting lending to small and private companies. The central bank in China went on to note that it plans to continue to put in place a “prudent and neutral” monetary policy that will ensure liquidity.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 6, 2019
Facebook’s 2012 policy changes that denied app developers access to user data was actually about stifling competition, not protecting user privacy, according to documents reviewed by Reuters on Wednesday (Nov.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 15, 2019
Bafin, the German financial watchdog that is monitoring Deutsche Bank’s involvement in the Danske Bank money laundering scandal, has asked the bank to review some of its correspondent banking policies, according to a report from Reuters.
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and global growth prospects, and in the ability of policy authorities to offset weak growth.” Bob Dylan’s big Nobel Prize win means that this week’s Insights piece features a Dylan-esque theme.
PYMNTS
JUNE 21, 2018
trade policy is the largest risk externally that companies face. trade policy will have a negative impact during the next six months, while 20 percent said the impact will be very negative, and 66 percent of Asia-Pacific-based CFOs said the U.S. President Donald Trump’s tax reform — signed into law late last year — was a boon for the stock market, but his tough trade stance is pressuring stocks so far in 2018.
Abrigo
JUNE 23, 2017
The desire to avoid examiner scrutiny may tempt some financial institutions to set the bar high when it comes to credit and liquidity risk management policy limits, but regulators are discouraging this approach. Do established policy limits reflect true risk tolerance?
PYMNTS
AUGUST 21, 2018
And as a form of data sharing, a form of record keeping, a direct conduit in transactions, some proponents say that decentralized ledger technology (DLT) can be a salve for an issue front-and-center, as Turkey proves a recent example of daily life roiled by rapid currency devaluation and panic: Namely, monetary policy. At its most basic form, monetary policy resides in the hands of governments, and currencies are rooted in the notion of “fiat.”
PYMNTS
JANUARY 10, 2019
What consumers want mostly is choice – and they tend to prefer retailers and service providers that offer it to them.
PYMNTS
APRIL 26, 2018
Uber is changing its policy on bug bounties, payments to people who expose data security problems, Reuters reported on Thursday (April 26). “We’re The company is revising its policy to specify it won’t pursue legal action against good-faith hackers who submit flaws through its bug bounty portal, which is hosted by HackerOne.
PYMNTS
MAY 13, 2016
Taking a page from the old Tom Petty Handbook, Target CEO Brian Cornell has officially determined that the retailer will not back down on its inclusive bathroom policy. million signatures argue that “Target’s policy is exactly how sexual predators get access to their victims.” Cornell buttressed that message on a mid-week CNBC appearance during which he affirmed there would be no reversing its policy. “We’ve Retail Target Target Bathroom policy
PYMNTS
APRIL 5, 2018
According to a report in Bloomberg , the social media giant is spelling out how it collects and uses data in its Terms of Service and Data Use Policy. The updated policy discusses not only how data is used on the Facebook site, but also how it is used across other social media platforms, such as Instagram and Facebook Messenger. Users have found Facebook’s policies confusing in the past, especially pertaining to apps the company owns.
CFPB Monitor
JANUARY 20, 2020
The New York Department of Financial Services has announced that Leandra English, who formerly served as CFPB Deputy Director, has joined the NYDFS executive team as Special Policy Advisor.
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