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Becoming a “Bahama Mama” Crypto-Style: A Closer Look at The Digital Asset Landscape in The Bahamas

Perficient

Members of Perficient’s Digital Asset Team have advised followers in multiple online articles about the digital asset revolution and relevant regulations affecting the same in the United States. Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs.

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Bitcoin Daily: Investors Reimbursed For $2M Hacker Losses By IOTA Exec; Australia To Focus On Crypto Holders For Audits; France Wants Testing Ground For EU Security Tokens; ICOBox Fined $16M For Selling Unlicensed Securities

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Meanwhile, as the tax authority in Australia puts digital currency traders in its sights, many people in the country will get a warning in the following weeks from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), news.com.au Digital currencies, for their part, are seen as a property type and an asset when it comes to capital gains tax.

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Bitcoin And The Bitter Tax Bite

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And lest you think changes in tax policy sow confusion only in the United States, think again. Bitcoin breeched a key psychological barrier on news that the South Korean government would tax income earned by virtual currency exchanges to the tune of 24.2 This past week saw a wild ride. billion raised.

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Experts: US House Examines Legislative Actions To Combat Cybercriminals

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But Kellerman and other security experts advocated at the hearing for legislative measures, such as modernizing anti-money laundering (AML) and forfeiture rules and moving the Secret Service to the Treasury Department, to help combat the threat.

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Citi Says Issues Arise With Credit Card Interest Rate Calculations

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Citigroup disclosed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday (Feb. As noted by Reuters , and, in an additional statement from Citigroup, the banking giant — which is the third-largest card lender in the United States in 2016, according to the Nilson Report — disclosed the extent of the impact: 1.75

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FinCEN’s check fraud alert: Ten red flags you should know

Abrigo

Fraudsters will steal personal checks, business checks, tax refund checks, and checks related to government assistance programs. Fraud, including check fraud, is the largest source of illicit proceeds in the United States and is one of the anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) National Priorities.

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EU Eyes Single European Data Market

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In Europe, the continued evolution of data policies and regulation now point toward a single market across the Continent. There is also a proposal for getting rid of EU regulations against anti-competitive data sharing. “We Breton said the plan’s cornerstone calls for the creation of a €2 billion EU cloud platform alliance.

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