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US Treasury Secretary Sees Libra As National Security Threat

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin believes that Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency could pose as a national security threat. In a press conference on Monday (July 15), Mnuchin warned that Libra “could be misused by money launderers and terrorist financiers” and that it was a “national security issue.”.

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Retail Group Fights Back Against Anti-Maskers

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Social media has been full of news of anti-maskers wrecking displays – and weeks ago, even attacking a store clerk because of regulations requiring them to mask up inside stores. There’s “Costco Karen” who had a tantrum because she was asked to do the same. This should no longer be up for debate.”.

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Amazon Faces New Competition In India

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However, according to Bloomberg , if a new national eCommerce policy becomes law, it will be harder for these U.S.-based While Amazon was hoping that those rules would be loosened, the proposed policy actually calls for harsher controls — even on the phantom sellers that Amazon and Flipkart have been using to get around the problem.

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Credit Unions Shun Online Ads For Content To Acquire Customers

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In August, Facebook instituted changes to its advertising policies as the result of a settlement it reached with anti-discrimination groups and the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). In regard to big national banks, or even regional banks, he said, that rule makes some sense. When Rules For The Few Hit The Many.

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FinCEN Deputy Director Talks Reform, NBFI Supervision

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“In focusing on innovation, we want to examine how we can focus more industry and government resources on priority areas of national security and high-value illicit crimes.”. El-Hindi made it clear that he doesn’t want to sacrifice innovation in pursuing anti-money laundering (AML) and other anti-illicit policies.

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The Innovative ‘Green Shoots’ Growing Out Of COVID-19’s Scorched Earth

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As long as the weather’s still cold and people are not voluntarily and strictly carrying out isolation policies and quarantining, this is going to spread,” he said. According to The National Development and Reform Commission, by the end of February, more than 60 percent of the country’s logistics companies had returned to work.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

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“I’m so inspired by the professionalism, integrity and commitment of our executive committee and board of directors as we work together to serve the needs of community bankers across the nation,” says Terry Jorde, ICBA senior executive vice president and chief of staff. Bank Operations and Payments chair Alice P.