PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden has announced a new director of the National Economic Council in Brian Deese , the current head of sustainable investing at BlackRock , CNBC reported. The three-member council advises the president on economic policy. efforts to fight climate change and its underlying causes. automobile industry.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In notes on its most recent (August) meeting of the bank’s Payments System Board, the members said that “at present there is not a strong public-policy case for issuance in Australia, given that the electronic payments system in Australia compares very favorably with those in many other countries and access to cash remains good.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Amazon urged Congress on Wednesday (May 13) to enact legislation to prohibit price gouging during times of national emergency, Reuters reported. Brian Huseman, a vice president of public policy at Amazon, said in a blog post that each of the nation’s states have different rules when it comes to price gouging.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

The Washington Nationals baseball team unveiled its ticket reimbursement policy for contests that the pandemic impacted, The Washington Post reported. But many teams — such as the Nationals — had halted or delayed payments for season tickets.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

16), the National Restaurant Association offered up seven public policy tenets that – in collaboration with delivery aggregators – are being billed as a “framework” for the delivery industry. With data sharing, to boot. To that end, as reported on Wednesday (Dec.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

The world of payments has provided a new leader to the National Urban League. Murphy was elected to the post during the National Urban League’s Board of Trustees quarterly meeting in New York City. His job includes oversight of the payment card network’s legal affairs, public policy, corporate governance and compliance. “He

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

There are many forms of nationalism. Ethnic nationalism. Cultural nationalism. Now comes cryptocurrency nationalism? It may not be far-fetched to think that closed-door policies would lead to further fragmentation in an already fragmented industry. We are being a bit tongue in cheek here, but perhaps just a bit.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

economy and local economies throughout our nation are being "hung out to dry" by regulators' push for increased capital requirements, according to the head of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council. The small businesses that drive the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

This legislation represents a significant breakthrough – the first time a state or nation has passed a new law devoted exclusively to putting guardrails in place for the use of facial recognition technology,” Smith said in the post.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Can monetary policy cure the ills of an economic slowdown caused by the Coronavirus ? That target was slated to be announced at the National People’s Congress scheduled for early March, which is now delayed. China may be about to find out. News came on Tuesday (Feb. No easy fix is in sight.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Two former comptrollers of the currency argue that state-level efforts to regulate nationally chartered banks fly in the face of both the law and good sense, threatening to take the country back to the era of "wildcat" banking.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 24, 2022

SoFi) to create SoFi Bank, National Association (SoFi Bank, N.A.), as a full service national bank headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. The bank will also provide a fully digital, mobile-first national lending platform for consumers across the country.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Department of Housing Urban Development (HUD) announced a proposed rule to permit the use of private flood insurance policies with FHA mortgage loans. The regulators are the Farm Credit Administration, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Federal Reserve Board, National Credit Union Administration, and Comptroller of the Currency.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 12, 2021

The CFPB issued a Rescission of Statement of Policy for the previously-issued Statement on Bureau Supervisory and Enforcement Response to COVID-19 Pandemic (March 26, 2020). Rescission of Statement on Bureau Supervisory and Enforcement Response to COVID-19 Pandemic.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2018

China introduced new tax initiatives aimed at bolstering the nation’s entrepreneurs, according to local news reports on Friday (May 4). Vice finance minister Cheng Lihua introduced seven new tax policies during a press conference Friday, with the goal of saving small businesses $9.45 billion a year, reports from Xinhua said.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The National Health Service (NHS) provided Palantir Technologies with volumes of personal information including contact details, gender, race, occupation, health conditions, criminal offenses and religious and political affiliations, according to the 37-page contract that was published online.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 30, 2018

China is struggling to bridge its small businesses to financing for growth, with broader fiscal policy at odds with the initiative, according to reports. The publication pointed to the government’s conflicting policy of stricter lending rules as one reason why efforts to boost small business loan volumes hasn’t taken off.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

companies are turning to their insurance policies that cover things like ransom and extortion to get back losses from the WannaCry ransomware attack that caused headaches around the globe a little over a week ago. With cyber insurance expensive and not used by many outside of the U.S., These are within expectations and entirely manageable.”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

According to B2C Europe’s recently released study , more than half of all consumers consider returning the item long before they decide to buy it and will actively seek to learn what the merchant’s return policy is. Over a third would be incensed to make a purchase in a foreign country if the return policy was clear and certain.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

UN Committee Indicates Support For Initiative To Tax Big Tech In Developing Nations. The United Nation’s Tax Committee of Experts has indicated support for an initiative to assist developing nations in taxing Big Tech, Bloomberg Tax reported on Wednesday (Oct. The committee voted 12-10 Friday (Oct. and Facebook Inc. each month.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In a press release , the national bank noted that the feature will kick in if an overdraft fee hits the day before a direct pay deposit is scheduled to show up in the account. Aiming to boost its reputation after a fake account scandal last year, Wells Fargo announced Tuesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Google, alongside the other multi-national tech companies and tech platform firms like Airbnb and Booking.com, says the DSA will unduly constrain business. As reported by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), the acts “will have a transformative impact across the board on large U.S.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 7, 2017

A national benchmarking report shows that professional staff turnover rates exceed 20 percent in 1 of every 5 accounting firms generating more than $75 million in annual revenue. Among the policies to help drive a culture that is attractive to recruits, Phillips adds: 1. “The This is your competition.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

The proof-of-concept was run in partnership with BIS’ Innovation Hub Swiss Centre, the Swiss National Bank and financial infrastructure operator SIX, according to the announcement. It offers potential advantages but faces “major” policy hurdles, according to the announcement.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 18, 2024

Following a year of new DOJ policies and guidance designed to incentivize companies to self-report misconduct and to cooperate with government investigations, the DOJ has added a new pilot whistleblower rewards program. Continue Reading

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Abrigo

JULY 9, 2024

Takeaway 2 Financial institutions will need to incorporate FinCEN's national AML/CFT priorities into their risk assessments and compliance programs. It also required that FinCEN integrate its AML/CFT policy priorities into financial institutions’ risk assessments. These FinCEN priorities highlight significant threats to the U.S.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Takeaway 3 The specific policy areas outlined below should be carefully considered by credit unions engaged in member business lending. In this blog post, we will delve into the strategies and policies credit unions can adopt to ensure the success and profitability of their MBL programs. Takeaway 2 Start slow.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

In today’s top news, Apple manufacturer and supplier Foxconn has returned to production, the Department of Justice charged two Chinese nationals with laundering over $100 million in cryptocurrency, and TurboTax’s deal to buy Credit Karma has sparked antitrust concerns. Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently issued a request for information ( RFI ) seeking input on appraisal-related policies, practices and processes in connection with home mortgage loans. The FHFA also seeks input on policies and controls to minimize the occurrence of “gaming and data manipulation.”.

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MyBankTracker

APRIL 26, 2021

Customizable policies through riders. Permanent life insurance policies can be expensive due to fees and riders. Policy Offerings. This is a term life insurance policy that provides up to $10 million (and sometimes more) worth of coverage. Trendsetter LB: A term life insurance policy with living benefits.

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BankUnderground

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Chart 1 shows two text-based measures of uncertainty produced by Baker, Bloom and Davis , which quantify newspaper coverage of economic and policy-related uncertainty. Note: US economic policy uncertainty measure is constructed using media citations of terms related to economic policy uncertainty. Conclusion.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

Meanwhile, because of the continued proliferation of the coronavirus, Amazon is offering a more flexible attendance policy for warehouse workers and other staff, CNBC reported. All of the nation’s schools were previously shuttered until mid-March.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

These include: regulation and monetary policy, consumer protection, fraud and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), the national economic outlook, the financial sector’s outlook (for international agencies and global regulators), emerging technologies and innovation (for….

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American Banker

MARCH 13, 2024

The Supreme Court should preserve the preemption of state banking laws by federal laws, a key element of the dual banking system that has served the country well for generations.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 21, 2022

This decision coincided with rate hikes by the Swiss National Bank, its first since 2007, the Bank of England, and the European Central Bank announced at an emergency meeting that they would raise interest rates next month and again in September. For the past 14 years, the monetary policy in the U.S. has been exceedingly loose.

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