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The United States May License Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Bank Innovation

The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan.

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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

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Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2017, the bank was converted from its National Charter to a Kansas state-chartered bank and renamed Heartland Tri-State Bank. In 2019, it expanded by buying its fourth branch from a competitor.

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Getting real about real-time payments in the United States

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The United States is an instant payments laggard compared to the rest of the world. Despite these challenges, there is momentum in real-time payments adoption in the United States. For more insights on real-time payments, listen to a recent webinar, Real-time payments in the United States: A game of inches.

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US Probes Hack Of Treasury, Commerce Department

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Department of Commerce and its National Telecommunications and Information Administration unit discovered Friday (Dec. 12) emergency meeting of the National Security Council at the White House, Reuters reported. 11) and over the weekend were severe enough to trigger a Saturday (Dec.

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FinCEN Announces New Digital Innovation Officer/Deputy Director

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As Deputy Director, Mr. Mosier oversees FinCEN’s wide-ranging work to protect the financial integrity and national security of the United States,” the release states. The announcement also noted that Mosier “served a tour at the White House National Security Council as director for transnational organized crime.”.

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Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto

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Two Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. The hacking of virtual currency exchanges and related money laundering for the benefit of North Korean actors poses a grave threat to the security and integrity of the global financial system,” said U.S. national security,” said Don Fort, chief, IRS-CI. “We

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Decoding QR Codes: Retailers Embrace Simple, Secure Touchless Payments Option

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The use of QR codes is growing more popular in the United States, enabling consumers to instantly access information and easily pay on their smartphones without going through a URL entry. Some countries are catalyzing this growth through national mandates rather than leaving retailers to their own devices.

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