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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

Perficient

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

Accenture: Banking

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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BSA and AML Day National 2020 Celebration

Abrigo

Honor BSA/AML Professionals on October 26th Professionals across the nation are encouraged to celebrate National Financial Crime Fighter Day. . National Day Calendar Get more resources on this nationally recognized day. National Day Calendar Get more resources on this nationally recognized day.

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Russian Hack Used Servers Inside US, Cybersecurity Company Says

PYMNTS

The recently discovered cyber attack on federal government agencies and companies handling data as sensitive as information regarding new nuclear weapons was run from servers within the United States, The New York Times reports. It’s clear the United States government missed it. The Times quoted Democratic U.S.

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US Probes Hack Of Treasury, Commerce Department

PYMNTS

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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Western Union CFO On Q2 And The New-To-WU Consumers’ Big Digital Shift

PYMNTS

Management added that WesternUnion.com is currently available in more than 75 countries, with bank account payout in over 100 nations. The outflow of funds from the United States has also ticked up. He said some nations have better social safety nets or managed the virus better in the early phases than others did.