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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

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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Two Chinese Nationals Charged With Laundering $100M In Crypto

PYMNTS

Two Chinese nationals were charged by the U.S. North Korea continues to attack the growing worldwide ecosystem of virtual currency as a means to bypass the sanctions imposed on it by the United States and the United Nations Security Council. national security,” said Don Fort, chief, IRS-CI. “We

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Mastercard Protests Payments ‘Nationalism’ In India

PYMNTS

government over the use of nationalism by the government in India to promote a domestic payments network there. ” Modi has said that using RuPay is akin to offering a service to the nation, given the fees associated with the use stay in India. Mastercard reportedly has lodged a protest with the U.S.

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A Network In A Time Of Need: Credit Unions Go National When Disaster Strikes

PYMNTS

A year ago, no one would have predicted that the United States would face a deadly pandemic, a massive Gulf Coast hurricane and wildfires engulfing the West Coast. Those efforts culminated with the National Credit Union Foundation’s recent launch of the CUAid Disaster Recovery App , in collaboration with PSCU.

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