PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In an effort to get more clarity on the regulation of digital currencies, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman Jay Clayton. The lawmakers are looking for the official to lay out how the agency plans to regulate digital currency in clearer terms, CNBC reported. representatives wrote to U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) is planning to expand regulations to encompass digital asset wallet providers, adding to its frameworks that currently address Digital Asset Exchanges (DAX) and Initial Exchange Offering (IEO), the SC announced Thursday (July 23). Meanwhile, in the court case United States v.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

In other news, the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) is mulling a regulatory sandbox for security tokens, Cointelegraph reported. The endeavor is designed to look into security token offerings as well as the wider idea of financial monetary contracts based on blockchain.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

We’ve encountered such cases before, but there was no legal regulation of the mechanism for seizing cryptocurrency,” he said, according to Cointelegraph. “I Paul Gosar of Arizona has put forward a bill that aims to associate a broad array of digital assets to the suitable regulator, Cointelegraph reported.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The paper said that prior to the approval of vaccines by regulators in the United States and the European Union, authorities had warned that fraudsters would use the opportunity to launch scams or sell stolen doses. In the United States, the FBI posted guidelines on its website for avoiding COVID-19 crime.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 2, 2021

As anticipated, the OCC, Federal Reserve Board, and FDIC recently approved and released the Final Rule Requiring Computer-Security Incident Notification (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule is designed to promote early awareness and stop computer security incidents before they become systemic.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2020

A new rule from the United Nations will require connected cars sold in Japan, South Korea and the European Union, among other places, to be protected against cyberattacks, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Japan said it would begin implementing the rules next year, and South Korea plans to introduce some regulations this year.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

The Bank of Japan ( BOJ ), Japan’s central bank, has joined in with other regulators and officials around the world in its worry over Facebook’s proposed cryptocurrency Libra , according to reports. . The bank is worried that the currency will be difficult to regulate and that it could potentially harm the existing financial system. “It

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Perficient

JUNE 30, 2022

Members of Perficient’s Digital Asset Team have advised followers in multiple online articles about the digital asset revolution and relevant regulations affecting the same in the United States. Highlights From Federal Bank Regulators’ Joint Statement on Cryptocurrency Assets – Perficient Blogs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

The world’s first ICO regulations are coming, care of Gibraltar. The rapid global proliferation of initial coin offerings has become an issue of mounting concern among regulators and central banks around the world – in particular, the growth of ICOs has fueled massive growth in the cryptocurrency market in general.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

“It is very unlikely that one can totally stop people from buying Libra despite rigorous regulations.”. Mu does believe there is one scenario where countries would be able to block Libra: If the United States decides to ban it. “If We have to get to a place where we can be confident that trading is better regulated.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Amid the announcement of a new cryptocurrency – that would be Libra – the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which operates as global regulatory firm based in Paris with a membership roster of countries such as China and the United States, has said it will boost its examination of digital currencies with an eye on money laundering.

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Abrigo

APRIL 10, 2017

The first module that Ancin covered during the webinar was the current state of credit unions and the current regulatory environment. He showcased several statistics, including that, while the number of credit unions in the United States has declined since 2012, the number of credit union members in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

In a bit of high-tech saber-rattling, Facebook is threatening to pull the plug on its social media platform in the European Union if a controversial decision by Irish regulators is allowed to stand. according to Metro. government. government. That could prove to be “immensely complicated,” the Times reported, and likely highly expensive. “A

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Regulators in the United States have reportedly met to discuss levying fines against social media giant Facebook , a punishment that could be sizable in scope and which comes in the wake of privacy violations. The government shutdown currently underway has meant that regulators have not as of yet responded to the Friday reports.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

Initial coin offering (ICO) consultant CoinLaunch will pay $50,000 to settle with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC). According to the regulator’s website , CoinLaunch was consulted on two ICOs, with both determined to be securities. Safeway has 894 locations across 17 states.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that bitcoin needs to be as highly regulated as SWIFT. In other news, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled a fine with a Russian firm that was pushing initial coin offerings (ICOs) without revealing that it was getting paid to do so.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that bitcoin needs to be as highly regulated as SWIFT. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has settled a fine with a Russian firm that was pushing initial coin offerings (ICOs) without revealing that it was getting paid to do so. In other news, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Across the globe, terrorists and criminals are leveraging cryptos in what is gearing up to be a significant national security threat to the United States. That’s according to the U.S. In the report from the U.S. The terrorist threat, in particular, represents what the report termed “the first raindrops of an oncoming storm.”

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Solutions like telemedicine, secure patient data management platforms, and prediction software incorporating big data and IoT are becoming increasingly integral to the success of healthcare companies, and the pandemic is accelerating their development. Security, Data Privacy, and Intellectual Property Protection.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Ripple is mulling moving its headquarters abroad because of frustration with the regulatory climate in the United States. Brad Garlinghouse , the company’s CEO, says he went to London in September and told the outlet that the Financial Conduct Authority does not consider XRP to be a security. What you see in the U.K.

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Abrigo

JULY 9, 2024

Proposed NPRM FinCEN's anticipated AML/CFT program rule The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently unveiled its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for AML/CFT programs, federal regulators’ latest move to enhance the integrity and effectiveness of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) efforts.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

BuzzFeed said the thousands of suspicious activity reports, authored by lenders and shared with the government, offer a glimpse into global corruption enabled by banks and allowed to flourish by regulators.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. Crypto Regulations.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2020

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) includes the following key provisions that affect financial institutions and regulation of financial institutions: Section 4003 – Emergency Relief and Taxpayer Provisions.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2020

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have been especially hard hit, as many have pivoted quickly to enable online transactions and adhere to the regulations that often accompany them. The health crisis has brought about changes to this rule, however, and these may have long-term implications for payment standards and regulations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The road to mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrencies will still have its bumps, its potential roadblocks set in place from regulators. At the heart of it all might lie a jousting existential in nature — namely, between the companies that create and issue cryptos and the agencies that regulate them.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2018

The organization added that Facebook, which must obey the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in Europe when it goes into effect in May, should also abide by those same protections in the United States. It would also give enforcement authority to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

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Abrigo

JULY 13, 2023

Avoid fraud losses from pig butchering scams FinCrime professionals looking to prevent pig butchering scams in the age of cryptocurrency can follow these steps to tighten security. Pig butchering scams originated in Southeast Asia and have escalated significantly in the United States. billion in fraud losses in 2022.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The EU’s PI licensing requirements are especially stringent, with strict requirements on PI infrastructure, shareholder qualifications, Know Your Customer (KYC) and AML policies and information security programs. To date, only 10 companies have obtained the license in Luxembourg.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

TechCrunch reviewed many of the documents and reported that most of those impacted were located in the United States. The Monster Security Team was made aware of a possible exposure and notified the recruitment company of the issue,” the company said. Even after multiple requests, Monster declined to name the customer.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The card will roll out in the United States and expand to further places at a later time. On another note, the government in Hong Kong is looking to modify the regulations for digital currency trading companies running or providing offerings in the area in the city, Coindesk reported.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 25, 2022

On August 8, 2022, the District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (the Department”) issued a Bulletin on money transmission (the “Bulletin”). District Court for the District of Columbia in United States v. In support of its position, the Department highlights the July 2020 decision of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The Social Security number (SSN) was never meant to get this much attention. In a wide-ranging discussion, Socure CEO Sunil Madhu and PYMNTS’ Karen Webster discussed the brave new world of identity security and verification, and what those terms mean when it should be assumed that all of your data has been compromised. Think again.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

While the advancement of open banking regulations may be seeing a small skip due to the spread of the coronavirus , many countries saw business and typical banking operations halted right after deciding upon new online privacy rules. Around The Data Protection And Security World. Security .

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 27, 2020

In a week that saw the coronavirus pandemic amplify in the United States, the fintech sector continued to weather economic dislocation and uncertainty. But even amid this uncertainty, fintech companies began formulating strategies to help banking and consumers emerge from the crisis with better tools and solutions.

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