Legal & Regulation

Legal & Regulation
Germany’s Telecom Regulator Head Going After Google, Facebook
July 05, 2018

Jochen Homann, the president of Germany’s telecom regulator Bundesnetzagentur, is going after Google and Facebook, contending that their messaging and email services should face the same regulation as telecom companies in the country. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and...

Legal & Regulation
Betting On Digital Identities As Online Sports Gambling Takes Off
July 05, 2018

The idea remains as simple as ever: Put down money on a team or athlete because of fandom, a hunch or a considered view, and then hope to turn a profit. But since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that states can allow...

Bank Regulation
Bad Loans Slow Banks In FinTech Race
July 04, 2018

FinTech startups and big tech may provide competition for established banks that have bad loans on the books, The European Banking Authority (EBA) said on Tuesday (July 3). In addition, the EBA said banks might be burdened with old technology, Reuters reported. Get the Full...

Legal & Regulation
Yelp Wins Court Ruling About Negative Online Reviews
July 03, 2018

A recent California Supreme Court decision that essentially allows a negative Yelp post to stand about a lawyer could help determine how online reviews are treated in the future. The case could also influence how much responsibility third-party platforms have when consumers complain about goods...

Legal & Regulation
Wells Fargo Hit With Lawsuit Over Financing Fees
July 02, 2018

Wells Fargo is facing a new lawsuit, this time from the Texas jeweler J. Edwards Jewelry Distributing and the company’s president, John Silverman, for charging what the lawsuit contends were hidden fees to customers using Wells Fargo’s financing programs. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

Bank Regulation
RegTech: From Compliance Checkbox To Competitive Cornerstone
July 02, 2018

Bank of America is being sued for $120 million after failing to flag large deposits into small accounts, which were cleared a few days later. Previously, U.S. Bank was fined $600 million for failing to flag and report suspicious activity according to anti-money laundering (AML)...

Legal & Regulation
SEC: Ex-Equifax Manager Guilty Of Insider Trading
June 29, 2018

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it has charged a former Equifax manager with engaging in insider trading before the company announced its massive data breach last year. This is the second case the SEC has filed in the aftermath of the breach. In March, the...

Legal & Regulation
Exactis Data Breach Sparks Class Action Lawsuit
June 29, 2018

The first class action lawsuit against Exactis has been filed in response to the company’s massive data breach that exposed the private information of more than 200 million U.S. consumers and 110 million business contacts. The marketing and data aggregation firm was the subject of a...

CFPB
Mulvaney Reduces Penalty On Payday Lender Security Finance
June 29, 2018

The acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has cut a fine against payday lenders in half, as well as dropped some of the agency’s earlier claims in the case. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...