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Bank Regulation
Bank of England To Put Financial Firms Through Cyber Stress Test
June 27, 2018

Financial services companies in the U.K will have to undergo cyber stress tests to ensure they could recover if they were hit with a major cyber breach. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Legal & Regulation
Bank Of America Accused Of Aiding $102M Ponzi Scheme
June 27, 2018

Bank of America has been accused in a lawsuit of providing more than 100 accounts, used to carry out a $102 million Ponzi scheme. According to Bloomberg, the class-action suit, Heinert v. Bank of America, N.A., was filed in U.S. District Court, Middle District of...

CFPB
CFPB Supports Reconsideration Of Payday Rule
June 26, 2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has filed a response supporting reconsideration of the agency’s payday rule. According to The National Law Review, the motion requested that a Texas federal court reconsider its June 12 order that the effective date of the rules not be...

Legal & Regulation
Regulators Ask EU For GDPR Exemptions
June 26, 2018

Regulators from North America, Great Britain and Asia have requested a formal exemption from the European Union’s new data privacy law that they said could potentially interfere with cross-border investigations. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free...

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Supreme Court: Amex Anti-Steering Does Not Run Afoul Of Antitrust Law
June 25, 2018

And so, the two-sided market lives on. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree...

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FinTech Catches Regulatory Gaze In The US 
June 25, 2018

Regulators turned their collective gaze toward FinTech firms this past week. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Bank Regulation
Banks Lure Deposit Customers With Increased Cash Bonuses
June 25, 2018

Rising interest rates on the part of the Federal Reserve for the past few years hasn’t prompted a lot of banks to raise the rates they pay on deposits account. However, some customers have been making money, thanks to a cutthroat environment in which some...

Bank Regulation
Rebundling The Unbundled Bank
June 25, 2018

FinTechs by the dozen. Apps by the dozen. Banks have competitive, operational and communication challenges in place, as Mitch Siegel, National FS Strategy and Transformation Leader at KPMG tells Karen Webster. But huge arrow for FIS remains in the quiver: Trust.

CFPB
Judge Rules CFPB Structure Unconstitutional
June 22, 2018

A federal judge in New York has ruled that the structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is unconstitutional. According to Reuters, the decision by U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska prohibits the agency from suing a company that advances money to people awaiting settlement payout,...