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Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook

Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook
Banks Push Back On Possible Banking Charters For Big Techs Like Amazon And Facebook
September 30, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

A U.S. House committee this week began reviewing the idea of allowing the likes of Amazon or Facebook to receive charters to operate as banks...

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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows
Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows
September 21, 2020  |  Cybersecurity

A shocking new report reveals an underworld of corruption in the world’s banks and how governments allow it to thrive, BuzzFeed News reported. The Financial...

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Deep Dive: Why Data Protection Is The Next Great Open Banking Battleground
Deep Dive: Why Data Protection Is The Next Great Open Banking Battleground
August 20, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Fraudsters took immediate advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic, banking on overwhelmed servers, staff and consumer vulnerability to target everything from eCommerce purchases to government-supported relief...

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Wanderlust Wines On Why Merchants Are Not Yet Convinced By SCA’s 2FA Promise
Wanderlust Wines On Why Merchants Are Not Yet Convinced By SCA’s 2FA Promise
August 19, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

European Union regulators are eager to pop the top on new regulations to solve the region’s fraud woes. But many merchants still aren’t convinced, says...

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Kenya’s Central Bank Seeks To Govern Digital Lending Interest Rates
Kenya’s Central Bank Seeks To Govern Digital Lending Interest Rates
July 24, 2020  |  Loans

The central bank of Kenya is putting forward new legislation to govern interest rates charged for digital lenders’ loans. Online lenders will need the green...

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Shifting Latin America’s Open Banking Plans
Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Shifting Latin America’s Open Banking Plans
July 23, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Open banking has been picking up steam in Latin America for more than two years. Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March...

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Open Banking For The Unbanked: How The Pandemic Is Affecting Innovation In LatAm
Open Banking For The Unbanked: How The Pandemic Is Affecting Innovation In LatAm
July 22, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

With nearly 50 percent of the Latin American population unbanked, there's a growing appetite for mobile banking services. And the ongoing pandemic is only accelerating...

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New Report: Mercado Pago On How Mobile Bridges The LatAm Banking Gap
New Report: Mercado Pago On How Mobile Bridges The LatAm Banking Gap
July 21, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. The European Union’s financial...

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