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UK Regulators Warn Banks to Safeguard Again Lending Discrimination if Using AI, ML
UK Regulators Warn Banks to Safeguard Again Lending Discrimination if Using AI, ML
February 13, 2022  |  Regulation

Banks using artificial intelligence (AI) to approve loan applications have been warned by U.K. financial regulators that they can only deploy that technology if they...

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TD Bank Freezes 2 Bank Accounts Supporting Canadian Protests
TD Bank Freezes 2 Bank Accounts Supporting Canadian Protests
February 13, 2022  |  Banking

Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD) has frozen two personal bank accounts that had C$1.4 million deposited to support protesters of the Canadian government’s pandemic measures, a report...

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FinTech Reserve Trust Founder Says Fed Nominee Raskin Allegations ‘Completely False’
FinTech Reserve Trust Founder Says Fed Nominee Raskin Allegations ‘Completely False’
February 13, 2022  |  Politics

Sarah Bloom Raskin, a Biden nominee for the Fed’s top banking position, has the co-founder of Reserve Trust defending her over charges that she’s had...

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Today in Crypto: BlockFi Could Pay $100M to SEC to Settle Case; Crypto Now Part of Divorce Settlements
Today in Crypto: BlockFi Could Pay $100M to SEC to Settle Case; Crypto Now Part...
February 13, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Crypto lender BlockFi will pay $100 million in a Securities and Exchange Commission settlement over a probe into selling unregistered securities, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb....

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Takeaway.com Chief Denies Plan to Sell Grubhub
Takeaway.com Chief Denies Plan to Sell Grubhub
February 13, 2022  |  Delivery

Jitse Groen, CEO of Just Eat Takeaway, has said the company’s plan to delist its shares from the Nasdaq doesn’t mean it’s planning to sell...

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eMarketplace Cent Stops Selling Most NFTs Due to Fraud
eMarketplace Cent Stops Selling Most NFTs Due to Fraud
February 13, 2022  |  NFTs

Cent, a platform for selling non-fungible tokens (NFTs), has suspended a majority of its transactions because people have been selling content that isn’t theirs, Reuters...

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Spanish Banking Group Sabadell Considers Selling Payments Business
Spanish Banking Group Sabadell Considers Selling Payments Business
February 13, 2022  |  International

Banco de Sabadell will be looking into selling its payments business, Bloomberg reported Friday (Feb. 11), citing anonymous sources. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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OpenSea Rolls out Investment Arm, Grants for NFTs
OpenSea Rolls out Investment Arm, Grants for NFTs
February 13, 2022  |  NFTs

Non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea is debuting an investment arm following its raising $300 million at a $13.3 billion valuation last month, the company announced...

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Italy’s UniCredit Weighs Strategy Amid Bid Rumors for BPM
Italy’s UniCredit Weighs Strategy Amid Bid Rumors for BPM
February 13, 2022  |  International

Italy’s second-largest bank, UniCredit, is weighing its options following reports it was making moves to snag rival Banco BPM. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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