PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The EU and the European Commission also said that they were ready to “take all necessary measures to ensure appropriate standards of consumer protection and orderly monetary financial conditions.”. The decision aligns with the bloc’s strict stance on Libra.

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Stax

JANUARY 15, 2024

Implement geo-blocking measures, i.e., blocking or limiting payment transactions from regions or countries where surcharging is prohibited by local regulations. Inform them about the surcharge policy, highlighting the consumer protection guidelines. email, social media, SMS), and tailor concise messages to those channels.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

This month, for example, Maryland passed a bill that requires car-sharing companies to comply with regulations similar to rules for car rental companies, including paying sales tax. He added that P2P car-sharing services should “play by the same set of rules.” Some cities and states are also getting involved.

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FICO

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The election of a new administration along with leadership changes at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) provided new hope for a broad group of industry and nonprofit organizations who have long been advocating for changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). And yet we continue to wait.

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Neopay

APRIL 25, 2024

Protecting people now and in the future The PSR’s ground-breaking reimbursement rules for Authorised Push Payment (APP) fraud take effect from 7 October this year. We’re going from putting in place building blocks for an ambitious and transformative future, to making good on those ambitions.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

In a nutshell, the way miners generate revenue is by solving cryptographic puzzles attached to blocks of bitcoin transactions (this is also a means to confirm the transactions’ legitimacy). That payout halves every 210,000 blocks, or about every four years. For solving these puzzles, miners gain a payout — which is currently worth 12.5

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The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 27, 2023

On a more positive note, after much anticipation, the Financial Conduct Authority ‘s (FCA) Consumer Duty officially launched on 31 July. Looking to ensure a better standard for consumer protection, the new rules were met with mostly positive feedback – from companies and consumers alike.

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Neopay

APRIL 25, 2024

Indeed, the corridors of the European Parliament have been buzzing with both political and technical negotiations on amendments to the Commission’s proposals, whether by adding more stringent transparency requirements on elements such as currency exchange rates or adding new robust consumer protection safeguards.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2018

The basic rule of personal security has changed little since ancient times: A person’s home — or hut, cottage, hovel or flat — is that person’s castle, the main location where relatives and valuables are secured from nefarious forces outside the door. Not any longer. The issue of online trust permeates those actions.

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The Payments Association

DECEMBER 9, 2024

This creates a delicate balance between leveraging AIs capabilities for efficiency and ensuring strong data privacy and security measures are in place to protect consumers. Quickly spotting discrepancies helps financial institutions block suspicious transactions, minimising losses.

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Seon

MAY 16, 2024

While some of these iGaming attacks fall within grey areas, others are absolutely considered fraudulent, for instance: creating multiple accounts under different names, using stolen IDs to bypass KYC checks, and using spoofing technology to evade IP blocks. These rules can help identify potential gnoming activities early in the user journey.

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Global Fintech & Digital Assets

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Issuers of stablecoins would therefore need to be licensed unless they block California residents, but not issuers of utility tokens or creators of tokenized real-world assets. Issuing a digital asset does not in itself require licensure, unless such asset is redeemable for legal tender, bank credit, or another digital asset.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Emin Gün Sirer from Cornell made a pertinent statement on the final day of the Scaling Bitcoin conference: “We were all busy arguing about the block size, but everything else is crucial.” ” For many, block size is no longer the way to increase the network’s capacity. Let’s talk about throughput.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2019

New York’s federal district court ruled that the U.S. The decision is a victory for state financial regulators wanting to block the OCC from issuing licenses, but is also a setback for the administration of President Trump, who strived to find alternatives to traditional banking. The court decision on Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2017

Last week, after five years of debates, discussions, arguments and waiting, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final rules for payday lending dropped. Payday lenders have exploited loophole after loophole to trap working people in debt, and this rule will help put an end to their abusive practices.”.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

.” Otting was also complimentary regarding some of Mulvaney’s decisions while at CFPB, including the reversal of the bureau’s payday rule. Last week, Senators Elizabeth Warren and Maxine Waters, as well as four additional Democrats, called for answers regarding the sudden change of heart on the payday rule. “We

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

” This psychological thriller has Jack (played by Jack Nicholson) and his family holed up in the Overlook Hotel for the winter so that Jack can break his writer’s block and produce his next masterpiece while serving as the hotel’s winter caretaker. Never mind the cost and security issues that it raises for banks. And he can do that.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2017

After a contentious rulemaking process, an even more contentious first draft and then a somewhat less contentious (but still pretty divisive) final rule drafting, the argument about what access consumers should have to shorter-term loans with sky-high interest rates has dragged on. It’s also a long way from being over.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

“The CFPB is an unaccountable bureaucracy rife with racial discrimination that churns out regulations that harm consumers, especially those with low and moderate incomes,” Jeff Emerson, a spokesman for House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, said in an email to PYMNTS. Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.

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