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CFPB Issues RFI For Remittance Rule At Urging Of CUNA

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced Thursday (April 25) that it has issued a request for information on its remittance rule, which had faced calls by the Credit Union National Association for revision.

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US regulators extend comment period on bank-fintech relationships

Finextra

The federal bank regulatory agencies announced today that they will extend until October 30, 2024, the comment period on a request for information on bank-fintech arrangements involving banking products and services.

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Bitcoin Daily: IBM Eyes Blockchain For African Agriculture; CFTC Goes Back To School On Ethereum

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In a Request for Information (RFI), the CFTC wants details about the technology, opportunities, risks, mechanics, uses, and markets, related ethereum. The under-30 reading shows that the recent heavy selling of bitcoin may have been exhausted.

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The CFPB Is Taking A Closer Look At SMB Credit Access

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Yet little is known about how well the lending market serves their financing needs,” CFPB Director Richard Cordray said in a statement announcing a formal request for information. This inquiry will help us learn how we can best fulfill our duty to collect and report information on small business lending.”.

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American Fintech Council Calls for Treasury to Back Innovation by Enhancing Regulatory AI Clarity

The Fintech Times

In June, the Treasury Department issued a request for information on the use of AI in financial services. The American Fintech Council , the industry association representing responsible fintech firms and banks, has recommended a number of measures to develop a pragmatic regulatory framework for AI to the Department of the Treasury.

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Fed To Investigate Deutsche Bank’s Role In Danske Bank Scandal

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There are no probes,” Deutsche Bank said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg, but noted it “received several requests for information from regulators and law enforcement agencies around the world.

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Moving Data With Money The Key To Faster KYC: identitii

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The tool integrates with existing Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) databases to support due diligence, KYC and AML compliance, and enables banks to send — and corporates to respond to — requests for information initiated by the identitii platform.