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Biden’s Treasury Pick Yellen Leary Of Crypto

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Janet Yellen, President Joe Biden's nominee for Treasury Secretary, is expected to take a hard stance on cryptocurrencies, calling digital currency a “particular concern” that is used “mainly for illicit financing,” Arstechnica and other news outlets reported on Thursday (Jan. Regulators in the U.S.

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The Future of Syndicated Lending Demands Specialized Technology

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There are rollover dates, renewal terms, mandatory pre-payments, covenant compliance, reporting deadlines, administration fees, and much more to orchestrate. This covers volumes, rates, currencies, compliance terms, documentation, counterparties, jurisdictions , timelines, and associated analytics.

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US Treasury Tells Banks To Treat Hemp Businesses Like Any Other

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It’s intended to “enhance the availability of financial services and the financial transparency of hemp-related businesses in compliance with federal law,” the notice said. Hemp, a strain of cannabis with lower concentrations of THC, the substance that makes users high, was legalized in 2018.

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OCC Defines Top Threats To Banks This Season

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Treasury’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has again released its report on top risks facing banks, with its Spring 2017 analysis warning FIs that threats are coming from all angles. Noreika, acting Comptroller of the Currency, in a statement. Compliance. Amid these fluctuations, the U.S.

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Ramifications of the Ukraine Crisis for the Finance Function & How to Deal with It

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Any company with a global supply chain is inherently vulnerable to the fluctuations in currency and input prices that this crisis is intensifying. Curtailing operations and activities in Russia, whether in compliance with sanctions or voluntarily, also creates financial exposure that CFOs need to assess and reflect on their balance sheets.

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Four Techniques Companies Use To Advance In Today’s New Economic Environment

The Finance Weekly

Concentrate on particular areas of improvement. After you've documented and comprehended the extended financial closing process, you may concentrate on identifying the areas that require immediate attention. Use intelligent process automation to your advantage. Centralize risk management activities.

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Why It’s Time To Come Down On Bitcoin

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Its creator, the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto, gave it all of the qualities of cash, but in a digital format: peer-to-peer transfer of a currency in the absence of any intermediary that is pretty much anonymous — only wallet IDs are shared. There’s only so many things you can buy on the dark web though. Back here in the U.S. —

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