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OCC: Banks Face Higher Compliance Risks Due To Pandemic

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said in a report this week that it will examine how the coronavirus is impacting compliance by financial institutions (FIs). Additional steps may be necessary to properly segment and secure bank networks if employees use personal devices to connect to bank systems,” the OCC wrote.

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Bitcoin Daily: 7,000 Crypto ATMs Worldwide, Data Says; Marshall Islands Plans National Digital Currency

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The blockchain for the Marshallese sovereign (SOV) digital currency will be developed with Algorand technology, according to an announcement. Algorand created a permissionless, open source and pure proof-of-stake blockchain technology. This partnership ensures that the SOV will be built on a scalable and secure platform.”.

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Budget 2022: A thumbs-up for Digital India

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The Indian technology sector saw several major announcements in the Union Budget 2022, with a few misses in the startup segment. Budget 2022’s announcements on manufacturing, sustainability, electronics, digital currency, innovation and startups with technology as the cornerstone are expected to give a fillip to the tech industry.

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MUFG Bank Enters Consent Order With OCC Over AML Compliance

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Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), over deficiencies that the OCC identified in the Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) compliance program. The office recently examined the branches for BSA/AML and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions compliance. On Wednesday (Feb.

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Compliance As Competitive Advantage

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The tricks of the trade may have been limited to cash once upon a time, but now there is an ecosystem in place that allows things to happen beyond the realms of physical currency and transactions. Payments technology is bringing these far-flung methods together in the spirit of modernization,” Gurz said.

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IdentityMind On The Need For FinTech Compliance Marketplaces

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Compliance and risk? Automating that compliance is now a “need to have.”. The age of technology is, of course, well upon us, with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) a key conduit to making sure that at least some business operations — once the province of spreadsheets and reams of paper — can be streamlined. Plugging In To Plugins.

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How Technology Can Unlock Trust In Cross-Border Transactions

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The technology, he noted, is starting to get ahead of the problem and neutralize the pain points. “In The first is the risk and compliance bucket, ensuring practices are aligned with the governing regulatory model, including making sure everyone is who they say they are – on both sides of the transaction.