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New York Attorney General issues crypto trading risk warning

In her ongoing efforts to protect New York investors, New York Attorney General Letitia James today issued two alerts in response to the “extreme risk” posed to New Yorkers investing in virtual or “crypto” currencies.

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Bitfinex and Tether to pay $18.5m penalty in New York casse

New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her efforts to protect investors from fraudulent and deceptive virtual or “crypto” currency trading platforms by requiring Bitfinex and Tether to end all trading activity with New Yorkers.

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Bank of America files record number of patents

Bank of America inventors filed 722 patent applications with the United States Patent Office last year, the most in the company’s history.

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CBA granted license for Dutch subsidiary

From next year, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) will be able to grant its clients better access to European markets from its newly-licensed Dutch subsidiary, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Europe) N.V.

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Tall Group claims victory in long-running lawsuit

The Tall Group of Companies, the UK’s leading provider of secure electronic and paper payments solutions, has successfully defended a patent infringement case brought against it by a competitor, global customer communications company Communisis.

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Blockpit and Bitpanda join forces to provide legal security for crypto trades

From now on, users of Bitpanda, the Vienna based trading platform for digital assets, can access Blockpit's legally compliant and audited proof of origin.

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Indian crypto exchange submits sandbox draft proposal

Amidst early rumours of a Second crypto Ban, the Indian crypto industry has prepared a Draft Sandbox for Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulations in India

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Rackspace and M1 Finance collaborate on fraud detection

Rackspace Technology™ (NASDAQ: RXT), a leading end-to-end multicloud technology solutions company, today announced it brought expanded Amazon Web Services (AWS) capabilities to M1 Finance, a Chicago-based online financial services company.

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Coinbase names Facebook's Paul Grewal chief legal officer

We’re proud to announce today that Paul Grewal is joining Coinbase as our Chief Legal Officer.

/retail

VTB Group receives patent for credit tech

VTB Group has received a patent for a technology developed by the bank's IT and consumer banking specialists for selecting loan offers for clients.

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CFTC charges Florida man in fraudulent forex and digital asset scheme

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, charging defendants Alan Friedland of Florida and his Florida-based companies, Fintech Investment Group, Inc. (Fintech) and Compcoin LLC, with fraudulently soliciting more than $1.6 million from their customers in connection with a leveraged or margined off-exchange foreign currency (forex) scheme.

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Law firm Kemp Little launches free Covid-19 Toolkit for businesses

Kemp Little has launched a free advisory resource to help businesses navigate tax, legal and financial processes thrown into discord by Coronavirus.

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Westpac faces US class action suit over financial crime disclosure

Westpac today confirmed that Rosen Law Firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Westpac on behalf of purchasers of the securities of Westpac between 11 November 2015 and 19 November 2019 inclusive.

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Quinn Legal to become first Isle of Man law firm to accept bitcoin payments

Bitcoin exchange, CoinCorner, has partnered with leading legal firm, Quinn Legal, to enable clients to make Bitcoin payments directly via the legal firm’s website, becoming the first Isle of Man based law firm to do so.

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Deutsche Bank to launch new digital legal document management system globally

Deutsche Bank announced today that it has signed a contract for the NetDocuments cloud-based legal document management system.

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North West law firm Brabners sets up fintech practice

Growth continues with increasing pace for Brabners with the appointment of two new partners, Stephen Hadlow and Piers Dryden, to its corporate team based in the firm’s Manchester office.

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Ashurst opens Fintech Legal Labs for applications

International law firm Ashurst announces the launch of FinTech Legal Labs, an intense fintech accelerator programme aimed at enabling FinTech businesses to gain insight into legal issues affecting their business, as well as accessing the firm's network of corporate clients, leading financial institutions, investors and potential JV partners.

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Intesa Sanpaolo goes live with ClauseMatch

ClauseMatch, a financial technology company founded in 2012, officially announced today that it has become operational at Intesa Sanpaolo.

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Movencorp issued financial wellness patent

Movencorp, Inc, a leading provider of smart banking technologies to promote financial wellness, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued US Patent No. 10,217,162 covering the “Methods and Apparatus for Promoting Financial Behavioral Change.”

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Banking industry stops £4.5mn of fraudulent payments per day, UK Finance finds

The finance industry prevented £820 million of unauthorised fraud in the first half of 2019, up 14 per cent on the previous year, according to the latest figures from UK Finance.

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