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Hogan Lovells opens fintech knowledge portal

Hogan Lovells today launches an innovative new online LawTech product – Engage, a pioneering knowledge portal and thought leadership platform for both established financial institutions and new FinTechs.

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Innovate Finance publishes RegTech for regulators report

Innovate Finance’s Transatlantic Policy Working Group (TPWG) and Strategic Partner Hogan Lovells, today launched a report titled Future of RegTech for Regulators, Adopting a Holistic Approach for the Digital Era Regulator.

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BBVA sets up Global Patent Office

BBVA has set up a Global Patent Office to work with inhouse engineering and development teams to protect IP rights in new products as they emerge from the laboratory.

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Diebold claims victory in patent infringement case against Nautilus Hyosung

Diebold Nixdorf, Incorporated (NYSE: DBD) today announced that the International Trade Commission (ITC) has issued a final ruling in favor of Diebold Nixdorf in its patent infringement case against Korea-based Nautilus Hyosung.

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Japan brings in high speed trading rules

Japan's financial services watchdog is to introduce new rules that will require high frequency trading firms to register with the regulator and demonstrate that they have proper risk management processes in place.

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Capco sues former UK boss for £145 million

FIS-owned consultancy Capco is suing its former UK boss Andrew Tarver for £145 million over allegations that he stole clients and conspired to cover up the evidence.

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TrueEX files anti-trust lawsuit against MarkitServ

US interest rate swaps exchange trueEX has filed a lawsuit against IHS Markit for allegedly engaging in anti-competitive practices in the post-trade processing arena.

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Palantir pays $1.66m to settle hiring discrimination suit

Palantir Technologies, a Peter Thiel-founded big data outfit which claims the SEC among its clients, will pay $1.66 million to settle a US government complaint that it discriminated against Asian job applicants.

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Russian hacker sentenced to 27 years in US prison

The son of a Russian lawmaker has been sentenced to 27 years in a US prison for hacking into retail POS systems and stealing millions of credit card numbers which he then sold on to other crooks.

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Law firms Collyer Bristow and Augusta join forces for interchange fee damages claim

Law firm Collyer Bristow is collaborating with Augusta, a leading litigation funder in the SME market, to back a multi-million pound claim against MasterCard and Visa over their use of multilateral interchange fees (MIFs).

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Prisoners build PCs from stolen parts then apply for credit cards in fellow inmate's name

A pair of enterprising American prisoners managed to steal enough spare parts from a work programme to put together two computers, which they hid in a closet ceiling and used for various escapades, including to apply for credit cards in another inmate's name.

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SEC issues fake news crackdown

The US securities watchdog has issued a series of fines and penalties to individuals and entities for submitting hundreds of articles to financial websites which purported to be impartial endorsements of certain companies but which were secretly paid-for

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Allen & Overy lights the Fuse on tech innovation space

Allen & Overy is opening Fuse, a new tech innovation space where tech companies, Allen & Overy lawyers, technologists and their clients will collaborate to explore, develop and test legal, regulatory and deal-related solutions.

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US Supreme Court rejects effort to revive $5.7bn interchange settlement

The US Supreme Court has refused to revive a $5.7 billion class action settlement between millions of retailers and Visa and MasterCard over interchange fees.

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Docutech launches eSignature platform for digital mortgages

Docutech, the industry-leading provider of compliance and document technology solutions, announces that Stearns Lending and New Penn Financial have gone live with Solex, the all-new eSignature solution designed for clients leading the new Digital Mortgage age.

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UBS deploys electronic signature technology from Cryptomathic and SwissSign

Shortly after the launch of their joint centralised solution for Qualified Electronic Signatures (QES), Cryptomathic and SwissSign today announce the completion of a major deployment at UBS, Switzerland’s largest retail bank.

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Russian hacker pleads guilty over $500m Citadel malware

A Russian hacker accused of helping to develop and maintain the notorious Citadel malware toolkit, which was used to steal more than $500 million from bank accounts, faces up to 10 years in a US prison after pleading guilty to computer fraud.

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Law firm Addleshaw Goddard picks fintech startups for mentoring programme

Addleshaw Goddard is the latest law firm to buddy up to the fintech community, picking seven startups to join a 12-month programme that will include legal advice and mentoring.

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UK competition watchdog tells Diebold Nixdorf to sell off some business

The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ordered Diebold Nixdorf to sell one of its customer-operated ATM businesses.

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Former iPayment execs charged over multi-million dollar fraud scheme

The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged two former iPayment executives with a scheme that allegedly saw them manipulate the credit card processing firm's accounting systems to steal millions of dollars.