Latest Regulation & Compliance News: Finextra Research

NextGen Nordics 2024: What to expect from this year's conference

Finextra is returning to Stockholm for the annual NextGen Nordics event. Attendees can expect in-depth conversations on a variety of topics, and much more.

16 February 2024

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US sanctions firms for providing tech to Central Bank of Iran

The United States has imposed sanctions on several companies and individuals for smuggling technology to the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).

16 February 2024

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Citi tests tokenisation of private funds

Citi has joined forces with Wellington Management and WisdomTree to explore the tokenisation of private markets.

14 February 2024

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US fraud losses top $10bn in 2023

Americans lost more than $10 billion to fraud in 2023, with investment scams accounting for nearly half of the losses, Federal Trade Commission data shows.

13 February 2024

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New York expands Digital Currency Group lawsuit to seek $3bn

New York Attorney General Letitia James has filed an amended lawsuit against crypto firm Gemini and Digital Currency Group, alleging that nearly quarter of a million investors were defrauded out of more than $3 billion, rather than the $1 billion claimed in the initial suit.

09 February 2024

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NextGen Nordics 2024: Agenda to cover AI, Buy Now Pay Later, data privacy and Request to Pay

The Nordic region has been at the vanguard of innovation across payments for decades, but is that the case in 2024? NextGen Nordics 2024 - a leading conference led by Finextra Research held in Stockholm on 23 April 2024 - will procure an answer to this question from experts hailing from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

09 February 2024

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Visa, Mastercard, JP Morgan, Citi among companies to attend US AI Safety Consortium

As part of the Biden Administrations efforts to regulate AI, over 200 organisations have agree to attend the US AI Safety Institute Consortium (AISIC), including Nvidia, OpenAI, Apple, JP Morgan, and Amazon.

09 February 2024

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MEPs nod through ten second instant transfer rules

The European Parliament has adopted new rules to ensure transferred funds arrive within ten seconds into the bank accounts of retail customers and businesses across the EU.

08 February 2024

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Regtech docStribute raises £820k

Distributed Ledger Technology-based regtech docStribute has raised £820,000 from a gaggle of angels in a pre-Series A funding round.

08 February 2024

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Paytm shares plummet on RBI curbs

Indian payments giant Paytm has seen its shares price drop 20% for the second day running - knocking around $2 billion off its market value - after its banking business was hit with strict curbs by the RBI.

02 February 2024

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Celsius to exit bankruptcy with $3 billion payout

Cryptocurrency company Celsius Network has begun a $3 billion payout in an approved plan to exit bankruptcy.

02 February 2024

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