Global Fintech & Digital Assets

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Long , Parag Patel , Barrie VanBrackle , Becky Critchley , Deric Behar , and Charlotte Collins On December 6, 2023, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Bulletin 2023-37 (Guidance), which clarifies the OCC’s policy positions on the risk management of “Buy Now, Pay Later” (BNPL) lending. By Arthur S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2019

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) antitrust investigation leveled at Facebook (which was recently fined $5 billion in the wake of findings it had mishandled users’ data) has trained its sights on the social media giant’s acquisitions – in particular, whether the company bought firms in an effort to stop them from becoming rivals.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2017

In response to the investigations, an Uber spokesman said in a statement, “We’ve been in touch with several attorney general offices and the [Federal Trade Commission] to discuss this issue, and we stand ready to cooperate with them going forward.”. authorities seeking an explanation. They seem to have been X’ed out.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook, along with a separate one against Google. PYMNTS reported that the President Joe Biden administration is likely to be tougher on Big Tech, particularly as Democrats now control both houses of Congress.

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Clearly Payments

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC): As an independent bureau within the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the OCC supervises and regulates national banks and federal savings associations. It oversees compliance with federal banking laws, including those governing payments.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

The numbers are sobering, as always: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has found that account takeover fraud is on the rise. Synthetic identity fraud – where identities are stitched together from disparate pieces of information, often from a mosaic of individuals – is a burgeoning field.

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