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The holiday season is still months away, but consumers are already worried about paying for this year’s gifts.

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Protocol | Ryan Deffenbaugh and Fintech team | Aug 29, 2022 The CFPB received 20,900 complaints last year involving money transfer services (including mobile and digital wallets) and virtual currency companies, the category most closely associated with fintech. That marked a 63% increase from a year earlier, even if they amount to just a small

LinkedIn Reinvtenting Life by Deepak Chopra, MD | Sep 5, 2022 How not to think about your body Many situations can be changed one small step at a time, but others require a complete transformation. This arises when a total misconception or practice needs to be overturned. Without realizing it, almost everyone makes a similar

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich suggested student loan borrowers shouldn't bank on forgiveness yet, despite President Joe Biden's announcement last month.

Marsh | Alexander Phillips | Aug 19, 2022 Fintech companies are subject to some of the same consumer and investor protection regulations as traditional financial institutions, but must balance compliance requirements with the need to innovate, grow, and develop new products. Meanwhile, privacy risks and ever-growing cyber challenges can contribute to significant economic loss and

The Defiant | Owen Fernau | Sep 2, 2022 Who owns what when someone owns an NFT? The answer is not always clear. When Actor Seth Green’s Bored Ape was stolen, for instance, it brought plans for a show with the animated character into question. There’s the ambiguity of whether the metadata, the code that

With food prices at historic highs, more consumers are leaning on buy now, pay later to cover their weekly grocery tab.

The Guardian | Jasper Jolly | Sep 4, 2022 New rules in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cover all notionally valuable digital assets Crypto exchanges must report suspected sanctions breaches to UK authorities under new rules brought in amid concerns that bitcoin and other cryptoassets are being used to dodge restrictions imposed in response

WSJ | Jean Eaglesham | Sep 5, 2022 Decision to push ahead with proposal to spin off consulting arm could lead to firm splitting in late 2023 The accounting giant’s global executive committee, which oversees the firm’s 312,000-person worldwide network, met on Labor Day to put the finishing touches to the plan for a worldwide

The U.S. dollar is trading near a two-decade high relative to the euro. Here's how Americans can take advantage when traveling abroad.

IMF blog | Gita Bhatt | Sep 1, 2022 The recent plunge in crypto assets has left investors numbed by losses and surely in doubt. But the future of money is undoubtedly digital. The question is, what will it look like? In our latest issue of Finance & Development, some of the world’s leading experts

Original Release | Digital Dollar Project | Aug 31, 2022 WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Digital Dollar Project (DDP) announced today the launch of its Technical Sandbox Program to jumpstart further exploration of technical implementations of a U.S. central bank digital currency (CBDC). The program is slated to begin in early October with

Decrypt | Liam J. Kelly | Sep 3, 2022 Not If but When It described the continued effects of the Tornado Cash sanctions, said the industry has “failed to show any kind of value to society,” and outlined two potential paths forward for Maker. This also means that “at some point in the future, there is

In the weeks after President Joe Biden announced student loan forgiveness, more details have emerged about who qualifies and how long it will take to unfold.