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Lawmakers Hit A Wall In Creating National Privacy Law
Lawmakers Hit A Wall In Creating National Privacy Law
June 11, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

Efforts from lawmakers in the U.S. to come up with a national privacy law have hit a wall, with Senators unable to agree on how...

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Dems Want Bank Execs To Testify Before Congress Each Year
Dems Want Bank Execs To Testify Before Congress Each Year
May 16, 2019  |  Banking

Democrats would like to see bank executives get grilled by Congress on an annual basis. After Wall Street leaders spent hours answering lawmakers’ questions at...

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Lawmakers Want FTC To Investigate H&R Block, TurboTax
Lawmakers Want FTC To Investigate H&R Block, TurboTax
May 05, 2019  |  Taxes

H&R Block and Intuit, the maker of TurboTax software, are facing calls from lawmakers for the Internal Revenue Service to cancel agreements with the companies...

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Ohio Bill Urges Gov’t To Adopt Blockchain
Ohio Bill Urges Gov’t To Adopt Blockchain
April 28, 2019  |  Blockchain

Blockchain got a boost last week after the Ohio House Of Representatives introduced a bill that would let state government agencies use blockchain technology. According...

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Bank CEOs To Assure Congress The Financial System Is Stronger Now
Bank CEOs To Assure Congress The Financial System Is Stronger Now
April 09, 2019  |  Bank Regulation

The heads of some of the nation’s biggest banks will stress how much more secure the financial system is thanks to regulations following the Great...

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Buffett Tells Wells To Cast Wide Net For New Chief
Buffett Tells Wells To Cast Wide Net For New Chief
April 08, 2019  |  Personnel

Famed investor and Wells Fargo’s largest shareholder Warren Buffett urged the bank to look beyond Wall Street to find a new chief executive for the...

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Financial, Regular Firms Want Banks To Work With Pot Companies
Financial, Regular Firms Want Banks To Work With Pot Companies
March 27, 2019  |  Politics

Financial firms, fertilizer, beverage, and other mainstream companies are calling on Congress to enable pot companies to have access to banks. According to a report...

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Calif Lawmakers Seek More Stringent Data Privacy Law
Calif Lawmakers Seek More Stringent Data Privacy Law
February 26, 2019  |  Regulation

California lawmakers are looking to make their strictest-in-the-nation data privacy law even tougher. Last year, California passed the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) that provides consumers with more...

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Ripple Heads Up New Crypto Lobbying Group; Pays In XRP
Ripple Heads Up New Crypto Lobbying Group; Pays In XRP
September 30, 2018  |  Blockchain

Ripple, the blockchain startup, is heading up a new cryptocurrency lobbying group called Securing America’s Internet of Value Coalition. Coindesk, citing a Business Standard report late...

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