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Dem Senators to Synapse: Let Customers Access Deposits
Politics // July 02, 2024

Four Democratic U.S. Senators have a message for bankrupt FinTech Synapse: Let your customers get access to their deposits. The four senators — Senate Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman — wrote...

Senators Want Better SEC Cybersecurity After EFT-Related Hack
Cybersecurity // January 14, 2024

Two U.S. senators want the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to up its cybersecurity game after a recent hack. Last week, someone breached SEC’s account on X to falsely announce the regulator’s long-awaited approval of bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). While that approval would come a day later, the phony...

Lawmakers Demand Answers from AI CEOs on Working Conditions
artificial intelligence // September 13, 2023

Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Pramila Jayapal have led several colleagues in demanding answers from CEOs of leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies regarding the working conditions of their data workers. In a letter dated Wednesday (Sept. 13) and addressed to the leaders of nine prominent AI companies, the lawmakers...

Sen. Wyden: Money Transfer Surveillance Program Larger Than Previously Reported
Data // January 18, 2023

The amount of money transfer data available to law enforcement is larger than previously reported. The database includes 150 million such transfers from the United States to other countries, is growing and is accessible to more than 600 agencies without a court order, the Wall...

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Dem Senators to Synapse: Let Customers Access Deposits

July 02, 2024
Four Democratic U.S. Senators have a message for bankrupt FinTech Synapse: Let your customers get access to their deposits. The four senators — Senate Banking Committee chair Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Ron Wyden of Oregon, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania’s John Fetterman — wrote to the company’s owners and FinTech partners Monday (July 1), […]

Senators Want Better SEC Cybersecurity After EFT-Related Hack

January 14, 2024
Two U.S. senators want the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to up its cybersecurity game after a recent hack. Last week, someone breached SEC’s account on X to falsely announce the regulator’s long-awaited...

Lawmakers Demand Answers from AI CEOs on Working Conditions

September 13, 2023
Sen. Edward J. Markey and Rep. Pramila Jayapal have led several colleagues in demanding answers from CEOs of leading artificial intelligence (AI) companies regarding the working conditions of their data workers. In a letter dated...

Sen. Wyden: Money Transfer Surveillance Program Larger Than Previously Reported

January 18, 2023
The amount of money transfer data available to law enforcement is larger than previously reported. The database includes 150 million such transfers from the United States to other countries, is...