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- Money laundering is financial thoughtcrime (2013) https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/money-laundering-is-financial-thoughtcrime 2 comments
- Wells Fargo's Bid to Vanquish Screen Scraping http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/wells-fargos-bid-to-vanquish-screen-scraping-1081367-1.html 66 comments
- Bitcoin Payment Processor BitPay Loses $1.8M in Phishing Hack http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/bitcoin-payment-processor-bitpay-loses-1m-in-phishing-hack-1076722-1.html 45 comments
- 'Too Big to Jail' Admission Changes Debate http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_45/how-holder-s-surprising-too-big-to-jail-admission-changes-debate-1057303-1.html 26 comments
- Wells Fargo gives $1,000 bonus to its lower-paid employees https://www.americanbanker.com/news/wells-fargo-gives-1-000-bonus-to-its-lower-paid-employees 2 comments economy
- Crypto.com hack exposes shortcomings of multifactor authentication https://www.americanbanker.com/news/crypto-com-hack-exposes-shortcomings-of-multifactor-authentication 17 comments cryptocurrency
- Guess who doesn't care about crypto price crashes? The investors pouring billions into the sector, the hundreds of banks about to offer trading services to their clients, and devs actually building better, faster, cheaper alternatives to what is being used today. https://www.americanbanker.com/list/7-tech-trends-to-watch-in-2022-from-crypto-banking-to-biometrics 201 comments cryptocurrency
- Small banks set to go live with bitcoin trading https://www.americanbanker.com/news/small-banks-set-to-go-live-with-bitcoin-trading 9 comments bitcoin
- New York orders crypto lenders to close operations in state https://www.americanbanker.com/news/new-york-orders-crypto-lenders-to-close-operations-in-state 13 comments cryptocurrency
- OCC weighing rules on bank board diversity https://www.americanbanker.com/news/occ-weighing-rules-on-bank-board-diversity 3 comments economics
- House Republican to SEC chair: Leave crypto rules to Congress https://www.americanbanker.com/news/house-republican-to-sec-chair-leave-crypto-rules-to-congress 27 comments cryptocurrency
- Jerome Powell: Fed won't ban private stablecoins and other types of cryptocurrencies https://www.americanbanker.com/news/fed-wont-ban-private-stablecoins-powell-says 23 comments cryptocurrency
- “Mastercard to buy crypto security firm CipherTrace” https://www.americanbanker.com/payments/news/mastercard-to-buy-crypto-security-firm-ciphertrace 4 comments cryptocurrency
- A growing hot sector or meh? https://www.americanbanker.com/news/green-challenger-bank-aspiration-going-public-via-a-spac 16 comments investing
- Are cryptocurrency exchanges the new Swiss banks? https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/are-cryptocurrency-exchanges-the-new-swiss-banks 21 comments cryptocurrency
- American Express turns NFTs into a credit card perk https://www.americanbanker.com/news/american-express-turns-nfts-into-a-credit-card-perk 11 comments cryptocurrency
- Wyndham Hotels experiments with new guest reward: Bitcoin https://www.americanbanker.com/payments/news/wyndham-hotels-experiments-with-new-guest-reward-bitcoin 10 comments cryptocurrency
- Playing catch-up in crypto, banks ask core providers for help - as 81% of American holders say they would store crypto in their bank if they could https://www.americanbanker.com/news/playing-catch-up-in-crypto-banks-ask-core-providers-for-help 32 comments cryptocurrency
- European joint venture aims to boost crypto's appeal to banks https://www.americanbanker.com/payments/news/european-joint-venture-aims-to-boost-cryptos-appeal-to-banks 4 comments cryptocurrency
- The Federal Reserve’s top supervisory official said Thursday that bank regulators should be paying more attention to the rise of stablecoins and digital currency. https://www.americanbanker.com/news/feds-quarles-bank-supervisors-dont-get-crypto 10 comments cryptocurrency
- One of America's oldest wine sellers starts taking crypto https://www.americanbanker.com/news/one-of-americas-oldest-wine-sellers-starts-taking-crypto 6 comments cryptocurrency
- Biden forces bankers to not deny loans to prisons and other socially responsible stonks https://www.americanbanker.com/news/biden-team-lays-groundwork-to-reverse-trump-era-banking-policies 12 comments wallstreetbets
- Banks in California can no longer claim exemption from new consumer privacy laws...consumers can obligate removal of certain info https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/banks-must-brace-for-renewed-privacy-fight 27 comments privacy
- Smartphone brand can reflect creditworthiness: FDIC study (Not just phones - predicting value based on digital footprints) https://www.americanbanker.com/news/smartphone-brand-can-reflect-creditworthiness-fdic-study 3 comments privacy
- Wells Fargo was hit with more scandal. But does anyone care? https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/wells-fargo-was-hit-with-more-scandal-but-does-anyone-care 9 comments business
- ATTENTION GSE HOLDERS: TENDIES INCOMING AT MARKET OPEN https://www.americanbanker.com/news/fhfa-breaks-silence-on-housing-finance-reform 46 comments wallstreetbets
- How I missed the point of bitcoin https://www.americanbanker.com/opinion/how-i-missed-the-point-of-bitcoin 4 comments btc
- Brendan Eich, creator of the JavaScript programming language plans blockchain-based digital ad platform on the Ethereum network https://www.americanbanker.com/news/web-pioneer-plans-blockchain-based-digital-ad-platform 18 comments ethereum
- Awesome idea: Brave browser (from a Mozilla co-founder) is going to use a fast and low-fee cryptocurrency in order to share webpage ad revenues between announcers, webmasters and visitors https://www.americanbanker.com/news/web-pioneer-plans-blockchain-based-digital-ad-platform 4 comments btc
- US Attorney General Eric Holder Senate Transcript : The size of some financial institutions became so large that it becomes difficult to prosecute them. If we do bring a criminal charge, it will have a negative impact on the national economy, perhaps even the world economy http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_45/transcript-attorney-general-eric-holder-on-too-big-to-jail-1057295-1.html 7 comments economy
- GOP Lawmakers Blindsided by Trump's Embrace of Glass-Steagall http://www.americanbanker.com/news/law-regulation/gop-lawmakers-blindsided-by-trumps-embrace-of-glass-steagall-1090275-1.html 4 comments politics
- How Big Should Bitcoin Blocks Be? Depends on Your Values (by Jim Harper) http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/how-big-should-bitcoin-blocks-be-depends-on-your-values-1090214-1.html 3 comments btc
- Banks are getting more and more interested in Bitcoin for security settlement, and the network is nowhere near close to handling this type of volume http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/the-case-for-banks-to-use-open-public-blockchains-1079783-1.html 4 comments btc
- Blockstream, Startup at Center of Bitcoin Brawl, Raises $55M http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/blockstream-startup-at-center-of-bitcoin-brawl-raises-55m-1079173-1.html 6 comments btc
- PwC Partners With Bitcoin Startup for Blockchain Push http://www.americanbanker.com/news/bank-technology/pwc-partners-with-bitcoin-startup-for-blockchain-push-1079122-1.html 3 comments btc
- "The idea behind my legislation is simple. If banks get a subsidy … banks should hold capital sufficient to cover it … If a bank’s shareholders decide that it’s not worth holding capital in reserve to pay for the subsidy, they would be free to downsize their institution." -Rep. Michael Capuano http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/the-brilliant-solution-to-tbtf-no-one-is-talking-about-1066524-1.html 52 comments politics
- How Feds Double Standard Enables Bad Bankers http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/how-feds-double-standard-enables-bad-bankers-1065367-1.html 9 comments politics
- Worrisome Spike in Student Loan Write-Offs http://www.americanbanker.com/magazine/124_01/worrisome-spike-in-student-loan-write-offs-1064197-1.html 5 comments economy
- Obama Budget Predicts $943 Million FHA Bailout (x-post from r/politics) http://www.americanbanker.com/issues/178_69/obama-budget-predicts-943-million-fha-bailout-1058189-1.html 6 comments economy
- Want to kill some bankers? There's an app for that. “Bailout Wars,” a new iPhone game. http://www.americanbanker.com/bankthink/kill_game-1003698-1.html 3 comments business