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Singapore’s New Digital Banks Will Change The Banking Landscape Forever, Maybe

Forrester IT

In a landmark announcement made on December 4, 2020 Singapore’s Monetary Authority (MAS) awarded banking licenses to four players, two of which will serve the retail banking market using a digital full bank license (DFB). known for […].

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Virtual banks in Hong Kong set to rekindle the retail banking experience

Forrester IT

(Co-authored with Nancy Lin, Senior Associate) The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) recently announced 8 new virtual banking licenses in the market and their operators will all launch new digital-only banks there before or in early 2020.

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Moonstone Bank, the Washington state bank with ties to FTX, will wind down crypto operations

GeekWire

(Bigstock Image) Moonstone Bank , the digital lender with ties to FTX, announced this week it will wind down plans to offer banking services for industries such as crypto and cannabis. It was acquired in 2020 by FBH Corporation, owned by Jean Chalopin, also the chairman of Bahamas-based Deltec Bank. Its net worth was $5.7

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Senators ask regulators to investigate bank and crypto ties, citing Washington state bank

GeekWire

bank regulators to investigate the ties between the banking industry and cryptocurrency firms including Farmington, Wash.-based based Moonstone Bank. They also note that Jean Chalopin, who is the head of Moonstone’s parent company FBH, is also the chair of Bahamas-based Deltec Bank. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)

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Bank downplays ties to FTX sister company in latest fallout from crypto exchange failure

GeekWire

A bank in rural Washington state sought to distance itself from FTX on Tuesday following a report last week detailing its connections to the failed cryptocurrency exchange. 23 that FBH, the parent company of Farmington State Bank, received $11.5 Moonstone Bank’s reputation as well.” Moonstone Bank’s reputation as well.”

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Data breach exposes 1.6 million Washington state residents who filed unemployment claims in 2020

GeekWire

million people who filed for unemployment claims in the state in 2020. In addition to members of the general public, this group includes many state employees, as well as people whose identity was used to file for claims fraudulently in early 2020. SAO was reviewing all claims data as part of an audit of that fraud incident.

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State of Cybercrime 2020: FBI Report

SecureWorld News

Here is the report's opening paragraph: "In 2020, while the American public was focused on protecting our families from a global pandemic and helping others in need, cyber criminals took advantage of an opportunity to profit from our dependence on technology to go on an Internet crime spree. Business Email Compromise 2020.

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