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Lawmakers Eye Increased Libra Oversight
Lawmakers Eye Increased Libra Oversight
December 02, 2019  |  Regulation

Facebook’s planned cryptocurrency Libra may see increased regulatory oversight, at least if new legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress comes to pass. As reported by...

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Lawmakers, President
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Lawmakers, President
September 20, 2019  |  Facebook

With few, if any, signs that Mark Zuckerberg had made new “friends” to help the firm deal with multiple probes, the Facebook chief executive concluded...

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Zuckerberg ‘Charms’ Lawmakers, But Privacy Push Continues
Zuckerberg ‘Charms’ Lawmakers, But Privacy Push Continues
September 20, 2019  |  Facebook

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a third day in Washington, D.C. meeting with lawmakers, according to a report by Bloomberg. The move comes as the...

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Capital One Data Breach Sparks GOP Probe
Capital One Data Breach Sparks GOP Probe
August 01, 2019  |  Security & Fraud

House Committee on Oversight and Reform Republicans have started a probe into Capital One and Amazon over a massive data breach that affected millions, according...

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House Lawmakers Call Libra A Dangerous Threat
House Lawmakers Call Libra A Dangerous Threat
July 17, 2019  |  Cryptocurrency

There was much skepticism and criticism — with some concerns raised more pointedly than others — during a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Facebook’s...

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IBM Is In D.C. Making The Case Why AI Won’t Destroy Mankind
IBM Is In D.C. Making The Case Why AI Won’t Destroy Mankind
June 28, 2017  |  Artificial Intelligence

IBM is in Washington, D.C., this week to make the case to federal government officials that artificial intelligence isn’t going to steal jobs from humans....

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Dodd-Frank Rollback Tops Regulatory Landscape
Dodd-Frank Rollback Tops Regulatory Landscape
June 12, 2017  |  Bank Regulation

Big picture thinking dominated news surrounding financial services and payments regulations this past week. In the U.K., a contentious election brought “hard” and “soft” Brexit into...

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More Lawmakers Hear From Industry On Payments Security
More Lawmakers Hear From Industry On Payments Security
March 10, 2014  |  Alternative Finances

06 March 2014 Various key players in payments and security got their chance on Wednesday to discuss with key lawmakers their views on how to...

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