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News bites: ‘Virtual currencies’ now subject to federal regulation

By Ben Goad - 03/22/13 08:57 AM ET

Financial regulators are applying money laundering-regulations to online money transactions, The Wall Street Journal reports.

The Federal Reserve and other banking regulators are warning banks on risky leveraged lending practices, according to Dow Jones Newswires.

The fast-growing LPL Financial has increasingly been on the radar of financial regulators, The New York Times reports. 

Executives from Standard Chartered were summoned to Washington to explain remarks downplaying the bank’s violations of U.S. sanctions laws, according to Financial Times.


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http://thehill.com/blogs/regwatch/finance/289777--news-bites-virtual-currencies-now-subject-to-federal-regulation

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