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It's written like it's a strange thing: > role is normally limited to banks and financial services companies. Was anyone expecting a system that handles 6 tri
by grues-dinner 2y ago
It's written like it's a strange thing:
> role is normally limited to banks and financial services companies.
Was anyone expecting a system that handles 6 trillion dollars a year to not fall under financial regulatory purview?
Which I realise is not the actual thrust of the rule change (obviously they were already under some regs already), but it's just such an odd intro.
Apple withdrawing Pay Later when it became clear they'd need to comply with lending regs is quite telling too. Presumably they were attempting to sneak in the back door and claim "it's tech not banking" and got told they're not above the law when the Truth in Lending Act was confirmed to cover the system.
- politelemon 2y ago> Was anyone expecting a system that handles 6 trillion dollars a year to not fall under financial regulatory purview? 9to5mac and Apple at the very least.
- XorNot 2y agoI mean in that regard then Apple's legal department would have been extraordinarily derelict in their duties if this was a surprise.