Analysis

All these concerns are set against a backdrop of increased enforcement across the federal government, and CFIUS is no exception.

China, Thailand, Hong Kong, and the UAE are collaborating to develop mBridge, a multi-CBDC bridge, that promises cross-border settlement in seconds rather than days.

Companies that previously touted their DEI progress are now questioning whether they've set themselves up for future legal action.

The "prevailing norm" in corporate America is "governance is lacking, resources are misaligned, and enterprises fly blind to their most critical cybersecurity risks, putting the company and shareholders on uncertain ground," said Scott Kannry, CEO of the cyber-risk engineering firm Axio.

"For the first time in U.S. states, companies will need to collect meaningful permissions from their customers to gather and apply data relating to the customers' position on the globe."

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