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Technology companies have stormed the heights of consumer finance, but they don’t face the regulation that vexes their old-world rivals. While no single financial watchdog has oversight of Apple , Amazon.com or Facebook owner Meta Platforms , that could change. It all hangs on the views of a panel of watchdogs known as the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

, with many using both, according to S&P Global’s 451 Research. A disruption or failure through a hack or natural disaster could upend operations and cause a panic.

after the 2008 financial crisis. Other FSOC members have their own expertise: the SEC’s is over capital markets, for example. None of this would stop tech firms’ financial march, but it would slow them down. Regulated entities would need to have their own chief executive, board and come up with rules on cybersecurity and other areas. British authorities recently floated ato make sure the financial system could withstand a cloud-computing snafu, including regular cyber resilience tests.

 

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