The latest from Fed Chair Powell and Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s first of several days on the Hill, including their take that the economy is improving but that continued fiscal support—from the Fed and from Congress—was...more
9/23/2020
/ Accounting Fraud ,
Amazon Marketplace ,
Antitrust Investigations ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Competition ,
Congressional Investigations & Hearings ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
E-Commerce ,
Electric Vehicles ,
Employee Definition ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Stimulus ,
Gig Economy ,
Google ,
Independent Contractors ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Layoffs ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Mobile Devices ,
Ralph Lauren ,
Retailers ,
Supply and Demand ,
Tesla ,
Trump Administration
As expected, the Fed kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday while also signaling that “they would wait to see how the economy fared before making another move”....more
12/12/2019
/ Airplane Accidents ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Bitcoin ,
Boeing ,
Charitable Donations ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Dairy Farmers ,
Dairy Farmers of America ,
Deficit Reduction ,
Disney ,
Farms ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Markets ,
FinCEN ,
General Elections ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Insider Trading ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
Internet Streaming ,
Investment Opportunities ,
Joint Venture ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Lost Profits ,
Mobile Devices ,
Nestle ,
Private Equity ,
prohibit ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Race Discrimination ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Religious Institutions ,
Saudi Aramco ,
Stock Prices ,
Suspicious Activities ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
Virtual Currency
The Upshot helps us understand exactly what’s been going on with the markets this week and what a late-bull-market reality means for the US (and global) economy....more
10/26/2018
/ 5G Network ,
Airlines ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Data Breach ,
Dual Class Share Structures ,
European Central Bank ,
Financial Crisis ,
Financial Markets ,
Fintech Charter ,
Global Economy ,
Google ,
Hilton ,
Institutional Investors ,
Italy ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Layoffs ,
Mobile Devices ,
Nasdaq ,
Netflix ,
Nokia ,
NYSE ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Violations ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Student Loans ,
Wireless Industry
In order to comply with European antitrust rulings against it earlier this year, Google announced that for the first time it will begin charging telephone handset manufacturers to install Gmail, Google Maps, and other popular...more
10/17/2018
/ Android ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Audi ,
Automotive Industry ,
Banks ,
Capital Raising ,
Carbon Emissions ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Debt ,
Debt Ceiling ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Earnings Reports ,
Elon Musk ,
Embedded Tweets ,
EU ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fees ,
Germany ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Google ,
Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
Interest Rate Adjustments ,
Lyft ,
Market Manipulation ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Nasdaq ,
NYSE ,
RMBS ,
Sears ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tesla ,
Twitter ,
Uber ,
Volkswagen ,
White Collar Crimes
Dealbook gives us this uncomfortable take on China’s “nuclear option” in the trade war with the United States—its holdings of more than $1 trillion in US foreign debt and the possibility of stepping back from buying (or even...more
10/10/2018
/ Capital Raising ,
China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Credit Suisse ,
Data Breach ,
Deutsche Bank ,
EU ,
Google ,
Hackers ,
HSBC ,
Imports ,
Mobile Devices ,
Morgan Stanley ,
Olympics ,
Retailers ,
RMBS ,
Sears ,
Securities Violations ,
Settlement ,
SoftBank ,
Spectator Sports ,
Startups ,
Stock Prices ,
Tariffs ,
Trade Relations ,
Trade Retaliation ,
Trump Administration ,
UBS ,
UK ,
UK Brexit ,
US Trade Policies ,
Vulnerability Assessments
The SEC has taken its first enforcement action against a hedge fund over its cryptocurrency investments—namely, falsely holding itself out as the “first regulated fund in the U.S. focused on crypto assets.” It also targeted a...more
9/12/2018
/ Apple ,
Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
China ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Enforcement Actions ,
FCC ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Initial Coin Offering (ICOs) ,
Job Creation ,
Misclassification ,
Mobile Devices ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sprint ,
State Labor Laws ,
T-Mobile ,
Telecommunications ,
Token Sales ,
Trade Relations ,
Uber ,
Unemployment ,
Unregistered Securities ,
Virtual Currency ,
Whistleblowers
Investor plaintiffs won a big discovery battle with the US gov’t over its 2012 decision to seize Fannie & Freddie’s profits. Federal Claims Court Judge Margaret Sweeney has ruled that the government improperly invoked the...more
10/5/2016
/ Acquisitions ,
Bank of America ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Deutsche Bank ,
Disney ,
Fannie Mae ,
Financial Institutions ,
Freddie Mac ,
Housing Market ,
IBM ,
JPMorgan Chase ,
Millennials ,
Mobile Devices ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Retail Market ,
Salesforce ,
Target ,
Twitter ,
Wells Fargo
US regulators are “ramping up oversight” of Swift—the financial messaging system used throughout global finance that’s been a key conduit for hackers in recent attacks of Bangladeshi and Ecuadorian banks....more
8/25/2016
/ Algorithmic Trading ,
Algorithms ,
Bank Accounts ,
Banking Sector ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gig Economy ,
Goldman Sachs ,
Hackers ,
MCDC ,
Mobile Devices ,
Municipal Bonds ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Retirement Plan ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SWIFT ,
Uber
The more than six billion mobile devices in use worldwide offer companies access to a possible treasure trove of customer information in almost every consumer segment. These devices now create a constant stream of data—from...more
6/20/2014
/ ATDS ,
Best Management Practices ,
Big Data ,
Data Protection ,
Enforcement ,
Mobile Apps ,
Mobile Devices ,
Popular ,
Privacy Policy ,
Risk Management ,
TCPA ,
Text Messages