Over the last six months, artificial intelligence (AI) has captured the public imagination in a way it never has before. A new generation of AI-powered language models make use of a deep learning architecture known as a...more
4/27/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Cybersecurity ,
Due Diligence ,
ECOA ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lending ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Software
The Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on September 29, 2022 issued a final rule (Final Rule) defining and implementing the beneficial ownership reporting requirements of Section 6403...more
12/1/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Advisers Act of 1940 ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Limited Liability Company (LLC) ,
Ownership Interest ,
Pooled Investment Vehicles ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) approved final guidelines (Guidelines) on August 15, 2022, to be used by Federal Reserve Banks (Reserve Banks) to evaluate requests to use accounts and...more
9/13/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Cryptoassets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Due Diligence ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Fraud ,
Money Laundering ,
New Guidance ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Stablecoins
On December 7, 2021, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) proposed new regulations (“Proposed Regulations”) defining and implementing the beneficial ownership reporting...more
12/23/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Regulatory Requirements
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AML Act), enacted on January 1, 2021 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year of 2021 (NDAA), makes several significant changes to U.S. anti-money laundering...more
2/23/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Beneficial Owner ,
BSA/AML ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Disgorgement ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
NDAA ,
New Legislation ,
Pooled Investment Vehicles ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Whistleblowers
After a long lead up, the five agencies (Agencies) with responsibility for the regulations that implement the Volcker Rule (Regulations) have issued a wide ranging proposal to tailor the application of the Regulations in...more
6/15/2018
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Comment Period ,
Covered Funds ,
Deregulation ,
Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Hedging ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Burden ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Volcker Rule
The U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on April 3, 2018 issued Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions (FAQs). The FAQs address various...more
4/13/2018
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Compliance ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Investment Adviser ,
Joint Ownership ,
Legal Entity Identifiers ,
Mutual Funds ,
Retroactive Application ,
Verification Requirements
Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their...more
3/8/2017
/ Bank Holding Company ,
Banks ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Court-Appointed Receivers ,
Derivatives Clearing Organizations ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Exemptions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
FSOC ,
Insolvency ,
Investment Adviser ,
Major Swap Participants ,
Qualified Financial Contracts (QFC) ,
recordkeeping ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
SIFIs
Six U.S. federal agencies in late April and May revised and re-proposed rules that were originally proposed in 2011, to govern the incentive compensation practices at financial institutions with consolidated assets of at...more
As the general July 21, 2015 deadline approached to conform with the implementing regulations (Final Rules) for the Volcker Rule, a key issue remained with respect to the sponsoring, organizing and seeding of investment...more
7/29/2015
/ Banks ,
Covered Funds ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Foreign Investment ,
Investment Companies ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Public Funds ,
Registered Funds ,
Volcker Rule