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K&L Gates LLP

Digital Operational Resilience in the Financial Services Sector: EU and UK Update

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With under six months to go until the European Union Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) becomes applicable on 17 January 2025, DORA implementation projects are running full steam ahead. DORA lays down uniform...more

Venable LLP

Offensive Security Under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

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The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) regulation is part of the European Union’s (EU) strategy to enhance the overall stability of the EU financial system by ensuring that financial entities are resilient to digital...more

A&O Shearman

US imposes new sanctions and export controls against Russia

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On June 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Treasury (Treasury), U.S. Department of State (State), and U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced another round of sanctions and export controls targeting Russia. In this...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Preparing for DORA: Mind the Gap

Starting January 17, 2025, financial entities based in the European Union must have in place processes and policies, as well as mandatory contract provisions with their third-party technology vendors, that comply with the...more

Mayer Brown

Europe Daily News, 16 February 2024

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COMPETITION - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11317 - OEP Hitch / EMC / CBM) - Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11385 Permira / Blackstone / Adevinta)...more

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA)

Privacy Briefs: February 2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

NYDFS Amended Cybersecurity Rules: Overview of Upcoming Deadlines

On November 1, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced the adoption of amendments to its Cybersecurity Regulation 23 NYCRR Part 500 (“Amended Cybersecurity Rules” or “Amended Rules”). NYDFS...more

Jones Day

NYDFS Expands Cybersecurity Regulations: Extortion Payment Reporting, Corporate Governance, and Technical Requirements

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A major amendment to the New York State Department of Financial Services' cybersecurity regulations establishes affirmative cybersecurity oversight duties and requires companies to report extortion payments to the agency....more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

Navigating U.S. Sanctions and Export Control Restrictions

Over the last several months, companies have become entangled in an increasingly complex web of new and expanded sanctions and export control restrictions related to Russia in response to its war on Ukraine. The current...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Upcoming EU Rules on Digital Operational Resilience

There will be additional compliance obligations and mandatory contractual provisions introduced for financial entities and outsourced IT service providers. The new DORA seeks to strengthen the resilience of financial...more

Amundsen Davis LLC

The Risks of Using Chatbots in the Financial Industry and How to Foster Consumer Confidence

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Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on the use of chatbots, such as ChatGPT, etc., by financial institutions. The report highlighted that chatbot use, as automated teller machines and...more

Baker Donelson

Banking in the Cloud: How Financial Institutions Can Mitigate the Regulatory and Security Risks

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As organizations in the financial sector continue to migrate IT and business services to the cloud and adopt other cloud offerings, it is important that financial institutions understand the risks associated with each. A U.S....more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Client Alert: Illinois’s Biometric Law (BIPA) Reminds Us Again of Privacy and Security Vendor Risks

Synopsis: While certain industries have been able to navigate the explosion of privacy laws in recent times through express statutory exemptions or exceptions (often due to other regulatory regimes being in place, such as the...more

Morgan Lewis

What’s Driving Digital Transformation in the Financial Services Sector?

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Through strategic outsourcing, companies in the financial services sector can improve the quality of services they offer to clients and increase internal operations by reducing inefficiencies—all while saving costs in key...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

NYDFS Publishes Proposed Amendment to Its Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Services Companies

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published its proposed amendment to its 23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Rules) on November 9, 2022, following the release of the draft version on July 29, 2022....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New European Fintech Regulations Affecting ICT Providers

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Both the EU and the UK are taking steps to enhance the rules in the financial services sector to add a new layer of direct regulation for key technology providers to banks and other regulated financial services institutions –...more

Polsinelli

Federal Banking Regulators Issue Rule Requiring 36 Hour Notice of Ransomware and Other Disruptive Cybersecurity Incidents

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On November 18, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint final rule to require banking...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Updates Supervision and Examination Manual, Adds IT Examination

The CFPB updated its Supervision and Examination Manual by adding a new section titled Compliance Management Review – Information Technology. The new examination procedures are meant to assist CFPB examiners when assessing...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB adds new section on information technology to Supervision and Examination Manual

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The CFPB has added a new section to its Supervision and Examination Manual titled “Compliance Management Review-Information Technology.” The new section supplements the existing section on Compliance Management Review to...more

Goodwin

FDIC Seeks Comment on Supervisory Approach to Examinations During Pandemic

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Legal Report - July 2021

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President Biden Issues an Executive Order on Competition with Implications for Financial Institutions - On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

NYDFS Issues Ransomware Guidance

The New York State Department of Financial Services recently announced new guidance addressing ransomware attacks, and highlighting cybersecurity measures to significantly reduce the risk of an attack. The guidance comes as...more

BCLP

Cloud, Data Centre Sale-Leasebacks and the Pandemic - Accelerating Trends for UK and European Regulated Firms

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The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the two linked trends of financial institutions transferring their IT infrastructure to the cloud and selling their self-owned data centres in order to lease back only the reduced space...more

Mitratech Holdings, Inc

UK Finance Webinar Recap: Operational Resilience – Lessons Learnt from the Crisis

The Pandemic Crisis has offered the financial services sector a live stress test environment to assess its planning, systems, and processes for Operational Resilience. To explore this and see how institutions have fared so...more

Poyner Spruill LLP

New York Fires First Salvo Under Cybersecurity Law

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has launched its first enforcement action under New York’s Cybersecurity law for financial services, so-called Part 500. Part 500 requires NYDFS licensed institutions to...more

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