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August 9, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading...more
August 7, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Trade Commission announced actions to address unfair and deceptive consumer acts and practices in the...more
July 25, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a statement reminding banks of potential risks associated with third-party arrangements...more
Regulator finds that firms could improve how they conduct anti-money laundering checks when dealing with UK PEPs. ...more
July 18, 2024- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed an interpretive rule explaining that many paycheck advance products, sometimes marketed as “earned wage” products, could be consumer loans subject to the...more
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a nomination hearing on the following nominations: The Honorable Christy Goldsmith Romero, of Virginia, to be Chairperson and Member of the Board of...more
June 24, 2024 - U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen gave remarks on housing policy and announcing new efforts by the Treasury Department using its existing authorities to increase the supply of housing....more
June 6, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a request for information on the Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Financial Services Sector....more
May 23, 2024- The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 5403, the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act, prohibiting the issuance of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency. May 23, 2024- U.S. House Financial Services...more
May 20, 2024- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin J. Gruenberg issued a statement announcing he is prepared to step down as Chair once a successor is confirmed. May 20, 2024 - Senator Sherrod Brown...more
May 16, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued the 2024 National Strategy for Combatting Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing (2024 Strategy), which provides a blueprint of the U.S. government’s goals,...more
May 15, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, “Oversight of Prudential Regulators.” The Committee heard testimony from: the Honorable Michael Barr, Vice Chairman for Supervision,...more
May 10, 2024- The House Committee on Rules publicly noticed its intent to consider the Financial Innovation and Technology for the 21st Century (FIT21) Act, clearing a pathway for a floor vote later this month....more
Firms will need to update their internal procedures and ensure they are ready to comply with the new requirements ahead of 1 November 2024. HM Treasury (HMT), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the Prudential...more
April 23, 2024- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) approved final rules to amend its swap execution facility (SEF) regulations related to uncleared swap confirmations to address issues which have been...more
On April 3, 2024, the Bank of England and U.K. Financial Conduct Authority published a joint consultation paper on proposed rules for the incoming digital securities sandbox. The Financial Services and Markets Act 2023...more
April 11, 2024- U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced the bipartisan Ransomware and Financial Stability Act....more
April 9, 2024- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, “An Update from the Treasury Department: Countering Illicit Finance, Terrorism and Sanctions Evasion.” The Committee...more
April 4, 2024- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen held a roundtable discussion with representatives from the American, European, and Japanese business communities and other experts to discuss business conditions in...more
March 27, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report on Managing Artificial Intelligence-Specific Cybersecurity Risks in the Financial Services Sector. March 27, 2024 The Federal Reserve Bank of New...more
March 14, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published a working paper entitled, "The Conundrum of Zero APR: An Analytical Framework." March 13, 2024- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra...more
March 13, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion held a hearing entitled, "Bureaucratic Overreach or Consumer Protection? Examining the...more
March 8, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board announced a final rule that updates risk management requirements systemically important financial market utilities supervised by the Board....more
February 27, 2024- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (NC-10) reintroduced the Financial Services Innovation Act. This legislation establishes federal regulatory "sandboxes" through Financial...more
February 20, 2024- The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a small entity compliance guide today that provides an overview of the requirements regarding access to beneficial ownership information (BOI)...more