With one eye on the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) cybersecurity rules and the other on two of its own Commissioners who dissented, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) has proposed a sweeping overhaul to...more
With corporate data security breaches on the rise, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has adopted rules requiring financial institutions to take certain measures to safeguard their data and inform...more
4/11/2017
/ Audits ,
Compliance Dates ,
Covered Entities ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Encryption ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Incident Response Plans ,
NYDFS ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Assessment
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has released guidance for covered financial institutions regarding its cybersecurity rule (the “Cybersecurity Rule” or “Rule”) that took effect on March 1, 2017. ...more
The closely watched New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) cybersecurity standards for covered financial institutions are now final and take effect March 1, 2017 in less than a week. The final rule largely...more
EDITOR’S NOTE -
Hope you survived all of those awkward Thanksgiving holiday conversations— amazing how divided people are on whether the court got it right in the PHH case, isn’t it? So on we go into the holiday season,...more
12/7/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Article III ,
Blockchain ,
CalOPPA ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Distributed Denial of Service ,
ECOA ,
FDCPA ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
HMDA ,
HUD ,
LGBTQ ,
Military Lending Act ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
OIG ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Risk Management ,
SCRA ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
BELTWAY -
Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
9/18/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Class Action ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collectors ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
eClosing Pilot Program ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Information Sharing ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
NYDFS ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
SCRA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule