In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
1/7/2021
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Appeals ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Cash Solicitation Rule ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Investment Adviser ,
Lenders ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Popular ,
Preemption ,
Proposed Rules ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Regulation Z ,
Relief Measures ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Alert ,
Safe Harbors ,
SAR ,
SEC Advertising Rule ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Violations ,
Special Purpose Entities
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more
10/29/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Amended Rules ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ,
Comptroller ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Depository Institutions ,
Derivatives ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Insured Depository Institutions ,
Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
Investors ,
ISDA ,
Military Service Members ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Statements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Travel Rule ,
True Lender ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a risk alert on investment adviser principal and agency cross trading compliance issues, published disclosure interpretations relating to the Inline XBRL...more
9/12/2019
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cross Trading ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collectors ,
ESOP ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Filing Fees ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Flood Insurance ,
Investment Adviser ,
OCIE ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
XBRL Filing Requirements
In This Issue. Federal banking regulators proposed the long-awaited “community bank leverage ratio,” which would exempt community banks with a leverage ratio of at least 9% from Basel III capital requirements; the Federal...more
11/29/2018
/ Antitrust Division ,
ATDS ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Basel III ,
Blockchain ,
CFIUS ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
FASB ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
FHFA ,
NYSE ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulation CC ,
Regulation J ,
Regulation M ,
Regulation Z ,
SCRA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies
Editor's Note -
First Half of 2018 Sees Significant Decline in Publicly Announced or Publicly Filed Enforcement Activity. During the first half of 2018, Enforcement Watch tracked 40 publicly announced or publicly filed...more
11/8/2018
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Excessive Fees ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders ,
SIFIs ,
TCPA
On February 2, 2018, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) announced that it would restrict the growth of a national bank based on its past consumer abuses and compliance failures and its need to...more