Part III of the Analysis of the Combatting Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, and Counterfeiting Act of 2017 -
As we recently blogged, Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Diane Feinstein (D-California) introduced on...more
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) has issued a Risk Alert in the wake of the widespread WannaCry ransomware attack that has inflicted hundreds of thousands...more
5/19/2017
/ Broker-Dealer ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Hackers ,
Investment Management ,
Malware ,
OCIE ,
Phishing Scams ,
Ransomware ,
Risk Alert ,
Risk Management ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Today we are very pleased to welcome guest blogger Greg Baer, who will address a series of significant issues posed by a detailed paper published by The Clearing House, a banking association and payments company that is owned...more
5/9/2017
/ ACH Payments ,
AML/CFT ,
AUSA ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Money Laundering ,
Patriot Act ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
Terrorism Funding
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced today a revised regulation that will require all institutions subject to NYDFS supervision to establish and maintain a cybersecurity program meeting "certain...more
12/29/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Comment Period ,
Cybersecurity ,
Cybersecurity Framework ,
Data Protection ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Insurance Industry ,
NYDFS ,
Risk Management ,
Third-Party Service Provider
Three federal banking agencies have announced plans to develop new rules that would establish cyber risk management and resiliency standards for large interconnected entities under the agencies' supervision, as well as those...more
10/21/2016
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Cyber Attacks ,
Cybersecurity ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Hackers ,
Handbooks ,
Incident Response Plans ,
OCC ,
Risk Management
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) will require all institutions subject to NYDFS supervision to establish and maintain a cybersecurity program meeting "certain regulatory minimum standards." All financial...more
9/20/2016
/ Banking Sector ,
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Cybersecurity ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Information Technology ,
Mortgages ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Risk Management
The federal body tasked with creating standards for the uniform regulation of financial institutions has released new information to assist examiners in evaluating mobile services offered by financial institutions and their...more
Following the trend of federal agency interest in fostering (and potentially regulating) innovation in the field of financial technology (FinTech), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) released the white paper...more
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has released its long-awaited Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment) to help financial institutions identify the inherent risks faced by a company and...more