Recently proposed regulations could present significant compliance burdens for the banks and money service businesses that engage in cryptocurrency transactions with unhosted wallets or wallets held in jurisdictions specified...more
1/20/2021
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
BSA/AML ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financial Transactions ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Money Services Business ,
Peer-to-Peer ,
Popular ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Virtual Currency
The Agencies issued a joint Fact Sheet that lists considerations for a risk-based approach when it comes to charities and nonprofits. While the Fact Sheet purports to not impose additional obligations on banks, it is hard to...more
11/23/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
BSA/AML ,
Charitable Organizations ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FinCEN ,
NCUA ,
OCC ,
Patriot Act ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk-Based Approaches
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a final rule that requires minimum standards for anti-money laundering (AML) programs for banks lacking a federal functional regulator (the Federal Reserve Board, OCC,...more
The Morgan Lewis Year in Review highlights key US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement and examination developments, and cases...more
2/27/2020
/ American Depository Receipts (ADRs) ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Broker-Dealer ,
BSA/AML ,
Cooperative Compliance Regime ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Fraud ,
Insider Trading ,
Investment ,
Investment Management ,
Money Laundering ,
Municipal Bonds ,
Mutual Funds ,
Regulation SCI ,
Regulation SHO ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
UGMA
Investors and investment managers around the globe are seeing increasing rules and regulations on how they can deploy their money, how they can advertise their services, and how they have to report to regulators.
...more
2/3/2020
/ Advertising ,
Anti-Bribery ,
Anti-Corruption ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banks ,
Bribery ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Corruption ,
Equity Markets ,
Fair Access to Credit ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Fraud and Abuse ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Japan ,
Loans ,
Mutual Funds ,
Private Funds ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Regulation ,
Solicitation ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
Volcker Rule ,
White Collar Crimes
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, in...more
A working group composed of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the US...more
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) recently issued guidance consolidating current FinCEN regulations, rulings, and guidance about cryptocurrencies and money services businesses (MSBs) under the Bank Secrecy Act...more
5/21/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Blockchain ,
Broker-Dealer ,
CFTC ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Wallets ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Money Services Business ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
Executive Summary -
The Morgan Lewis Year in Review highlights key US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC or the Commission) and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) enforcement developments and...more
3/1/2017
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Conflicts of Interest ,
Custody Rule ,
Customer Protection Rule ,
Data Security ,
Disgorgement ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
Market Access Rule ,
Mutual Funds ,
Popular ,
SEC Examination Priorities ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Senior Investors ,
Short Sales ,
Spoofing ,
Whistleblowers