US regulators have increased their focus on cybersecurity issues impacting financial services companies, with a host of guidance documents recently released by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the three...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, the Bureau) promulgated on March 30 its final rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The rule requires that covered financial institutions collect and report to...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to amend Regulation Z (the Proposal), which implements the Truth in Lending Act (TILA), to better ensure that late fees charged...more
The last few years have thrown many surprises at businesses. Organizations across all sectors have faced inflation, global conflicts, supply chain challenges, a pandemic, and continually changing government policies. In 2023,...more
1/23/2023
/ Automotive Industry ,
Capital Markets ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Energy Sector ,
EU ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Life Sciences ,
Tax Credits
The FDIC Board of Directors issued a proposal on December 13 amending and updating the rules regarding the use of the official FDIC sign and advertising statements to better reflect the modern consumer banking landscape. As...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently finalized a long-discussed update to its cybersecurity Safeguards Rule that includes more specific criteria for what financial institutions must implement as part of their information...more
11/22/2021
/ California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Security ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
New Rules ,
Personal Information ,
Safeguards Rule ,
State Privacy Laws
US President Joe Biden’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), released a report on the risks and...more
11/8/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
CFTC ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
OCC ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stablecoins
Three federal banking agencies (the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency – collectively Agencies) issued proposed risk management guidance on July...more
Congress has enacted and President Joseph Biden has signed a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC’s) “true lender” rule, which, as we...more
On June 24, the US House of Representatives voted to join the US Senate in a joint resolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC’s) “true lender”...more
The OCC granted preliminary conditional approval on April 23 to an application to charter Paxos National Trust (Paxos) as an uninsured national trust bank. Paxos, which currently operates as a New York state-charted limited...more
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
California’s governor is expected to sign into law soon a bill creating a state consumer financial protection agency, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), which some have called California’s...more
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
In an effort to promote compliance and certainty, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) on January 24 issued an often promised and much anticipated policy statement regarding how it intends to apply the...more
1/28/2020
/ Abusive Acts ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Enforcement Guidance ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FTC Act ,
Policy Statement ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Supervision ,
UDAAP ,
Unfair or Deceptive Trade Practices
California Governor Gavin Newsom submitted his $222 billion budget proposal for the 2020-2021 fiscal year on January 10. Among other priorities identified, the budget earmarks tens of millions of dollars for the creation and...more
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
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Fair Access to Credit Act into law on October 11, 2019. Effective January 1, 2020, the Act will impose several significant changes to the small consumer loan (under $10,000)...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 Federal Reserve Board’s proposed Bank Holding Company Act and Home Owners’ Loan Act control regulations, published in late April, are the culmination of a long-promised initiative by Board officials to bring clarity to a...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)
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB, the Bureau) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the Proposal) to establish implementing regulations for the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). Although it has been...more
Morgan Lewis submits second comment letter on the proposed rules.
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) is expected soon to issue “first-in-the-nation” cybersecurity regulations that will apply to...more