On May 15, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments to Regulation S-P, which covers broker-dealers, registered investment advisors (RIAs), and investment companies (funds). These entities are now required to...more
5/28/2024
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Customer Information ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
FACTA ,
Financial Institutions ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Companies ,
New Amendments ,
Personal Information ,
Regulation S-P ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long-awaited "Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights" (Proposed Rule) for public comment. The Proposed Rule was issued under...more
10/26/2023
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Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumers ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Gramm-Leach-Blilely Act ,
Liability ,
Open Banking ,
Proposed Rules ,
Shareholders
On June 6, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly issued final third-party risk management guidance for supervised...more
A reminder to non-bank financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA): the deadline to comply with the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) revised Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information, commonly...more
5/19/2023
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Cybersecurity ,
Deadlines ,
Department of Education ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FTC Act ,
GLBA Privacy ,
Investment Adviser ,
Multi-Factor Authentication ,
New Rules ,
Popular ,
Risk Assessment ,
Safeguards Rule ,
Third-Party Risk
While ransomware attacks usually grab the headlines, business email compromise (BEC) attacks continue to cause massive financial losses for businesses. The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), reported BEC losses in...more
2/27/2023
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Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
Business E-Mail Compromise (BEC) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Data Breach ,
Financial Crimes ,
Financial Institutions ,
Money Laundering ,
Popular ,
Uniform Commercial Code (UCC)
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has proposed significant amendments (Proposed Amendments) to its Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (Cybersecurity Regulation)....more
On November 15, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a six-month extension of the deadline to comply with most provisions of its new Safeguards Rule. Covered "financial institutions" under the Safeguards Rule,...more
A reminder to financial services firms: the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is also a data security regulator....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently announced significant new information security requirements for non-bank financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). The new requirements are incorporated...more