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Dual registrant regulatory roundup - March 2025

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 3/7/2025

Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more

SEC announces new Enforcement unit for cyber and emerging technologies

Cooley LLP on 2/25/2025

At the end of last week, the SEC announced the establishment of a new Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit, designed to replace the current Crypto Assets and Cyber Unit and to complement the work of the newly established...more

SEC Launches Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit Aimed at Safeguarding Investors

Latham & Watkins LLP on 2/24/2025

The new unit aims to protect retail investors and foster innovation by addressing cyber-related misconduct and emerging technology fraud....more

Report Signals CFPB Taking Aim at Video Game and Virtual Worlds Industries

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/8/2024

On April 4, the CFPB published a new Issue Spotlight, titled “Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds” that analyzes the increased commercial activity within online video games and virtual worlds and the apparent risks to...more

[Event] 8th Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 9th - 10th, New York, NY

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 2/28/2024

ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more

Weekly Blockchain Blog - February 2024

BakerHostetler on 2/20/2024

Crypto Firms Make Acquisitions, Integrate Products; New Crypto Index Launches - According to a recent press release, a major U.S. fintech company has announced an agreement to acquire a major digital asset custody provider....more

Focus on Fintech – Q4 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 2/9/2024

In this issue, we discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to the intersection of fintech and artificial intelligence, crypto-asset and central bank digital currencies, and consumer...more

Investment Management Update - November 2023

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 11/16/2023

...SEC Adopts Amendments to Fund Names Rule - On September 20, 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to Rule 35d-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Fund Names Rule) as well...more

The SEC Publishes 2024 Examination Priorities Ahead of Schedule, Previewing Key Areas of Focus for Registered Entities

K&L Gates LLP on 11/3/2023

On 16 October 2023, the Division of Examinations (Division) of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released its examination priorities for the 2024 fiscal year (the Report). The Division released this Report...more

SEC Outlines 2024 Examination Priorities

Latham & Watkins LLP on 11/3/2023

The priorities highlight emerging and core risk areas for investment advisers, broker-dealers, and other entities, including cybersecurity and crypto assets. On October 16, 2023, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s...more

Thorough Exam: SEC's Division of Examinations Announces Fiscal Year 2024 Priorities

Holland & Knight LLP on 10/26/2023

Amid ongoing federal government shutdown risks and the close of its fiscal year, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Division of Examinations (Exams) recently announced its fiscal year (FY) 2024 priorities....more

SEC EXAMS Division Announces 2024 Priorities Ahead of Schedule

Goodwin on 10/26/2023

On October 16, 2023, the SEC’s Division of Examinations (EXAMS) published its exam priorities for 2024. The timing is notable, with the release coming several months ahead of the typical timeline and only eight months after...more

Proposed bipartisan legislation aims to clarify the crypto regulatory landscape

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 6/14/2022

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and Cynthia Lummis (R- WY) introduced new proposed legislation on June 7, 2022, which would classify the vast majority of digital assets as commodities, and empower the Commodities Futures...more

Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Strengthen and Modernize CRA Regulations

Goodwin on 5/16/2022

Regulatory Developments - Agencies Issue Joint Proposal to Strengthen and Modernize CRA Regs - On May 5, the FDIC, the FRB and the OCC issued a joint Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPR) to “strengthen and modernize” the...more

The US$4.5 billion Bitfinex hack – five things you should know

Hogan Lovells on 3/31/2022

The hack of the Hong-Kong based crypto-exchange Bitfinex has been described as the “heist of the century”. Where a crypto-asset is in play in litigation, in particular as a potential target for enforcement, parties should be...more

Cryptoassets and artificial intelligence in EU regulation - FinTech Perspectives

Hogan Lovells on 9/7/2021

As in other fields of digital transformation, the EU Commission wants to set a standard with its draft regulations for both cryptoassets, and artificial intelligence. But is it ready for the challenge? Both technologies will...more

UK Court Confirms Bitcoin Status as Property for Certain Proprietary Claims

A&O Shearman on 1/31/2020

A U.K. court has granted an interim proprietary injunction over Bitcoin held in an account of a cryptocurrency exchange after it had been transferred there as part of a cyber attack on a Canadian insurance company. The...more

European Commission Launches Consultations on Digitalization in the Financial Sector

A&O Shearman on 1/20/2020

The European Commission has launched two consultations on digitalization in the financial sector. They form part of the EU’s new Digital Finance Strategy which aims to deepen the Single Market for digital financial services,...more

European Securities and Markets Authority Publishes Report on the Licensing of FinTech Business Models

A&O Shearman on 7/22/2019

Fulfilling its mandate under the European Commission's FinTech Action Plan to map the current authorization and licensing approaches for innovative FinTech business models in Europe, the European Securities and Markets...more

ESMA reports on FinTech firm licensing regimes across Europe

White & Case LLP on 7/17/2019

On 12 July 2019 the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) reported on the status of FinTech firm licensing regimes across the EU, based on two ESMA surveys of EU national competent authorities (NCAs). ESMA's report...more

Basel Committee on Banking Supervision Discusses Supervisory Initiatives and Approves Implementation Reports

A&O Shearman on 7/5/2019

Central bankers and banking supervisors of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision met this week to discuss a range of policy and supervisory initiatives. ...more

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