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Nutter Bank Report: August 2024

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 9/3/2024

CFPB Issues Filing Instructions Guide for Small Business Lending Data - The CFPB has published instructions for banks and other covered financial institutions to submit small business lending data that is required to be...more

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - May 2024

Troutman Pepper on 5/8/2024

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Privacy Briefs: February 2024

Health Care Compliance Association (HCCA) on 2/9/2024

The American Hospital Association (AHA) has warned that information technology (IT) help desks are being targeted in a social engineering scheme that uses the stolen identity of revenue cycle employees or employees in other...more

White House Issues Sweeping Executive Order on AI: Key Takeaways

Dechert LLP on 12/21/2023

President Biden’s recent Executive Order on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence: Establishes a federal government-wide effort to mitigate risks of improper AI development and use. ...more

More Privacy, Please - September/October 2023

Troutman Pepper on 11/28/2023

Editor’s Note: The FTC continues to crack down on privacy and cybersecurity, including issuing a new warning to tax preparation companies and entering into a consent decree with 1Health.io. VPPA and BIPA litigation continues...more

NYDFS Issues Revised Proposed Second Amendment to Its Cybersecurity Regulation

BakerHostetler on 9/11/2023

The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently published a revised proposed second amendment to its cybersecurity regulation, 23 NYCRR 500. ...more

True Facts About False Claims: MoFo's FCA Newsletter

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 1/6/2023

Designed for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, this newsletter seeks to bring you up to speed on key federal and state False Claims Act (FCA) developments, with links to primary resources. Each quarter, we...more

FTC Uses Enforcement Proceeding to Send Message on Account Security Practices

Wiley Rein LLP on 7/1/2022

Account security and digital identity have been hot topics for regulators and at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The government has been promoting multifactor authentication (MFA) and innovation in...more

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services COVID-19 Newsletter-September 2020 #3

Troutman Pepper on 9/30/2020

Like most industries today, Consumer Finance Services businesses are significantly impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). In response, Troutman Pepper has developed a dedicated COVID-19 Resource Center to guide clients...more

Cybersecurity Preparedness: Standardization is Key

Baker Donelson on 9/3/2019

On August 28, 2019, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued a press release encouraging organizations to utilize a standardized approach to assess and improve cybersecurity preparedness. ...more

International Cyber Task Force Reports on Cyber Regulation

A&O Shearman on 7/1/2019

The International Organization of Securities Commissions has published the final report of its Cyber Task Force on cyber regulation. The report sets out how IOSCO member jurisdictions apply three recognized cyber frameworks -...more

FSSCC Launches Cybersecurity Profile v1.0

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/8/2018

A coalition of industry groups has unveiled a new cyber compliance profile framework specifically for financial institutions, aimed at streamlining regulatory burdens....more

ICYMI: A quick look at recent Privacy and Cybersecurity headlines

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/14/2018

CA IoT Cybersecurity Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk The bill (SB-327), if signed by Gov. Brown, will take effect on January 1, 2020. It is aimed at securing connected devices. The bill states that, “a manufacturer of a...more

NIST Releases Financial Institutions IT Asset Management Guide

McGuireWoods LLP on 9/11/2018

NIST has published Special Publication (SP) 1800-5, “IT Asset Management” to help financial service companies monitor and manage IT assets. ...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 18 | June 2018

Jones Day on 6/25/2018

JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more

New York Cybersecurity Regulations Could Affect Foreign Banks

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 2/1/2018

Financial institutions covered by the New York State Department of Financial Services’ (NYDFS) new Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies must file their first annual certification by February 15, 2018....more

President's Executive Order on Cybersecurity: Impact on Banks Unclear

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/26/2017

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order addressing cybersecurity. But for financial institutions, is the executive order much ado about nothing? Not exactly....more

Proposed Federal Cybersecurity Regulations for Financial Institutions Face an Uncertain Future

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP on 3/13/2017

Last year’s proposed comprehensive framework for cybersecurity rules for large financial institutions is suddenly facing an uncertain future. With the comment period having closed as of February 2017, the framework was facing...more

The Empire (State) Strikes Back: Six Highlights of New York’s New Cybersecurity Regulations for Financial Institutions

Poyner Spruill LLP on 3/9/2017

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS)’s finalized Cybersecurity Requirements for Financial Services Companies (“regulations”), went into effect on March 1, 2017. NYDFS has provided a 6 month safe harbor to...more

New York State Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation Poised to Reshape Existing Regulatory Landscape

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 2/1/2017

In late December, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released its revised proposed cybersecurity regulation (the “DFS Rule”). While the revisions pare back some of the DFS Rule’s original requirements...more

Financial Industry Groups Criticize New York Department of Financial Services Cybersecurity Proposal

Proskauer on Privacy on 12/23/2016

As we previously reported, in September 2016 the New York Department of Financial Services (the “DFS”) proposed a regulation that would require banks, insurance companies and other financial services institutions regulated by...more

The Digital Download - Alston & Bird’s Privacy & Data Security Newsletter – November 2016

Alston & Bird on 12/7/2016

Updates on the EU: German DPA Publishes First Privacy Shield Guidelines, Requires German-Law Contracts for Transfers. On June 7, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield. One question that many...more

FFIEC Releases Answers To FAQs About Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

King & Spalding on 10/25/2016

On October 17, 2016, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC” or the “Council”) released a set of answers to frequently asked questions about its cybersecurity assessment tool (the “CAT”). The FFIEC, an...more

FFIEC Issues FAQs on the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool

McGuireWoods LLP on 10/24/2016

On October 18, 2016, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) issued answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) to clarify points in FFEIC’s Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment). FFIEC released...more

The Cyber Regulation Drops

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 10/5/2016

On September 13, 2016, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the first proposed broadly applicable cyber regulation in the U.S. (the “Regulation”). The Regulation covers banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions...more

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