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The emerging risks in the financial services market and the inception of the Regulation of Payment Services and Payment Initiation Law prompted the Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) to amend a series of...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
The HKMA and the SFC permit relaxation of suitability and other regulatory requirements while dealing with high-net-worth and experienced investors. On 28 July 2023, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) and the...more
FDIC and OCC Issue Guidance on Authorize Positive, Settle Negative Overdraft Fee Risks. The FDIC and the OCC each have issued supervisory guidance on consumer compliance risk exposure related to the assessment of overdraft...more
The German Financial Regulator, ("BaFin"), published guidance ("Guidance") on 5 September 2022, that provides some further clarity on various questions on the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation ("SFDR"). BaFin has...more
New NFT Initiatives Announced in Jewelry, Automobile and Liquor Industries - A U.S. luxury jeweler has reportedly partnered with the popular NFT (non-fungible tokens) collection CryptoPunk to transform the digital...more
Israel’s Capital Market, Insurance and Savings Authority (CMISA) recently published two new risk management circulars for financial service providers. The first circular pertains to risk management in its broadest sense,...more
The federal banking agencies recently issued a final regulation that will require a bank to notify its primary federal regulator of a cyberattack, or computer-security incident, no later than 36 hours after the bank...more
In August 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve and, collectively with the...more
The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), an interagency body of leading financial regulators, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency,...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more
In This Issue. The ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to grow in scale and scope. In response, federal financial regulators are continuing efforts to bring regulatory relief to promote stability...more
FCA issues further guidance on Brexit preparations - The FCA has published a series of guidance to assist regulated firms in finalizing their preparations for Brexit, particularly in the event of a no-deal scenario when EU...more
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has published a set of guidelines, setting out how it intends to apply its financial markets legislation in the context of initial coin offerings (ICOs). Despite the...more