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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: February 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more

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Fintech Legal Report - August 2021

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Senators Inquire about CFPB’s Fintech Agenda - On July 27, 2021, Senator Sherrod Brown, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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FDIC Seeks Comment on Supervisory Approach to Examinations During Pandemic

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is seeking information and comment regarding the FDIC’s supervisory approach to examinations during the pandemic; the FDIC’s tech lab, FIDTECH, announced a “tech...more

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Fintech Legal Report - July 2021

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President Biden Issues an Executive Order on Competition with Implications for Financial Institutions - On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: Gone Phishing – The SEC’s OCIE Addresses Ransomware Attacks

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In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted amendments to its exemptive applications procedures under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act) and proposed to amend Form 13F to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Financial Services Licensing and Compliance Obligations and COVID-19

As members of the financial industry prepare to meet the challenges associated with COVID-19, key government agencies have begun to offer guidance with respect to how their regulated financial institutions, including...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: FDIC Releases Guide To Connect Fintechs With Banks

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In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a new guide to help financial technology companies and others partner with banks; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced that it...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Outlines BSA Compliance Obligations and How One Small Bank Failed to Meet Them

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The Tale of an AML BSA Exam Gone Wrong - As we have blogged, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld the decision of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) to issue a cease...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The Bank Next Door: Part I – Using Social Media to “Friend” Customers

This blog is the first in a series of articles which will examine the risks, rewards, innovative uses, and changing legal landscape of social media use by financial services institutions. Future blog articles will examine...more

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2017 Resolutions for Community Banks: A Focus on Cybersecurity

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In December 2016, Thomas Curry, the Comptroller of the Currency, stated that cybersecurity was the single greatest systemic threat to our financial system. He was not being hyperbolic. Cybersecurity should be on...more

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Mobile Financial Services Addressed in FFIEC Examination Handbook

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The federal body tasked with creating standards for the uniform regulation of financial institutions has released new information to assist examiners in evaluating mobile services offered by financial institutions and their...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

New Guidance for Financial Institution Directors and Officers In Cybersecurity Preparedness

Earlier this summer, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its highly anticipated Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (Assessment), which is designed to assist financial institutions in identifying...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

FFIEC: Financial Institutions Need to Share Cyberthreat Information

Why it matters: Financial institutions of all sizes need to share cyberthreat information with each other, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) urged based upon an assessment performed of the...more

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Compliance in 140 Characters or Less: FFIEC Supervisory Guidance on Financial Institutions’ Use of Social Media

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Of critical importance for any financial institution using Twitter or other social media for business marketing and promoting purposes, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has issued final...more

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