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Everything Compliance: Episode 151, The What is Illegal DEI Edition
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Episode 351 -- Deep Dive into the AAR FCPA Settlement
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A Conversation with SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce
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
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
Editor’s Note: On January 17, 2024, HaystackID hosted a cogent webcast, “Notable Trends in US Privacy Law,” featuring HaystackID privacy and compliance expert Chris Wall, and an esteemed panel of privacy and compliance...more
October 16, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Cyber Security Council of the United Arab Emirates announced the finalization of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Cybersecurity Cooperation during a...more
US regulators have increased their focus on cybersecurity issues impacting financial services companies, with a host of guidance documents recently released by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the three...more
Regulatory Developments - FDIC Publishes Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights - On April 5, the FDIC published its latest edition of Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights (the Highlights). This edition of...more
Now is the Time to Guard Against Reckless Banking Legislation - “Only a structural change to the way Congress acts on financial regulation will prevent future losses.” Why this is important: An old adage is that...more
The financial services sector must already contend with a maze of regulations in a variety of areas, and 2023 is poised to usher in new cybersecurity regulations for the industry. Organizations should ensure their security...more
New CFPB Guidance Identifies Fee Practices That Constitute UDAAP Violations The CFPB has issued new guidance about what it pejoratively characterizes as “junk fee” practices by banks that the agency believes are likely to...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules to include certain significant market participants as “dealers” or “government securities dealers” to essentially eliminate the trader exclusion...more
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a new initiative focused on financial issues faced by rural communities and also updated its examination procedures to cover unfair discrimination; the...more
In This Issue. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released stress test scenarios to assess...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
Following the SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline cyberattacks, the Biden Administration emphasized a shift toward mandatory cybersecurity requirements. Throughout 2021, government agencies issued new cybersecurity guidance,...more
Banking organizations must notify the appropriate agency within 36 hours of certain computer-security incidents; and banking service providers must notify affected banking organizations as soon as possible in the event of an...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a sample comment letter on climate change disclosures; the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is conducting a review of brokerage firm...more
In this Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was busy this week, finalizing rules that modernize brokered deposits regulations, establish new standards for parent companies of industrial loan companies and...more
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
In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a policy statement outlining framework that the CFPB will immediately begin to apply in matters of supervision and enforcement regarding the “abusive”...more
A recap of Carlos Ghosn’s big media moment on Wednesday, which was short on the escape details everyone wanted to hear and long on accusations against other execs at Nissan and Japan’s justice system....more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a risk alert on investment adviser principal and agency cross trading compliance issues, published disclosure interpretations relating to the Inline XBRL...more
In This Issue. Federal banking regulators proposed the long-awaited “community bank leverage ratio,” which would exempt community banks with a leverage ratio of at least 9% from Basel III capital requirements; the Federal...more
Editor's Note - In This Issue. After making a splash with the finalized version of its Arbitration Rule, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed temporary adjustments to the reporting requirements for...more
Financial Industry Developments - Agencies Issue Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Enhanced Cyber Risk Management Standards - On October 19, 2016, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Editor's Note - Another Cybersecurity Proposal. On the heels of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issuing its proposed regulation that would require banks and insurance companies to institute...more