On April 15, 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14024 (the EO), imposing new sanctions on the Russian Federation in response to foreign election interference in the 2020 U.S. federal election and the SolarWinds...more
President Biden issued a new Executive Order 14024 (“E.O. 14024”) on April 15, 2021, expanding sanctions against Russia. E.O. 14024 authorizes, for the first time, U.S. sanctions against Russian technology companies and,...more
On 15 April 2021, the U.S. Government announced a number of new sanctions measures against Russia, targeting a variety of “harmful foreign activities” contrary to U.S. foreign policy. ...more
The need to control risks associated with using third-party technology service providers was reemphasized by the FDIC for institutions with less than $1 billion in assets in a new financial institutions letter...more
In recent years, bank regulators have increased their efforts to require banks to appropriately handle third-party risk management. On April 2, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a Financial Institution...more
On April 2, 2019, the FDIC issued Financial Institution Letter FIL-19-2019 (the “Letter”) to remind financial institutions about certain contractual provisions and other requirements pertaining to technology service provider...more