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Venable LLP

Offensive Security Under the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA)

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The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) regulation is part of the European Union’s (EU) strategy to enhance the overall stability of the EU financial system by ensuring that financial entities are resilient to digital...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Insights – June 2024

Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Report Targets Games and Virtual Worlds - What Blockchain Game and Metaverse Companies Need to Know

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a report on Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds (“Report”) that warns of greater scrutiny of and enforcements against the financial services offered in games...more

Perkins Coie

CFPB Issues Proposed Open Banking Rule

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that it was issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding Personal Financial Data Rights on October 19, 2023. The proposed rule (Proposed Rule) would implement...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

The Latest State of Play for the Regulation of AI in the UK Financial Services Industry

On 1 and 2 November 2023, the UK hosted the world's first summit on artificial intelligence safety at Bletchley Park (the Summit). Once the top-secret home where Britain's World War II cryptographers decoded secret enemy...more

Goodwin

Too Important To Fail? Further Light on When EU and Non-EU Technology Providers Will Become Subject To DORA

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The EU regulation on digital operational resilience for the financial sector (DORA) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on 27 December 2022. It entered into force on 16 January 2023 and will apply from...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Informed Board - Spring 2023

Changing CEOs is one of the most critical decisions any board faces. In this issue of The Informed Board, we offer tips on how to avoid the mistakes we most often see. We also explain the problems companies could face if the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New European Fintech Regulations Affecting ICT Providers

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Both the EU and the UK are taking steps to enhance the rules in the financial services sector to add a new layer of direct regulation for key technology providers to banks and other regulated financial services institutions –...more

White & Case LLP

Global M&A markets drops to pre-pandemic levels

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While global dealmaking in Q1 was down from a blockbuster 2021, there are signs deal activity could pick up later in the year - Following a record-breaking year for dealmaking, 2022 has had a relatively slow start. A total...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Fraud & Financial Crimes: The Increase of Identification Fraud During the COVID-19 Pandemic

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses experienced a rapid and significant increase in the use of digital technology. Bearing in mind health concerns, as well as business continuity, many businesses began to shift...more

Bennett Jones LLP

OSFI Calls for Consultation on Draft Guidelines for Technology and Cyber Risk Management

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On November 9, 2021, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OFSI) launched a three-month public consultation on the Draft Guideline B-13: Technology and Cyber Risk Management....more

Perkins Coie

FINRA, Federal Banking Agencies Issue Guidance on Third-Party Risk Management

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Recent guidance from financial industry regulators reminds market participants to remain mindful of their business, compliance, and operational obligations when incorporating technology vendors as a fundamental part of their...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Fintech 2021 Trends and Developments

Crisis has set the stage for fintech companies in 2021, creating both new opportunities and potentially unprecedented challenges to innovation. While the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate the digital transformation...more

BCLP

Emerging Themes in Financial Regulation 2020

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Under the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (“SMCR”), firms are required to identify and report to the FCA any instances of disciplinary action taken in relation to conduct that would amount to a breach of one of the...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Strategy Lessons From Wells Fargo Fintech Patent Litigation

United States Automobile Association (USAA) is a financial services company that provides insurance, banking, investment, and retirement products and services for members of the military and their families. On June 7, 2018,...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Securing the Information and Communications Technology Services Supply Chain – Proposed Department of Commerce Rule

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) recently issued a proposed regulation to better secure the United States’ information and communications technology and services (ICTS) supply chain. The ICTS supply chain supports how...more

A&O Shearman

Bank for International Settlements to Establish Innovation Hub for Central Bank Financial Technology

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The Bank for International Settlements has announced it will establish an innovation Hub to encourage international collaboration on innovative financial technology for central banks. The Hub's purpose will be to: (i)...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Fintech in Brief: OCC Singles Out Financial Innovation as Special Risk Topic

On May 20, the OCC published its Semiannual Risk Perspective, Spring 2019 and singled out financial innovation and rapid developments in Fintech as a special topic in emerging risks to the banking industry. This is the first...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Senate Banking Committee to hold Sept. 18 fintech hearing

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Tomorrow, September 18, the Senate Banking Committee will hold a hearing, “Fintech: Examining Digitization, Data, and Technology.”  Topics expected to be discussed include data privacy and the Treasury Department’s recent...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

What is a Virtual Currency Taxable event?

There continues to be limited Virtual Currency (VC) guidance from the US Treasury and the IRS and VC investors ought to proceed cautiously. IRS continues to make reference to Notice 2014-21 to remind Taxpayers that VC...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

El IRS está pendiente al Cripto

El Jefe de Investigación Criminal del IRS, Don Fort, declaró recientemente: "Es posible utilizar Bitcoin y otras Criptomonedas de la misma manera que las cuentas bancarias extranjeras para facilitar la evasión de impuestos"....more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

¿Quién monitorea los “wallets” de las Monedas Virtuales?

Los inversionistas de la Moneda Virtual (MV) utilizan los servicios de plataformas en línea "seguros" para comprar, vender, transferir y almacenar la MV. Los proveedores de estos servicios se conocen como “wallets,...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Credit Card Evolution: Goodbye John Hancock

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For years, the signature requirement for completing a credit card transaction has felt something like an obsolete means of confirming a user’s identity. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Despite a stronger global economic outlook than we’ve seen in years, the world’s central bankers appear loath to let go of stimulus measures while lower-than-expected inflation bedevils them....more

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