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Wire Transfers Banking Sector

A&O Shearman

News update: EBA cryptoasset "travel rule" guidelines

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On 4 July 2024, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published new guidelines on information requirements in relation to transfers of funds and certain cryptoasset transfers under Regulation (EU) 2023/1113 (the recast,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Important Tips When Establishing New Bank Accounts and Updating Wire Transfer Information

With the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) takeover of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), we expect a number of entities to begin establishing new bank accounts and updating wire transfer information. This creates...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Second Circuit Determines Agent’s Mistaken Payment of Principal to Lenders Does Not Invoke “Discharge-For-Value” Exception to...

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On September 8, 2022, a three-judge panel in the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (the “Second Circuit”) reversed the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “District...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Windfall Wire: Second Circuit panel says Citibank may recover nearly $500 million in inadvertently wired funds

​​​​​​​Citibank’s balance sheet is likely breathing a sigh of relief. A Second Circuit panel held that the bank may finally recoup nearly $500 million in funds that it inadvertently wired to lenders almost two years ago. US...more

Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Citibank Gets Its Money Back

A February 16, 2021 decision of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York held, in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers, 520 F. Supp. 3d 390, that lenders who received almost $900 million...more

McGuireWoods LLP

I Can’t Get No Satisfaction … 2nd Circuit Reverses, Remands Revlon Decision

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A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S Circuit Court of Appeals on Sept. 8, 2022, reversed a decision of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York regarding lenders who refused to return funds that were...more

Troutman Pepper

No $500M Windfall for Lenders in Mistaken Wire Transfer Case

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On September 8, Second Circuit ruled that lenders must return $500 million to Citibank, which had mistakenly wired the funds to them. The decision vacates a 2021 Southern District of New York ruling, which held that the...more

Troutman Pepper

Texas Supreme Court Holds Administrative Wire Transfer Form Does Not Impose Contractual Duties on Bank

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In Cadence Bank, N.A. v. Roy J. Elizondo III, PLLC, the Supreme Court of Texas recently held that an administrative form relied upon by a victim of a fraud scam did not impose contractual obligations on a bank to verify...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

A 'Black Swan' Event, Eurofenix Spring 2021

In the context of a series of complex re-financings and roll-up transactions by Revlon in May and June, 2020, human error caused a $500 million loss for Citibank. On 16 February 2021, in the case of In re Citibank August...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The billion dollar bewail: Citibank cannot recover $900 million inadvertently wired to lenders

In what most will find a shocking and unjust ruling, on February 16, 2021, Judge Furman of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers that...more

Lowenstein Sandler LLP

Citibank’s $900 Million Black Swan

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On February 16, Judge Furman of the Southern District of New York handed down a ruling in In re Citibank August 11, 2020 Wire Transfers concluding that Citibank could not recover $900 million inadvertently wired to lenders. ...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: A “Black Swan Event”: New York Federal Court Rules that Lenders are Entitled to Keep $500 Million Mistakenly Paid by...

We are closely following Revlon on behalf of several creditor interests. In the context of a series of complex re-financings and roll-up transactions by Revlon in May, 2020, human error caused a $500 million loss for...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Recent FINRA Consent Agreement – Sanctions Against Former Securities Employee Regarding Wire Transfers

The regulatory sword of the financial industry came down on a former securities employee for violations involving wire transfers out of a client’s account. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) provides...more

Foodman CPAs & Advisors

Did you know that GTO’s have a $300,000 Threshold?

A GTO is a Geographic Targeting Order issued by the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) under the Bank secrecy Act (BSA) for a specific geographic area. ...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Panama Papers Fallout: A Push for Transparency and Regulatory Reform - Sanctions Also Levied Against Several Panama-Based...

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In the wake of the "Panama Papers" – the unprecedented leak of 11.5 million files from a Panamanian law firm that revealed thousands of names and addresses linked to offshore companies – the White House has announced several...more

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