Making Cents of Your Cash Management Agreements
Day 17 of One Month to More Effective Compliance for Business Ventures- Corporate Controller and Business Ventures
Federal jurisdiction under the Gramm Leach Bliley Act (“GLBA”) is a patchwork, particularly for banks –the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency all...more
Does a lender have the right to foreclose its mortgage if a payoff of such mortgage is made by wire transfer, but the payment does not make it to the lender’s account? A recent case, heard on appeal by the New York Supreme...more
On April 20, 2023, the European Parliament announced that it had formally endorsed the draft Regulation on information accompanying transfers of funds and crypto assets (referred to here as the EU Travel Rule Regulation). The...more
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
Our Finance and Financial Services Litigation Groups examine why the Second Circuit vacated the district court’s ruling that Revlon’s creditors could keep a mistakenly sent $500 million payment....more
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, we saw a swift response by the U.S. beginning with President Biden’s Executive Order 14024 (“The EO”) and followed quickly by the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (“OFAC”) severe...more
In recent years, importers, exporters, and their financial institutions have shifted away from traditional, document-based trade finance instruments and toward non-documentary, “open account” settlement through clean wire...more
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
The recently released Department of Justice (“DOJ”) opinion (“DOJ Opinion”) concluding that the Wire Act prohibits both sports and non-sports related Internet betting and wagering, leaves the industry with the burning...more
To ensure the financial system continues to work effectively if there is a "hard Brexit" HM Treasury has been finalising a series of statutory instruments which will ensure there is a workable legal framework for retail...more
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities has published final Guidelines on preventing terrorist financing and money laundering in electronic fund transfers under the EU Wire Transfer Regulation. The Wire...more