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Paul Hastings LLP

Revised FTC Safeguards Rule Brings Breach Reporting Obligations to Non-Banking Financial Institutions in May 2024

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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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Wire You Foreclosing?

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

A&O Shearman

EU Travel Rule for Crypto-Assets Set to Apply from January 2025

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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

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

Alston & Bird

Debtholders Are Not Entitled to Keep $500 Million Mistakes

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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

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Banks and FinTechs Beware: Here Come the Sanctions - What We Can Learn from Previous OFAC Actions Involving FinTech Companies

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

K2 Integrity

Shift to Open Account Trade Highlights Evolving Risks in the Maritime Sector

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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

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

DOJ Opinion Leaves Industry Hanging: If UIGEA Exclusions Don’t Modify the Wire Act What Does That Mean for Intrastate Gambling...

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

Hogan Lovells

Hard Brexit: implications for banking, payments and consumer finance products

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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

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Final EU Guidelines for Payment Service Providers on Preventing Terrorist Financing and Money Laundering in Electronic Fund...

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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

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