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Regulatory Agencies with Financial Services

Readers can learn about new loan transactions, international trade agreements, mortgage loans and bank financing legislation, and other news as it unfolds in the US and around the world. Details that are covered by governmental and regulatory agencies including the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), are routinely updated on the site. With ongoing agency news dealing with the CFPB, agency directors, and nominations to financial and banking agencies, the National Law Review constantly adds new cases and newsreaders want to remain informed about.

Global Financial Services

International banking and financial institutions news is also covered on the National Law Review. UK regulatory framework covered, including the Australian crowd-sourced funding regime, and EU’s Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), along with international insolvency, news, and legislation from around the world, which are linked to non-US foreign banks and institutions, are regularly published online.  Additionally, the legal experts at the National Law Review consistently offer updates on the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority and the effects of Brexit.

Financial Services and Innovation

The National Law Review also covers hot topics such as financial services law and FinTech (financial technology). Additionally, we cover topics like bitcoin, cryptocurrency transactions, SEC regulations, blockchain technologies, and compliance under finance laws like the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Additionally, cases and news which is governed under the Federal Reserve Act, the Fair Credit and Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and Equal Credit Opportunity Act, are also analyzed in articles on the site.

Securities & the SEC

The mission of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is to protect investors, maintain fair, orderly, and efficient markets, and facilitate capital formation. The National Law Review covers news and updates coming out of the SEC, including information about updates on the US SEC EDGAR system and related requirements, rules designed to limit and enforce rules against Insider Trading and Anti-Money Laundering settlements. Additionally, analysis of the SEC Division of Investment Management leadership and proposed rulemakings.

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Recent Securities, SEC, & Financial Institution Law News

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Apr
6
2018
First Round of Robo-Advisor Fee Litigation Goes to Record-Keepers Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
6
2021
Broker-Dealer Settles FINRA Charges for Form U4 Disclosure Failures Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Jan
27
2022
CFPB Addresses “Confusion” Over Earned Wage Access Program Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Mar
16
2023
Client Alert: Silicon Valley Bank Takeover: What You Need to Know Sherin and Lodgen LLP
Mar
25
2015
UDAAP Council Weekly UDAAP Standards Report - 3/25/2015 -- Unfair, Deceptive, or Abusive Acts or Practices
Nov
12
2015
CalPERS To Consider Support For Corporate Political Spending Disclosure Mandate Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Nov
14
2016
SEC Issues Final Rule On Investment Company Liquidity Risk Management ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jul
20
2020
FINRA Issues Regulatory Notice on Digital Assets Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
1
2021
CFPB Suit Against Student Loan Trusts Dismissed Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Sep
29
2021
Mississippi Attempts to Significantly Increase Sales and Use Taxes on Internet-Based Business Services Via Regulatory Amendment Jones Walker LLP
May
1
2024
(UK) What Practical Changes Can IPs Expect from the Proposed Amendments to FCA Guidance? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
20
2020
Co-Director of the SEC’s Division of Enforcement Delivers Remarks on COVID-19-Related Securities Fraud Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Aug
6
2021
Having Their Cake and Eating It, Too: The Consumer Litigation Funding Process Tribeca Lawsuit Loans
Jun
7
2022
Connecticut Stops FinTech from Unlicensed Lending Activities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
18
2012
SEC Division of Investment Management Lifts Actively-Managed ETF Derivatives Use Moratorium and Announces Two Rulemaking Initiatives Katten
Jul
5
2017
DIFC Amends Laws to Comply with OECD Transparency & Exchange of Information Forum (Dubai International Financial Centre Authority) K&L Gates
Apr
8
2019
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: April 1 – 5 and April 8, 2019 (You Say Security, I Say Utility; Midtrial Acquittal) Katten
Nov
22
2019
Freezing Order Can Cover Cryptocurrency Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
24
2021
Supreme Court Rules That Director Of Federal Housing Finance Agency Is Removable At Will; Calabria Fired Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Aug
1
2023
The UK Consults on New Securitisation Rules Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Oct
11
2023
EC Recommends Carrying Out Risk Assessment on Biotechnologies Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
Mar
8
2016
CFPB Begins to Assert Itself in Regulating Marketplace Lenders Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Dec
5
2018
Former CFPB Student Loan Ombudsman Creates Student Loan Advocacy Group Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
20
2014
Texas Amends Investment Adviser Registration Exemption for Private Fund Advisers Hunton Andrews Kurth
Apr
9
2018
U.S. Futures Exchanges Disciplinary Actions Alert: March 2018 Bracewell LLP
Mar
16
2023
FTC Seeks to Block Deal Between Top Mortgage Loan Technology Providers Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
14
2011
Mexico’s Unified Secured Transactions Registry Offers New Opportunities for Secured Lending Strasburger & Price, LLP
Mar
27
2015
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) Updates Q&A on the AIFMD Katten
 

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