Financial, Securities & Banking

HB Ad Slot
HB Mobile Ad Slot

The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world with stiff penalties for failure to comply with regulations. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations.

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.

National Law Review Financial Regulation and Banking Law TwitterFor hourly updates on the latest news about Wall Street, banking, financial, securities/SEC regulations, laws, and legislation be sure to follow our Financial, Banking, and Securities Law Twitter feed, and sign up for complimentary e-news bulletins.

Recent Securities, SEC, & Financial Institution Law News

Title
Custom text Organization
Oct
9
2015
CFPB Publishes Bulletin on Respa Compliance and Marketing Services Agreements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
21
2017
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Issues Request for Information on Alternative Data and Modeling Techniques Covington & Burling LLP
Apr
28
2020
SEC Proposes New Fair Value Rule 2a-5 K&L Gates
Aug
14
2020
Wolfsberg Group Publishes Statement on Developing Effective AML and CTF Program Katten
Nov
9
2023
2023 Enforcement Results Released by CFTC Blank Rome LLP
Mar
14
2024
DOJ, HHS, and FTC Request Public Comment on Effects of Private Equity Transactions on Healthcare Providers Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Sep
20
2010
Third Circuit Rejects the "Fraud-Created-The-Market" Theory of Reliance in a Section 10(B) Private Securities Fraud Action Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
4
2016
Foreclosures—New Jersey Recovery Still Slow Stark & Stark
Sep
26
2017
Contributions to European Commission Public Consultation on FinTech K&L Gates
May
22
2019
CFPB’s Top Enforcement Official Reported to Have Resigned Ballard Spahr LLP
Nov
3
2021
A Paradigm Shift in Consumer Collections: How the CFPB's Final Rule is Certain to Affect Creditors and Debt Collectors Ward and Smith, P.A.
Apr
27
2013
National Futures Association (NFA) Amends Commodity Pool Operators and Commodity Trading Advisors (CTA) Quarterly Reporting Requirements Katten
Jun
24
2016
Brexit: Implications for the Financial Services Industry Katten
Feb
6
2019
FINRA 529 Plan Share Class Initiative Encourages Firms to Self-Report Violations Katten
Jul
21
2022
Eleventh Circuit Bolsters Preference Defense by Holding That 503(b)(9) Claims Do Not Reduce the Subsequent New Value Defense Miller Canfield
Jan
25
2023
I Know It When I See It – What is a Capital Expenditure? Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jun
21
2017
Second Circuit Holds that Contingent Equity-Based Compensation of Former Lehman Employees are Subordinate to Creditor Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jul
19
2018
Does the Fifth Circuit’s decision finding the FHFA is unconstitutionally structured presage a similar fate for the CFPB? Ballard Spahr LLP
Jan
17
2020
Looking For The "Full Text" Of The Dodd-Frank Act? You Won't Find It Here Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
19
2020
Whistleblower Awarded $700,000 for Prompting SEC Investigation Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Oct
14
2022
ENABLERS Act Proposes to Expand Definition of ‘Financial Institution’; Impose BSA/AML Requirements on Professional Service Providers Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Oct
12
2015
Kenya and Nigeria Bank on Citizens to Help Finance Ongoing Development Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
23
2017
SEC Whistleblower Protection: Recent Cautionary Tales and New Best Practices Katten
Mar
8
2018
Federal court rules virtual currency is commodity regulated by CFTC Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
23
2022
7 Trends to Help You Create an Effective Compliance Program in 2022 von Briesen & Roper, s.c.
Nov
9
2023
European Data Protection Supervisor and UK ICO Sign Memorandum of Understanding Hunton Andrews Kurth
Oct
5
2010
Six Key Areas of Risk Management for the Banking Industry Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Feb
23
2015
An In-Depth Look at the Candidates for African Development Bank President Covington & Burling LLP
 

NLR Logo

We collaborate with the world's leading lawyers to deliver news tailored for you. Sign Up to receive our free e-Newsbulletins

 

Sign Up for e-NewsBulletins