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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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Oct
23
2019
Marketplace Lending Update #7: This and That Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
14
2024
FinCEN AML Alert: SEC Investment Advisers Again in Focus Katten
Jun
22
2015
Bridging the Week: June 15 to 19 and 22, 2015 (Another CCO Sued; Atypical Price Activity; Unauthorized Swaps; Illegal Swaps; Manipulation) Katten
Sep
29
2015
Insider Trading and Administrative Courts - More on Two Hot Topics That Have Now Converged Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jun
8
2016
CFPB Proposed Rules Address Payday Loans and Impose New Customer Diligence Requirements Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Dec
13
2017
The Glass Ceiling Thins the Ranks of African-American Managers in the Financial Services Industry Zuckerman Law
Jan
18
2024
CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion Restricting Fees Charged for Consumer’s Requests for Account Information Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Mar
24
2022
DFPI Sees Few Problems With NMLS Transition, Do My Own Eyes Deceive Me? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
28
2010
Mitigating Financial Risk With Tech — Not Regulation Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Feb
11
2015
SEC Secures Federal Judge Order Against Mayor Based on Control Person Liability Bracewell LLP
Jul
5
2018
CFPB Addresses Partial HMDA Exemption for Certain Depository Lenders Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
22
2020
Legal Obligations to Consider Before Installing a GPS Tracking Application Varnum LLP
Jul
13
2022
Court in Singapore Enjoins Transfer of Bored Ape NFT ArentFox Schiff LLP
Nov
8
2023
Corporate Transparency Act: ESOP and Deferred Compensation Implications Varnum LLP
Oct
12
2022
Here Comes the Sun: Treasury and IRS Request Input on Solar and Other Energy Incentives Under the Inflation Reduction Act ArentFox Schiff LLP
Jan
8
2021
Division of Examinations Issues Risk Alert on Securities Investment that Finance Communist Chinese Military Companies Foley & Lardner LLP
Apr
13
2013
China Law Update Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jan
9
2014
Proposed Bill Barring Credit Checks By Employers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Jun
6
2017
US Supreme Court: Five-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to SEC Disgorgement Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
4
2019
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: February 25 – March 1 and March 4, 2019 (Appeal Not Appealing; Purported Fraudster Indicted for Fraud) Katten
Aug
22
2013
Colombia Enacts Personal Data Protection Regulations Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Apr
4
2014
OTC (Over the Counter) Derivatives Regulators Group Issues Report to G20 Katten
Jun
18
2021
Immediate Enactment Of Juneteenth As A Federal Holiday Will Have Significant Impact On Mortgage Lenders And Other Consumer Lenders Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
26
2011
How Visa Safeguards Its Operations Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
Jun
25
2015
Final Standards Published for Evaluating Diversity Policies and Practices of Financial Institutions Vedder Price
Jun
10
2016
SEC Issues $26M in Whistleblower Awards Over One-Month Period Proskauer Rose LLP
Dec
14
2017
UK Investment Management Industry And Fintech K&L Gates
Jun
21
2019
EU TEG On Sustainable Finance Publishes Proposal For EU Green Bond Standard Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.
 

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