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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
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2020
A Spoonful of Sugar Helps With Regulation Financial Stability Board (FSB) Consultation on Global Stablecoins Polsinelli PC
Apr
17
2015
OCC Revises Guidance and Forms for Subordinated Debt Issued for Tier 2 Capital and Non-Capital Purposes Katten
Dec
8
2015
Export-Import Bank of United States Open for Business Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Jul
24
2017
Bridging the Week: July 17 to 21 and July 24, 2017 (LOPR; Transitory EFRPs; Injunction Against Cutting Off Services; Convictions for Manipulation Overturned; London Whale) [VIDEO] Katten
Apr
26
2018
Coinbase Cannot Force Noncustomers to Arbitrate Suit Alleging Violations of BSA/AML Duties Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
18
2020
CFIUS Filing Fee Wiggin and Dana LLP
Jun
1
2020
Responding to Financial Crime Risks During COVID-19 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Jul
29
2021
Latest Milestone in LIBOR Replacement Passed Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Dec
1
2023
Binance to Pay Historic $4 Billion Fine ArentFox Schiff LLP
Dec
19
2014
Insurers Ordered to Contribute $30 Million Toward Overdraft Settlement Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Apr
6
2016
FDIC Chairman Gruenberg Announces Initiative to Promote New Bank Charters; New Supplementary Guidance on Deposit Insurance Applications Announced Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jan
10
2018
Top 5 Regulatory Changes To Watch For In 2018 K&L Gates
May
24
2022
Four Ways to Avoid General Solicitation in Private Offerings Varnum LLP
Sep
25
2023
Someone's Knockin' At The Door, But It May Not Be The DFPI Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Jun
13
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Financial Reform This Week: Derivatives Market Jittery about Missed Deadlines Center for Public Integrity
Sep
15
2014
Banks May Be Required to Increase Reserves Bilzin Sumberg
Jan
4
2019
Hack of Electrum Wallets Reaps over 200 Bitcoin (around $750,000) Robinson & Cole LLP
Mar
25
2021
The CFTC: An Increasingly Necessary Agency for Combatting International Fraud Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto
Apr
10
2017
Bridging the Week: April 3-7 and 10, 2017 (Advancing Nominee; Third Party Funds’ Transfers; Record Retention) [VIDEO] Katten
Aug
22
2018
CFPB And Trade Groups File Status Report In Industry Lawsuit Challenging Payday Loan Rule Ballard Spahr LLP
Feb
5
2013
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Delays Remittance Rule Katten
Dec
9
2015
Common Law Doctrines of Beneficial Ownership – Foreign Banks, U.S. Branches and Equity Swaps Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
16
2016
SEC Fines Company $265,000 for Severance Agreements that Potentially Chilled Whistleblowers Jackson Lewis P.C.
Dec
14
2016
Supreme Court Finds Bank Fraud Need Not Target Banks; Resolves Circuit Split in Prosecutors’ Favor K&L Gates
Jul
26
2017
Between Bridges: SEC Declines to Prosecute Issuer of Digital Tokens That It Deems Securities Not Issued in Accordance with US Securities Laws Katten
Sep
17
2021
Unintended Consequences of Wyden's Proposal to Change Tax Treatment for Mutual Funds and ETFs K&L Gates
Aug
25
2022
CFTC Amends Clearing Requirements Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
27
2023
PCAOB Enforcement Activity Up Sharply in 2022 Cornerstone Research
 

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