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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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Aug
12
2021
CFTC Steps Up Activity in the Cryptocurrency Space With Latest Action for Violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
28
2019
CFPB Releases Implementation Materials for Submission of Prepaid Account Agreements Ballard Spahr LLP
Apr
3
2020
Guide to Navigating COVID-19 Federal Business Relief Programs Pierce Atwood LLP
Jan
9
2024
CTA – Accessing Beneficial Ownership Information Proskauer Rose LLP
Jun
18
2015
The US Government’s Charge Against “Spoofing” re: Large Volume Securities Trades Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Sep
26
2015
IRS Addresses RIC Asset Diversification Requirements Katten
Oct
12
2016
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit Declared CFPB’s Single-director Structure Unconstitutional Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Feb
8
2017
Dodd-Frank Rollback Begins – Congress Overturns SEC’s Resource Extraction Issuer Payment Disclosure Rule Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
3
2020
Enhancing the “Access” in Accessibility to Private Capital: SEC Proposes Expanded Definition of “Accredited Investor” Under Regulation D Jones Walker LLP
Dec
4
2020
CFTC MOU for Supervision of Cross-Border Firms & Timing Requirements for Certain SEF Reports Katten
Jun
30
2022
CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion Clarifying Its Views on When Debt Collectors Can Charge Consumers “Convenience Fees” Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Aug
22
2023
Second Circuit Clarifies the Circumstances in Which Presumptions Can Be Used to Support Federal Securities Fraud Class Action Lawsuits Mintz
Oct
30
2023
Cybersecurity Awareness Month Series: Cybersecurity is Important for Small Business Too Jackson Lewis P.C.
Nov
18
2011
Federal Agencies Looking Closely at Municipal Bonds: What You Need to Know Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
1
2016
IRS Issues Guidance on Money Market Fund Top-Up Contributions Faegre Drinker
Jun
15
2019
EMIR REFIT Published in the Official Journal of the European Union Katten
Jun
29
2020
ILPA Changes to Credit Facility Disclosure: What Fund Managers Need to Know Proskauer Rose LLP
Apr
11
2022
Sanctions and Export Controls: April 6, 2022 [VIDEO] Bracewell LLP
Jan
10
2023
Regulators and Law Enforcement are Closely Monitoring the Crypto Sector Katten
Jun
29
2010
In the Wake of The Great Recession, Federal Courts Provide Broad Statutory Interpretations in an Effort to Protect Erisa Plan Participants Cosgrove Law, L.L.C.
Feb
26
2018
Does The SEC Have A Duty To Correct Its Cybersecurity Statement? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
May
6
2020
SBA, Treasury Clarify Treatment Of Foreign Affiliates Under PPP Eligibility Criteria Jackson Lewis P.C.
Oct
21
2020
Plan Sponsor and Plan Administrator Escape 401(k) Plan Cybertheft Suit, But Recordkeeper Remains Faegre Drinker
Sep
15
2017
CFPB’s No-Action Letter Is (Mostly) a Positive Action Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Mar
4
2019
Massive Danske Bank Money Laundering Scandal Continues to Unfold Ballard Spahr LLP
Sep
20
2012
SEC Adopts Payment Disclosure Rules for Resource Extraction Issuers Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Jun
19
2015
SEC Denies Motion to Stay Regulation A+ Katten
Oct
14
2016
FCA Publishes Feedback Statement on Smarter Consumer Communications Katten
 

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