Financial Institutions: Banking, Compliance, Debt

The Financial institutions and banking sectors are highly regulated in the US and throughout the world. The National Law Review addresses legal issues, compliance concerns, financial regulatory schemes, broker-deals, insolvency and restructuring, and structured transaction negotiations. Both in the national and international realm, financial institutions are highly relied upon for financing, loans, and business deals. Because of this, the Federal Trade Commission, and agencies like the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) highly regulate the industry, and transactions which unfold on a daily basis.

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, block chain 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 highly covered on the site.

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 which 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 news readers want to remain informed about.

International banking and financial institutions news are 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.

Date	Title	Organization
18 Sep	ESMA Renews 0.1 percent Reporting Requirement of Net Short Positions in EU Issuers	Katten
18 Sep	Six Takeaways: Developing and Financing Offshore Wind – Challenges and Opportunities	McDermott Will & Emery
18 Sep	Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Updates, September 18, 2020	Katten
18 Sep	CFTC Further Extends Certain No-Action Relief to Market Participants in Response to COVID-19	Katten
18 Sep	CFTC Staff Provides No-Action Relief to Registrant from SEF Reinstatement Requirements	Katten
18 Sep	CFTC Staff Issue Supplemental Advisory and Time-Limited No-Action Relief on Treatment of Separate Accounts by FCMs	Katten
18 Sep	AML: FATF ‘Red Flags’ associated with Cryptoassets	Katten
18 Sep	FINRA Issues Guidance on Public Offerings	Katten
18 Sep	Transatlantic Trade: US and European Trade Talk Update – September 18, 2020	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
18 Sep	ECON Announces Implementation of Draft Report on Digital Finance and FinTech	Katten
18 Sep	Is A Breach Of Fiduciary Duty A Violation Of State Law?	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
18 Sep	European ESG Disclosure Requirements for Asset Managers	Proskauer Rose LLP
18 Sep	CFTC Continues Efforts to Increase Enforcement Transparency – Issues New Guidance on Evaluating Corporate Compliance Program	Faegre Drinker
18 Sep	A Call to Internalize Greenhouse Gas Cost Externalities: CFTC Subcommittee Publishes First-of-Its-Kind Report Regarding Climate Change's Impact on Financial Markets	Katten
17 Sep	Reflections on COVID-19 – Views from Italy	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
17 Sep	Bretton Woods, Bank Herstatt, and FedNow: The Origins of the International Payment System	Norris McLaughlin P.A.
17 Sep	Troubling Trend, Another Court Declines to Enforce Arbitration Clause	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
16 Sep	Government Releases Second Trance of Final Regulations on BEAT	McDermott Will & Emery
16 Sep	What Is A “Legitimate Business Need” Under the FCRA? The Eleventh Circuit Provides A Critical Answer	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
16 Sep	Legal Considerations for Managing COVID-19 Driven Commercial Demands From Customers	Foley & Lardner LLP
16 Sep	FinCEN Explains What Guides Its Enforcement Decisions	Proskauer Rose LLP
16 Sep	FinCEN’s New Rule Impacts Banks Lacking a Federal Functional Regulator	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
16 Sep	Fifth Circuit Affirms Dismissal FCRA Claims Based on Failure to Include a Single Credit Item on Credit Reports	Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
16 Sep	Win for FCA and some relief for policyholders in High Court BI insurance test case	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
15 Sep	California Legislature Passes Mini-CFPB Bill; If You Liked The Department Of Business Oversight, Get Ready For The Department Of Financial Protection And Innovation	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
15 Sep	Compliance Reminder: Pay-To-Play and the 2020 Election Cycle	K&L Gates
15 Sep	SEC Updates Statistical Disclosure Requirements for Banking Registrants	Bracewell LLP
15 Sep	CFTC Throws its Hat into the Corporate Compliance Arena	Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
15 Sep	Securing the Weakest Link U.S. Government’s Cryptocurrency Tracing Capacity on Full Display in Civil Forfeiture Action	Polsinelli PC
15 Sep	‘Accredited Investor’: Regulatory Design, the Revised Definition, and the Unfinished Result	Norris McLaughlin P.A.
15 Sep	Regulators Issue Guidance on U.S. Banks’ Reporting Obligations Regarding Suspected Foreign Corrupt Practices	Faegre Drinker
15 Sep	You Can Run But You Can’t Hide: U.S. Government’s Cryptocurrency Tracing Capacity on Full Display in Civil Forfeiture Action	Polsinelli PC
14 Sep	Remittance Companies in CFPB's Crosshairs	K&L Gates
14 Sep	SEC Adopts Rules To Regulate Proxy Advisory Firms	Jones Walker LLP
14 Sep	Price Gouging Weekly Round Up - September 14, 2020	Proskauer Rose LLP
14 Sep	DBO Proposes Commercial Loan Disclosure Rules	Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
13 Sep	CFTC Issues Guidance on Compliance Program Evaluations in Connection With Enforcement Matters	Katten
11 Sep	FCA Publishes Newsletter Market Watch 65	Katten
11 Sep	US Competition Currents \| September 2020	Greenberg Traurig, LLP
11 Sep	EBA Publishes Response to the European Commission’s Call for Advice on the EU’s AML and CFT Framework	Katten
11 Sep	SEC Adopts Amendments to Disclosures of Business Issues (Item 101), Legal Proceedings (Item 103), and Risk Factors (Item 105) Under Regulation S-K	Mintz
11 Sep	ASIC Bans Former BitConnect Front-man	Polsinelli PC
11 Sep	Everybody in the Pool! The SEC Expands the Definition of Accredited Investor	Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
11 Sep	CFTC Releases Climate Risk Report & Plans Open Commission Meeting	Katten
11 Sep	Bank of England’s Governor Discusses Digital Currencies	Hunton Andrews Kurth
11 Sep	FCA publishes new supervision strategy for Insurance Intermediaries	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
10 Sep	CFPB to Hold First Tech Sprint	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
10 Sep	Regaining the Banks’ Flight Control Monitors to Navigate the COVID-19 Storm	Jones Walker LLP
10 Sep	New York’s Department of Financial Services Files First Enforcement Action Under New Cybersecurity Regulation	Faegre Drinker
10 Sep	COVID-19: US State Policy Report – September 5-9, 2020	Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP