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Posted Date: Wednesday, November 22, 2023
The California Department of Financial Protection and
Innovation issued a cease and desist order against a purported cryptocurrency
investment platform for violating the state’s securities laws. The enforcement
action was part of a coordinated effort with other states’ regulators. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023
Marking the first expansion of the Small Business
Administration’s program designed to facilitate growth in underserved markets
in more than 40 years, the Biden-Harris administration recently granted three
new Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) licenses.
SBLC licenses are intended to empower non-depository lenders
to leverage government guarantees when underwriting small business loans in
historically underserved markets. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, November 10, 2023
Speaking before the Securities Industry and Financial
Markets Association, Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler
delved into recent reforms aimed at enhancing the efficiency and resilience of Treasury
markets. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Perhaps one of the most
anticipated conversations during the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) 2023
convention occurred between Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
Director Rohit Chopra and MBA President and CEO Bob Broeksmit.
The relationship between banks and mortgage lending was the
primary topic of conversation. Chopra and Broeksmit discussed concerns over new
Basel III requirements, as well as the need for regulation in the nonbank
financial sector. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2023
In a move aimed at bolstering data security within the
financial sector, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) greenlit an amendment to its
Safeguards Rule, requiring nonbank financial institutions to report data security
breaches to the agency.
The amendment also will lessen the number of affected
customers requiring a breach to be reported and impose a shortened time frame
for reporting such a breach to the FTC. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, October 27, 2023
A
testing error by payment processor ACI Worldwide resulted in a $10 million
settlement with attorneys general from all 50 states. The error occurred in
April 2021, leading to the attempted unauthorized withdrawal of $2.3 billion
from 477,000 mortgage accounts across the country. Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently issued
an enforcement action against Stanley Black & Decker involving inaccurate
proxy disclosures in which the company underreported certain compensation paid
to high-level executives.
Proxy statements filed by the company from 2018-2021
indicate that Stanley paid $1 million on average to four executive officers and
one director. These payments were disclosed as “All Other Compensation” in
financial reports, according to an SEC release.
Read on »
Posted Date: Tuesday, September 12, 2023
The
topic of cryptocurrency has become increasingly mainstream, so much so that
Bitcoin ATMs now can be found just about anywhere. The Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City recently published an article detailing findings from its research
on this relatively new and largely unexamined industry, describing how these
standalone machines work, who uses them and some of the risks faced by the
industry.
Bitcoin ATMs, also referred to as “BTMs,” are standalone kiosks
that convert cash to crypto. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, September 8, 2023
In the agency’s first enforcement action involving its “marketing rule” pertaining to cryptocurrencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ordered a fintech investment advisory firm to pay a $1 million settlement for allegedly misleading investors about performance metrics.
Additionally, the SEC found other compliance issues present in the company’s business practices, which led to misleading disclosures about the custody of clients’ cryptocurrency assets. Read on »
Posted Date: Friday, August 18, 2023
Coinbase Financial Markets, Inc. secured regulatory approval from the National Futures Association, a Commodity Futures Trading Commission-designated organization, to offer access to crypto futures through its platforms. Read on »
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