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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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May
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2020
Did Your Business Deal Just Do a Disappearing Act? Securing Legally Binding, Enforceable Contract Terms
Mar
14
2016
Congress to Receive CFPB Semi-Annual Report; SEC, Other Nominees See Movement As Financial Services Regulators Make Final Push
Jan
8
2023
Bitcoin, Crypto-Assets, and the Energy Sector
Apr
22
2015
Unfair, Deceptive & Abusive Practices (UDAPP) Council Weekly Standards Report - 4/22/2015 - California, Illinois, Pennsylvania
Jan
30
2018
Hart-Scott-Rodino and Interlocking Directorates Thresholds Rise for 2018
Jun
15
2015
Financial Services Lawmakers Move on CFTC Reauthorization, Appropriators Push for Changes to Dodd-Frank
May
29
2009
Illinois Supreme Court Extends a Helping Hand to Homeowners and Lenders
Oct
30
2019
Uniform Commercial Code Protections Affecting Vendor Claims: Purchase Money Security Interests and Reclamation
Jun
12
2023
Weekly IRS Roundup June 5 – June 9, 2023
Oct
1
2020
COVID-19 May Have Delayed Autonomous Technologies, but the Future Still Looks Bright
Dec
3
2020
Navigating Murky Terrain: is Your Crypto-venture Regulated in the United Kingdom?
Jul
5
2023
What Happens When Your Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Certification is Suspended
Jan
17
2017
House and Senate Financial Services Lawmakers Kick-Off 115th Congress; Regulators Tackle Debt Collection, Insurance, and FinTech
Feb
27
2017
Financial Services Regulatory Reform Debate Abounds in Congress and at the Agencies; FSOC to Meet Under Mnuchin
Nov
13
2020
When Your Disadvantaged Business Enterprise is No Longer Considered Economically Disadvantaged
Nov
19
2020
IRS Announcement Regarding Effect of Entity Payment of Tax on SALT Deduction Limitation
Mar
13
2017
Lawmakers Take on Targeted Financial Services Bills, Focus on Flood Insurance
Sep
23
2021
Smart Supply Chains Using Smart Contracts
Sep
30
2021
Protections for Employees Who Report Workplace Discrimination
Aug
1
2022
Finding the Ability to Accumulate Substantial Wealth- Proposed Changes to Federal DBE Program
Sep
2
2015
The High Cost of an FCPA Violation
Nov
2
2021
Contractor to Pay $188,879.59 to Settle Claims That Owner Falsified DBE Personal Net Worth Statement
Oct
26
2015
House To Take On Ex-Im, Fiduciary Rule; Fed, SEC To Hold Meetings
Dec
3
2018
Securitisation Regulation - Transparency and Article 14 CRR Issues: Where Do We Go From Here?
Dec
20
2023
DNA Tests Aren’t Required (or Necessary) for Diverse Business Certifications- Beware of Unqualified Consultants Giving Bad Advice
Mar
2
2015
When “Shall” Means “May”: Wisconsin Court of Appeals Allows Mortgage Lenders to Slow the Foreclosure Sale Process
Apr
18
2016
Lawmakers Tackle Puerto Rico, CFTC; FSOC to Meet on Asset Managers
Mar
16
2015
Lawmakers To Review Regime For Regional Banks; CFTC To Hold Roundtables
 

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