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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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Mar
27
2020
Federal Reserve Suspends Regulatory Examination Activity for Banks with Total Consolidated Assets Under $100 Billion Vedder Price
Aug
29
2012
SEC Issues Final Rules Requiring Issuers to Account for Use of Conflict Minerals McDermott Will & Emery
Jan
22
2015
Some LLC Names Slip Past California’s Statutory Ban Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
24
2018
Bridging the Week by Gary DeWaal: September 17 - 21 and September 24, 2018 (Spoofing; Cryptocurrency Trading Platforms; Post-Trade Allocations) Katten
Jan
10
2020
NFA’s Swaps Proficiency Requirements Become Effective on January 31 Katten
Dec
8
2013
Trade Associations File Lawsuit Over CFTC’s (Commodity Futures Trading Commission's) Cross-Border Guidance Katten
Oct
10
2014
Independent PayPal Could Be Target for Acquisition McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
May
11
2017
If The Market Makes You Do It, Why Should The SEC? Allen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
Sep
27
2022
SEC Charges Public Company Executives with Insider Trading Despite Trading Through Purported Rule 10b5-1 Trading Plans Winstead
Mar
30
2023
Staff Provides Legend Alternative for Non-transparent ETFS Short on Ad Space K&L Gates
Dec
27
2023
Six Ways Whistleblowers Can Protect Themselves Katz Banks Kumin LLP
Jan
19
2017
CFTC Commissioner Giancarlo Forecasts Swap Market Reforms Covington & Burling LLP
Feb
6
2018
CFPB reportedly puts investigation of Equifax on ice while other government agencies press forward Ballard Spahr LLP
Oct
12
2021
Health Care Providers: Considerations with Green Bonds Issuance Foley & Lardner LLP
Feb
7
2022
Treasury Targets Nonfungible Tokens Hunton Andrews Kurth
Jun
12
2023
FDIC, FRB & OCC Issue Final Guidance on Risk Management for Third-Party Relationships Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Oct
23
2023
SEC Enforcement: Stoner Cats Settlement Signals Intensifying SEC Interest In NFT Offerings Barnes & Thornburg LLP
May
12
2016
Treasury Department Releases Report Calling for Increased Regulation of Online Marketplace Lenders Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
28
2017
FinCEN Issues New Geographic Targeting Order for Shell Companies Purchasing High-End Residential Real Estate Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Feb
4
2019
UK FCA New Guidance on Cryptoassets K&L Gates
Sep
26
2019
Final Hardship Distribution Regulations, Part Two: Implementation Considerations Proskauer Rose LLP
Mar
27
2020
SEC Issues Temporary Borrowing Relief for Mutual Funds and Insurance Company Separate Accounts Vedder Price
Apr
28
2020
New SBA Guidance: Private Equity Eligibility, Debtors in Bankruptcy, and a Safe Harbor Bracewell LLP
May
16
2024
FIX(ML)ing the Data Submission Standard: The CFTC's Large Trader Rules Get a Makeover Katten
Mar
9
2013
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Approves Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Swap Data Reporting Rule Katten
Jan
23
2015
CFPB Finalizes Minor Changes to “Know Before You Owe” Mortgage Rules Katten
May
23
2019
Model Rule for Securities Administrators Approved by NASAA Robinson & Cole LLP
Jun
7
2018
Comptroller Otting to appear at House and Senate hearings next week Ballard Spahr LLP
 

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