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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
5
2023
FRB, FDIC and GAO Release Reports Reviewing Supervision of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
20
2014
Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Amicus Brief: Internal Whistleblower Reports Covered By Dodd-Frank Anti-Retaliation Provision Proskauer Rose LLP
May
23
2014
Second Circuit Clarifies the Limits on The Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Securities Laws Bracewell LLP
Jan
25
2018
UK Islamic FinTech Panel Launched K&L Gates
Sep
4
2018
CFPB Provides Additional Guidance on HMDA Partial Exemption Ballard Spahr LLP
Aug
28
2019
Rhode Island & Nevada Enter the Cryptocurrency Fray K&L Gates
Dec
22
2019
NFA Announces Effective Date for Amendments to CTA Performance Reporting and Disclosures Requirements Katten
Nov
19
2021
SEC Proposes Amendments to Electronic Recordkeeping Requirements Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
24
2022
China’s Foreign Investment Law and Updated Investment Negative List: New Opportunities for Foreign Investment in China Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Feb
8
2023
Potential Impact on the French Legal System of the Draft EU Directive to Harmonise Insolvency Laws Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Nov
15
2013
Changes of Note to Lenders From the 2013 Legislative Long Session Poyner Spruill LLP
Aug
4
2017
CFPB Special Monthly Complaint Report Highlights Companies’ Reponses to Consumer Complaints Covington & Burling LLP
Sep
21
2021
EPCRS Update Offers New Tools to Correct Retirement Plan Errors Proskauer Rose LLP
Jan
24
2022
U.S. Representatives Request Information from COPPA Safe Harbor Programs Hunton Andrews Kurth
Nov
16
2023
AIFMD II and Loan Origination Funds Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Mar
27
2024
SEC’s Increased Focus on “AI Washing”: Charges Announced Against Two Investment Advisers for Violations of the Marketing Rule K&L Gates
Jul
19
2013
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) Publishes Updated Summary of April 3, 2013, Joint Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Stakeholder Conference Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Aug
31
2016
Ninth Circuit Holds That SOX Disgorgement of Incentive Compensation Does Not Depend on Executives’ Own Misconduct Proskauer Rose LLP
Sep
7
2023
FCA Investigates Bank Account Closures, Including for PEP Customers Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Apr
21
2016
Catalytic Finance Initiative Raises $8 Billion for High-Impact Sustainable Projects Mintz
Jul
11
2023
Schemes of Arrangement- SEBI Consolidates Recent Amendments Nishith Desai Associates
Jul
23
2011
"Dear CFPB" wish lists urge action on mortgages, payday loans, prepaid cards Center for Public Integrity
May
8
2015
FINRA Chairman: SEC Should Lead on Uniform Fiduciary Standard Proskauer Rose LLP
Aug
19
2015
SEC’s Disclosure Requirement on Conflict Minerals Again Ruled Unconstitutional — What Now? Foley & Lardner LLP
May
22
2018
President Trump signs joint resolution disapproving CFPB Bulletin concerning discretionary pricing by auto dealers Ballard Spahr LLP
Mar
25
2020
Issues Regarding SEC Proposal to Expand Private Offering Exemptions Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Jan
8
2015
CFTC Reopens Comment Period for Position Limits - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Covington & Burling LLP
Nov
17
2017
Blockchain Energizer - Volume 17 November 17, 2017 Energy Web Foundation Launches Public Test Of Its Energy Blockchain Network K&L Gates
 

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