In This Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released supplemental question and answer materials clarifying certain aspects of the application process for deposit insurance; the Consumer Financial...more
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In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management staff announced plans to seek industry input on custodial practices relating to trading that is not...more
3/21/2019
/ CFTC ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
UK Brexit
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Busy Week for the Fed. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) was busy this past week, announcing that it would limit use of the “qualitative objection” in its Comprehensive...more
3/14/2019
/ CCAR ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FSOC ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Regulation D ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
Wage and Hour
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In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Division of Investment Management released a No-Action Letter that relieves mutual fund directors from in-person voting requirements under...more
3/7/2019
/ Clean Energy ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
FHFA ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Mutual Funds ,
No-Action Relief ,
PACE ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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When will the government shutdown end? The government shutdown has forced many federal agencies, including those mentioned in the articles below, to operate in accordance with the agency's emergency plan for...more
1/10/2019
/ BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Protection Act ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
HMDA ,
Interest Rates ,
OCC ,
OCIE ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stress Tests
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Everything You Wanted to Know About De Novo Bank Formations But Were Afraid to Ask. For several years under two different chairs, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has been publicly stating...more
In This Issue. Federal banking regulators proposed the long-awaited “community bank leverage ratio,” which would exempt community banks with a leverage ratio of at least 9% from Basel III capital requirements; the Federal...more
11/29/2018
/ Antitrust Division ,
ATDS ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Basel III ,
Blockchain ,
CFIUS ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
FASB ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
FHFA ,
NYSE ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulation CC ,
Regulation J ,
Regulation M ,
Regulation Z ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
Smaller Reporting Companies