During the past 12-18 months, we have noted a significant increase in the number of brokers underwriting share certificates issued by credit unions. It is vital for brokers in the credit union share certificate market to...more
1/16/2025
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1. Introduction and Summary -
On July 30, 2024 – a mere 32 months after adopting a new regulatory framework for brokered deposits in December 2020 (the “Current Rules”) – the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”)...more
Memorandum to our Investment Management Clients and Friends -
The Quinquennial Report of Foreign-Resident Holdings of U.S. Securities (“TIC Form SHL”) is a benchmark report used by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to...more
On May 16, 2024, the SEC amended Regulation S-P to impose new data privacy and security requirements on broker-dealers, registered investment advisers, investment companies (whether or not they are registered with the SEC),...more
5/24/2024
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced today a 45-Day extension to the public comment period for proposed changes to its regulations that may significantly affect banks, broker-dealers, and FinTechs. The...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) published for comment in December 2022 a notice of proposed rulemaking (12 CFR Part 328) (“Proposed Rule”) that would apply to all FDIC-insured institutions and impose new...more
1/19/2023
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) has recognized a new designated business relationship that confirms that an agent, such as a broker-dealer, placing deposits of a customer with an insured depository...more
On July 15, 2022, the Division of Risk Management Supervision (the “Staff”) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) published a two-page statement (the “Statement”) “to remind” insured depository institutions...more
A bill approved by the California State Assembly and pending in the state senate would require businesses in the cryptocurrency industry to obtain licenses from the state’s Department of Financial Innovation and Protection...more
Introduction -
On May 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) adopted a final rule (“Rule”) setting forth its procedures for investigating and enforcing false advertising,...more
6/16/2022
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