Christmas came early for many in the digital asset community by way of a statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) on December 23, 2020 that grants relief in the area of broker...more
12/28/2020
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Broker-Dealer ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Custody ,
Customer Protection Rule ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Securities ,
Investment Management ,
Popular ,
Public Comment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In this Issue. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) was busy this week, finalizing rules that modernize brokered deposits regulations, establish new standards for parent companies of industrial loan companies and...more
12/17/2020
/ §314(b) ,
Banking Sector ,
Branch Offices ,
Brokered Deposits ,
Brokers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Loan Companies ,
Cyber Incident Reporting ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Environmental Policies ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Historic Preservation ,
Information Sharing ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investment Management ,
Investors ,
MD&A Statements ,
NEPA ,
NHPA ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Mortgage Rule ,
Registered Funds ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Litigation ,
Securities Regulation ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
On October 7, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) voted 3-2 to propose a conditional exemption (“Exemption”) to permit natural persons to engage in limited securities activities as “finders” on behalf of...more
10/12/2020
/ Accredited Investors ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Capital Raising ,
Comment Period ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
Finders ,
Investment Adviser ,
Investors ,
Private Offerings ,
Public Comment ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Exchange Act ,
Securities Regulation ,
Securities Transactions ,
Unregistered Brokers
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
9/17/2020
/ Accredited Investors ,
Amended Rules ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Brokers ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Crowdfunding ,
Data Collection ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Disparate Impact ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Extensions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Filing Fees ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Reporting ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Flood Insurance ,
HUD ,
Interim Final Rules (IFR) ,
Investors ,
Leverage Ratio ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Public Comment ,
Qualified Institutional Buyers ,
Relief Measures ,
Savings and Loan Companies ,
Section 1071 ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Small Business ,
Temporary Regulations ,
Time Extensions