Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
Daily Compliance News: July 31, 2025. The Forgotten Generation Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Citibank and Continuous Monitoring
Wire Fraud Litigants Beware: Fourth Circuit Ruling Protects the Banks — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Top challenges with Compliance Management
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Understanding MALPB Charters: A Collaborative Approach to Banking Innovation — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule
Fraud, the silent epidemic
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
Daily Compliance News: April 21, 2025, The Tribute to Pope Francis Edition
Predictions regarding the 2023 CRA Rule and Section 1071 and how to prepare for expected developments
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Stablecoins: Regulatory Issues for UK and EU Banks To Consider
Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Navigating 2025: Federal Legislative and Regulatory Updates on Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Third-Party Risk The competitive world of banking struggles to keep up with technological advances, particularly in a regulatory environment.
Deposit Account Litigation: Highlights From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025 — The Consumer Finance Podcast
New and significant prohibitions against financial transactions between U.S. financial institutions and three Mexican financial institutions are set to go into effect in a little over a month on September 4, 2025. In late...more
The recent Orders issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) on June 25, 2025, designating CIBanco, Intercam, and Vector as institutions of primary money laundering concern,...more
Join Lowenstein Sandler and Santamarina + Steta for a timely webinar exploring the legal and compliance implications of recent U.S. Treasury actions under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act. The session, featuring Lowenstein's Robert...more
On June 25, 2025, FinCEN announced its first orders under the 2024 FEND Off Fentanyl Act, finding that three Mexican financial institutions—CIBanco S.A. Institución De Banca Multiple (“CIBanco"), Intercam Banco S.A.,...more
On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued three orders designating CIBanco S.A., Intercam Banco S.A., and Vector Casa de Bolsa, S.A. de C.V. (collectively,...more
On June 25, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued its first orders under the FEND Off Fentanyl Act, targeting three Mexican financial institutions: CIBanco S.A. (CIBanco),...more
Between tariffs, tightening export controls, evolving sanctions, and ramped up enforcement, the cost and complexity of compliance is rising for oil and gas supply chains. ACI’s Trade & Sanctions Compliance for the Oil and...more
On July 11, 2024, the Resolution amending the Regulations applicable to credit institutions (the "Resolution") regarding Digital Agents was published in the Federal Official Gazette. The purpose of the Resolution is to...more
On October 3, 2023, the Mexican Senate approved and sent a draft of the Decree that amends several financial laws on administrative procedure ("Decree") to Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies for discussion and final approval, which...more
El Banco de México (Banxico), el 2 de junio de 2023, publicó un comunicado de prensa relacionado con la transición de la Tasa de Interés Interbancaria de Equilibrio (TIIE) en moneda nacional a plazos mayores a un día hábil...more
El Banco de México (Banxico), el 13 de abril de 2023, publicó en el Diario Oficial de la Federación la Circular 3/2023 dirigida a Instituciones de Crédito y Sociedades Financieras de Objeto Múltiple Reguladas relativa a las...more
This summary is part of our regular reporting of trends and developments related to investigations and enforcement activity into fraud, corruption, and other misconduct by authorities in the United States and the Americas and...more
Additional measures to promote an orderly behavior in the financial markets strengthen credit granting channels and provide liquidity for the sound development of the financial system in Mexico....more
On March 30, 2020, the Public Health Council (Consejo de Salubridad Pública) declared a health emergency due to force majeure, caused by the epidemic generated by COVID-19, by virtue of the Resolution declaring the epidemic...more
Taking into account the health contingency enacted due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico and in the world, as well as the prevailing uncertainty regarding the determination of the depth, duration and economic effects of such...more
In order to provide an overview for busy in-house counsel and compliance professionals, we summarize below some of the most important international anti-corruption developments from the past month, with links to primary...more
More on the rather shocking departure of John Flannery from GE, the Board that didn’t want to give him any more leash for his turnaround plans, and the future of the embattled corporate giant under Larry Culp....more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more
Cybersecurity specialists at BAE Systems and Symantec announced last week new evidence suggesting that the criminals behind the notorious 2014 attack on Sony Corp. are also responsible for recent cyber-attacks involving 104...more
Some solid non-search-engine growth helped Alphabet post pretty solid Q4 numbers (with profit missing estimates but revenue surging past them)....more
In the latest development in a probe by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) targeting alleged money laundering activities in Los Angeles’ garment trade, the Financial Crimes...more