Regulatory Compliance has been an ever-evolving process for decades. But at least the changes have been mostly steady and slow. But during the last 15 years the pace of regulatory change has not only accelerated, but it’s...more
2022 CRA Aggregate & Disclosure Data was finally released last week, on December 21 by the FFIEC. GeoDataVision has now compiled the data into a variety of market reports that are invaluable for market analysis as well as...more
On April 6, 2022, the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organization (“CISRO”) adopted the Principles of Conduct for Insurance Intermediaries (“Principles”). In conjunction with that announcement, the Financial Services...more
On April 27, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a final rule formally delaying the mandatory compliance date for the rule defining a “qualified mortgage” (QM) (the General QM Final Rule)...more
At a meeting with a group of state attorneys general in Washington, DC, earlier this week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) Director Kathy Kraninger expressed her strong desire to provide more consistent...more
The CFPB published a policy statement in today’s Federal Register to announce that, going forward, it is establishing a new “Compliance Aids” designation for certain Bureau guidance. The policy statement becomes applicable...more
Challenge of the guidelines of the European Banking Authority and notice of compliance by the Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority (ACPR) In its notice of September 8, 2017, the ACPR stated that it complies with...more
When you think about a strategic competitive advantage in the FinTech world, the first thing to come to mind isn’t compliance programs. In the FinTech world, compliance programs aren’t generally thought of as a strategic...more
The New York Department of Financial Services’ (DFS) January 2019 insurance circular letter, which advised New York-licensed life insurance carriers on the use of external consumer data and information sources in...more
The New York Department of Financial Services issued new regulations requiring every consumer credit reporting agency that “assembles, evaluates, or maintains a consumer credit report on any consumers located in New York...more
As part of the Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference hosted in Denver from May 8 to 10, 2018, Ballard Spahr Privacy and Data Security attorney David Stauss sat down with Robb Reck, Chief Information Security Officer...more