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We blogged last year about the Final Rule issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) extending Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)...more
On July 21, 2025, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it intends to postpone the effective date of the final rule concerning the Anti-Money Laundering/Countering...more
On July 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it is delaying the effective date of the investment adviser anti-money laundering rule (IA AML Rule) for two years from 1 January 2026 to 1...more
On July 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s (“Treasury”) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it will delay the effective date of the final rule establishing anti-money laundering/countering the...more
On July 21, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced its intent to postpone compliance with new regulatory requirements imposing certain anti-money laundering...more
On July 21, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) announced that it intends to delay implementation of its final rule, Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published final policy statement PS25/7, alongside an updated webpage, on data decommissioning. Following the FCA's consultation in April, it has proceeded with: - Removing the...more
On July 1, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published twenty-five proposed rules and one final rule taking actions that include limiting OSHA’s application of the General Duty Clause, removing...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to redefine its priorities, and among the many policies targeted for change, the “Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders”...more
On June 25, 2025, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to extend the compliance deadline for recent amendments to Exchange Act Rule 15c3-3 (the “Customer Protection Rule”) to June 30, 2026. The amendments,...more
On May 28, 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) Innovation Center formally announced the early termination of the Kidney Care First (“KCF”) model effective December 31, 2025, and issued a suite of...more
On 10 June 2025, the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a Final Rule announcing the discontinuation of the Accelerated Examination program for utility applications beginning 10 July 2025. The change affects the...more
On June 18, the CFPB published a final rule in the Federal Register rescinding a previous rule that specified how the agency issues rules and when those rules are considered issued. Effective June 18, the final rule rescinds...more
Last month the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) set out its final rules related to the application of investment research payment optionality to fund managers. This move follows its consultation paper late last year which...more
On May 23, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky received a status report from the defendants, the CFPB and Russell Vought, stating that the Bureau has determined the Section 1033 rule to be unlawful...more
On May 23, the CFPB notified a Kentucky federal court that it now considers its own 2023 open banking rule “unlawful” and plans to set the rule aside. The Bureau announced its intent to seek summary judgement against the...more
The CFPB continues on its path to rescind what it considers to be unnecessary regulatory guidance, with two additional proposals recently published. First, the agency published an interim final rule on May 16, 2025, to...more
On May 16, the CFPB published a Federal Register notice withdrawing its COVID-19-era mortgage servicing protections for borrowers. The CFPB identified two reasons for rescinding this measure: first, the rule was intended to...more
On May 21, the CFPB published a notice in the Federal Register withdrawing its procedures that required state officials to notify the Bureau when taking action to enforce the CFPA. The direct final rule, effective July 21,...more
On 14 May 2025, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency’s plan to address the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...more
On May 15, 2025, the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Treasury Department (collectively, the “Agencies”) released a statement regarding the Agencies’ recent request for abeyance of a...more
In Podcast 95, Len and Dean argue that the 2023 CRA rule is flawed and confusing, urging its repeal and calling for reforms that truly support community development....more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a final policy statement (PS25/4), together with an updated webpage and press release, on final rules extending the new payment optionality for investment research to...more
On 9 May 2025, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued policy statement PS 25/4, setting out, and bringing into force, final rules on investment research payment options for fund managers. The new rules follow the...more