Financial Institutions, Enforcement Actions, Canada

Canada’s AML Overhaul: How to Stay Compliant and Respond to FINTRAC

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 8/6/2025

Canada’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime is set to undergo its largest transformation yet with the sweeping amendments to the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act proposed in Bill C-2. In...more

[Event] 24th Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime - June 25th - 26th, Toronto, ON, Canada

American Conference Institute (ACI) on 5/27/2025

Canada’s financial sector is facing unprecedented scrutiny, rising enforcement, and evolving compliance risks – are you ready? Join top regulators and industry leaders at CI's 24th Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money...more

Lower Criminal Interest Rate Now in Effect

Bennett Jones LLP on 1/10/2025

As detailed in our prior blog the Government of Canada proposed amendments to lower the criminal interest rate to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 35 percent (the prior criminal interest rate, being an effective rate of 60...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 10/1/2018

Though he was apparently ready to go with his “verbal agreement with the Saudis” defense, Elon Musk capitulated to pressure “from his lawyers and investors of Tesla” and agreed to resolve all SEC allegations of wrongdoing,...more

Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Update Issue 18 | June 2018

Jones Day on 6/25/2018

JONES DAY CYBERSECURITY, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION ATTORNEY SPOTLIGHT: Richard Martinez - Europe's new General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") is driving an evolution in corporate privacy practices globally. As...more

Bridging the Week - September 2015 #2

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP on 9/22/2015

CFTC Says Virtual Currencies Are a “Commodity” Under Federal Law, Files Charges Against Coinflip for Operating an Unregistered Bitcoin Options Trading Platform - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed and...more