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Important Sanctions Compliance Lessons from OFAC’s $11.8m Settlement with Interactive Brokers

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On July 15, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) announced a settlement agreement with Interactive Brokers LLC (“Interactive Brokers”) violations of multiple U.S. sanctions...more

K2 Integrity

Fiat Ramps Unlocked: Practical Tips For Banks And Crypto Firms

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Ask any centralized cryptocurrency firm to name one of their biggest priorities or challenges—and then count the number of times they mention bank partnerships. For crypto firms, the loss of, or failure to acquire, a bank...more

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The Importance of Sound Corporate Governance for Virtual Asset Service Providers: Lessons from Past Failures

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In recent years, the virtual asset industry has experienced exponential growth, bringing about innovations in digital payments, tokenisation and decentralised finance (Defi). While highly innovative, the volatile nature of...more

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Personal Matters - How will the risks to firms from individuals’ behaviour increase in 2024?

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Financial regulators in the UK have been interested for some years in the question of how personal behaviour can affect the risk profile of a financial institution. A recent SEC case suggests that US regulators may now be...more

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NYDFS Finalizes Climate Risk Management Guidance

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On December 21, 2023, the New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) finalized guidance on how the banks and mortgage institutions it regulates (“New York Institutions”) should manage climate-related financial and...more

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New York DFS Finalizes Amendments to Cybersecurity Regulations

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On November 1, 2023 the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released amended cybersecurity regulations ("Regulations"). These changes will impose additional controls, demand more frequent risk assessments, and...more

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NYDFS Issues Revised Proposed Second Amendment to Its Cybersecurity Regulation

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently published a revised proposed second amendment to its cybersecurity regulation, 23 NYCRR 500. ...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Basel Committee Issues Guidance on Core Principles for Effective Banking Supervision

In April 2022, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (the Basel Committee) began a review of “the core principles for effective banking supervision” (Core Principles or CP). Last month, the Basel Committee published...more

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NYDFS Proposes Amendments to Cybersecurity Regulation

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) on Nov. 9, 2022, released Proposed Amendments to its Cybersecurity Regulation. The NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation was one of the first laws requiring companies to comply...more

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing

Sanctions Apply to Cryptoasset Sector Confirm UK Financial Regulatory

On March 11, 2022, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the Bank of England, and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) released a joint statement reiterating that all UK financial services firms,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Six Things to Know About FinCEN’s Proposed SAR Sharing Pilot Program

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published a notice of proposed rulemaking (the “Proposed Rule”) in late January seeking public comment on a proposed pilot program that would expand financial institutions’...more

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CFPB To Revisit Trump-Era QM Final Rules

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In this Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a statement announcing its intention to revisit Trump-era qualified mortgage (QM) final rules; the Biden Administration announced changes to the Small...more

White & Case LLP

Spain to tax acquisitions of shares of major Spanish listed companies

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The Spanish Official Gazette published last October 16th legislation enacting a new indirect Tax on Financial Transactions levied, at 0.2%, on the acquisition of shares of major Spanish listed companies irrespective of the...more

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Federal banking agencies issue joint statement on enforcement of BSA/AML requirements; FinCEN follows with its own statement

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Regulators Provide Greater Transparency into BSA/AML Enforcement Process. On August 13, 2020, the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, and Office of the...more

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FFIEC Issues Joint Statement on Additional Loan Accommodations Related to COVID-19

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On August 3, 2020, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (“FFIEC”) issued a joint statement to provide prudent risk management and consumer protection principles for financial institutions to consider when...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

OCC Releases Bulletin on Fraud Risk Management Principles

In the aftermath of sales practices, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently published a bulletin on fraud risk management principles that are applicable to all federally chartered financial institutions....more

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Former Danske Bank CEO Charged by Danish Prosecutors in Connection with Massive Money Laundering Scandal

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Authorities Begin to Focus on Individual Responsibility - This week, Danish prosecutors charged Thomas Borgen, the former chief executive officer of Danske Bank, for his involvement in the money laundering scandal arising...more

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Danske Bank Money Laundering Scandal: The Tip of the Iceberg(s)

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In September, the Danish law firm Bruun & Hjejle’s report (“B&H Report”) released its internal investigation report into alleged money laundering conducted through the Estonian branch of Danske Bank (“Danske”)....more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

The DFS Effect: Cyber Meets Sarbanes Oxley

Financial institutions with ties to New York spent their Valentine’s Day learning how to use the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) web portal....more

Vedder Price

The OCC Speaks: How FinTech Applications Will Be Reviewed

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On March 15, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) published for comment a draft supplement to the OCC’s existing Comptroller’s Licensing Manual providing detail on how the OCC will evaluate national...more

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