Regulation and compliance
Regulation
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A federal judge refused to throw out FirstBank Puerto Rico's effort to dismiss a high-stakes lawsuit over its alleged connections to Jeffrey Epstein's human-trafficking network.
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Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr said artificial intelligence has not yet had a material impact on the labor market, but governments and businesses should be prepared nonetheless.
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The Federal Reserve's top regulator said Tuesday that bank boards, managers should be active in preventing cyber incidents, but supervisory oversight needs to be tailored by size and complexity.
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An FDIC plan to help community banks evaluate potential fintech partners is valuable, as far as it goes. But it cannot account for the unique and specific risks that arise when two companies operate in partnership.
September 29 -
A Senate report found that 84% of 846 sanctioned Iran-linked wallets ran on USDT.
September 28 -
The Federal Reserve's Office of Inspector General released a report Monday highlighting weaknesses in how information security incidents are identified and resolved.
September 28 -
Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould said he is imposing limits on how many days examiners can spend at banks they oversee, part of the agency's ongoing push to narrow supervision.
September 28 -
The $736 million Orange County bank had faced a smattering of enforcement actions over the years, including for concentration risks, governance issues and questionable insider transactions.
September 25 -
Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Hester Peirce announced Friday that she would leave the agency on Oct. 2.
September 25 -
The Federal Reserve Board Thursday followed the lead of other regulators in seeking comment on its implementation of the landmark stablecoin legislation that passed in 2025.
September 25 -
The Republican-led bank, which touts itself as "pro-America," has struggled to turn a profit. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Old Glory failed to respond to a prior warning about capital deficiencies.
September 25 -
House Democrats on the Financial Services Committee said the more than 400-page Community Reinvestment Act proposal warrants more time for review, given its sweeping implications for community development and bank lending.
September 25 -
Recent federal guidance stopped short of issuing rules for banks' artificial intelligence use, but bank examiners already have some tools they can deploy to make sure these systems operate safely.
September 25 -
Federal banking agencies spent the year putting agentic AI outside their guidance. The attorneys general want Congress to move the opposite way.
September 24 -
The Federal Reserve Thursday issued an enforcement action barring Renee Nicole Brown from the banking industry after she pleaded guilty to embezzling roughly $246,000 from teller cash dispensers over the course of a year.
September 24 -
Senate Democrats, led by Senate Banking Committee ranking member Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., reintroduced a bill meant to solidify the debt liability between private equity firms and their portfolio companies, among other changes.
September 24 -
Several proposed updates, including lower risk-weight floors for certain securitizations and corporate loans, could make it more attractive for banks to finance or hold certain private credit-related assets, experts say.
September 23 -
Federal Reserve Gov. Michael Barr appears to be among the majority of monetary policymakers who foresee at least one more rate hike before the end of the year.
September 23 -
U.S. regulators have made it clear that banks have the discretion to explain account closures, short of disclosing the existence of a suspicious activity report filing. They should make it mandatory.
September 23 -
Industry lawyers and experts say the latest wrinkle in a long-running LPL-Ameriprise recruiting dispute shows why advisors should strongly consider retaining their own legal counsel when changing firms.
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