The SEC announced Robert Evans III was named deputy director of the Division of Corporation Finance, joining deputy director Shelley Parratt as a senior advisor to director William H. Hinman.

On June 8, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission publicized the implementation of "rules that will establish timely and accurate trade acknowledgment and verification requirements for security-based swap entities that enter into SBS transactions."

The SEC Division of Corporation Finance designated a New Zealand stock exchange as a "designated offshore securities market" under Securities Act Regulation S, Rule 902(b).

Staff of the SEC's Division of Investment Management released a no-action letter in response to Capital Group Companies on Jan. 11.

Inflation and challenging labor markets continue to present financial challenges to physician practices. Leadership decision-making and action-taking in response to financial results...

The Drawdown has announced an awards program to acknowledge "the most influential members of the fund finance market." The awards aim to highlight innovation, creativity...

The OCC issued risk management guidance that addresses periodic reevaluations of risks associated with foreign correspondent banking accounts.

On December 12, 2016, the Federal Reserve appointed Andreas Lehnert as director of its Division of Financial Stability, effective December 25, 2016.

The original expiration date was April 15, 2018.

In a new advisory, the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") alerted financial institutions to the risk that proceeds of political corruption from Nicaragua may enter the U.S. financial system.

The lender's motion for summary judgment was unopposed, and a $9 million judgment was entered against the borrower.

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Charles Rettig was sworn in as the 49th Commissioner of the IRS. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Rettig was a tax attorney at the law firm of Hochman, Salkin, Rettig, Toscher & Perez, P.C.

On March 11, 2025, the Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith delivered remarks during floor debate to initiate a Congressional Review Act resolution to invalidate the Biden Administration.

On October 19, the Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued a joint advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding enhanced cyber-risk management standards . . .

On October 11, Group of Seven ("G-7") financial leaders announced the release of bank cybersecurity best practices guidelines.

The revised draft pushes back the effective dates and compliance deadlines, adds limited exemptions, narrows the requirement to notify the DFS of cybersecurity events, adds flexibility to the program's requirements...

The New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") granted a virtual currency license to the "first and only" company operating Bitcoin teller machines ...

NYDFS Authorizes Digital Currency Exchange to Offer Custody Services.

The warnings follow recent hacking events, including fraudulent money transfers to steal $81 million from the Bangladesh Central Bank and $12 million from Banco del Austro in Ecuador.