On February 3, 2015, FINRA released its Report on Cybersecurity Practices.

On December 9, 2015, the House Financial Services Committee approved legislation to establish a national data breach notification standard and preempt notification laws in 47 states and the District of Columbia.

On April 13, the House passed a bill to relieve the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act requirement that financial institutions send customers annual privacy notices explaining information-sharing practices...

Approximately 62 percent of consumers indicated that they preferred chip cards that also require a PIN number rather than cards that only have a chip and require a signature.

The announcement includes a list of issues and factors that will be examined as part of the new cybersecurity assessments.

On November 9, 2015, former Acting New York Superintendent of Financial Services requested input from federal and state regulators on proposed rules from the New York State Department of Financial Services...

On June 3, the New York Department of Financial Services issued New York's final BitLicense regulatory framework for virtual currencies such as Bitcoin.

On February 3, 2015, the SEC's OCIE released a summary of the results from its Cybersecurity Examination Initiative.

State Attorneys General Urge PIN Requirement For Chip Cards

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Multiple outlets are reporting that on February 2, 2015, three years after his indictment in the Southern District of New York, Swiss banker Roger Keller was arrested at the Frankfurt airport.

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.

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