The New York State Department of Financial Services ("NYDFS") approved the application of a trust company to act as a custodian for Bitcoin.

. These stress tests are mandated by Dodd-Frank Act Section 165(i)(2). In addition, the FRB issued summary instructions in a 2017 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") laid out updated guidelines and procedures by which the agency implements its authority under Section 38 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") supplemented its guidance on agency procedures for examining the risk management of third-party relationships entered into by national banks and federal savings associations.

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") updated the "Truth in Lending Act" (Regulation Z) booklet of the Comptroller's Handbook.

President Obama renominated Dr. Christopher James Brummer and Brian D. Quintenz to fill two CFTC commissioner vacancies.

President Trump announced his intent to nominate J. Christopher Giancarlo as CFTC Chair.

Even amongst a battle of supply and demand between GPs and the banks, subscription lines of credit remain resilient.

The Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the FDIC, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the National Credit Union Administration and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors encouraged financial institutions to work with consumers impacted by the federal government shutdown.

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).

The SEC granted exemptive relief to an exchange traded fund from the notice requirements of SEA Rule 10b-17 and the prohibitions of Rules 101 and 102 of Regulation M.

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 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 SEC Division of Corporation Finance granted exemptive relief to Mphasis Limited, an Indian company, from Exchange Act Rules 14e-1(a) and (c) ...

Extending the effectiveness of the no-action position it took in 2016, the SEC Division of Trading and Markets granted relief to certain broker-dealers

The Department of the Treasury named Acting Under Secretary Adam Szubin as Acting Secretary of the Treasury.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System extended the comment period for an advance notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the regulatory capital requirements for supervised institutions engaged in insurance activities.

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