Financial Services
3 Reasons Crypto Eludes Regulators Cryptocurrency is all the rave right now, which is why tax authorities are aching to get their share of the revenue. This may prove to be a tricky proposition, though, as many members of the...
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A Cloud-First Approach to Managing Financial Communications Data The current regulatory framework, which has grown more complex since the 2008 financial crisis, requires more information to be recorded. Regulators have come to realize that in most cases of misconduct, voices...
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What Crypto Exchangers and Administrators Need to Know U.S. regulators have recently joined with an international coalition of tax enforcement authorities to investigate cryptocurrency-related crimes. Given that there’s been limited regulatory oversight of cryptocurrency in years past, where does this...
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Compliance Challenges in Financial Services The financial services sector faces numerous obstacles – especially the constant change in regulations. Michael Powell, Solutions Consultant at ZL Technologies, shares insights around the four biggest compliance challenges facing the industry today and how data...
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Opportunities Revolutionize The Current Financial and Commerce System While virtual currencies offer many opportunities to revolutionize the current financial and commerce system, equally great risks exist relating to money laundering, sanctions compliance, and terrorist financing. Banks and virtual currency operators...
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Fintech Collaborations on the Rise Fintech-bank partnerships result in growth opportunities. In this article, Krista Morgan examines the risk-reward relationship in this growing trend. The strength of our banking system is that we trust it. That trust comes from knowing...
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Broker-Dealers Navigate New Logistics On the heels of the DOL Fiduciary Rule’s defeat by the Fifth Circuit Court, the SEC proposed its own series of rule-makings and interpretations intended to address investor confusion about the duties owed to them by their...
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Concerns Abound in the Financial Markets This article discusses how the potential transition away from LIBOR has raised significant concerns in the financial markets, including whether LIBOR will end in 2021, what may replace it, what fallback language should be...
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Guidance from Director Dalia Blass Director Dalia Blass of the SEC's Division of Investment Management (the "Division") recently delivered the keynote address for the ICI 2018 Mutual Funds and Investment Management Conference.1 Director Blass discussed four main topics: (1) the role...
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The Fifth Circuit Vacates the DOL Fiduciary Rule On March 15, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision,1 vacated the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Fiduciary Rule. The Fifth Circuit found that the DOL...
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CFTC Penalizes Registrant for Outsourced IT Security Lapses Last month, the CFTC settled charges against an organization for its failure to ensure the security of its’ customers’ records and information. The registrant’s third-party vendor gained unauthorized access to more than...
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Easing the Burden for Financial Services Firms Financial services firms that are headquartered or do business with customers in the European Union (EU) have been subject to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) since its enactment in 2007. But...
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- Barry Honig, et al. March 22, 2019SEC Settles with Multiple Defendants in Market Manipulation Case and Amends Complaint as to Thirteen Remaining Defendants
- Carol Ann Pedersen March 20, 2019SEC Charges Investment Adviser with Stealing Millions from Investors to Perpetrate Ponzi Scheme
- Frank Morelli III and Louis Buonocore March 20, 2019SEC's Case Against Pump-and-Dump Schemers Concludes
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