All Finance articles – Page 30
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News BriefCFPB eyes open banking with financial data rights rule proposal
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is moving forward its plan to give consumers more control over their personal financial data as part of a new rule proposal.
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News BriefFinCEN rule proposal labels CVC mixing a primary money laundering concern
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network might require financial institutions to implement new recordkeeping and reporting requirements regarding convertible virtual currency mixing under a proposed rule.
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News BriefCFTC vows increased penalties for deterrence, repeat offenders
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will consider increasing its enforcement penalties in certain cases to deter future violations of commodities law and punish repeat offenders.
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PremiumHumans vs. machines, it all comes back to data
A panel of experts discussed trending topics in the compliance space, including the debate over whether humans or machines will lead future efforts to fight financial crime, during the opening keynote at Compliance Week’s Europe conference in London.
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News BriefUAE joins pact with U.S. on cybersecurity cooperation
The United States and United Arab Emirates finalized an agreement to work together to safeguard the financial sector from cyberattacks.
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News BriefCybersecurity, AML risks among SEC 2024 exam priorities
SEC examiners will be asking tough questions of registered firms regarding how they handle risks related to operational security, interact with financial technology companies and crypto assets, and the maturity of their anti-money laundering programs.
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SEC adopts Dodd-Frank rule for short sale transparency
The Securities and Exchange Commission continued its push to get across the finish line the remaining provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act with the adoption of a new rule for institutional investment managers to provide greater transparency regarding short sale data.
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News BriefFCA fines Equifax’s U.K. unit $13.3M over 2017 data breach
The Financial Conduct Authority fined Equifax’s U.K. unit more than £11 million (U.S. $13.3 million) regarding the company’s 2017 data breach that affected approximately 13.8 million U.K. consumers.
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News BriefEOS Matrix battles back against Croatian DPA in $5.8M GDPR case
Debt collector EOS Matrix said it will challenge a General Data Protection Regulation penalty levied against it by the Croatian data protection authority after finding the data in question in the case does not match the data in its database.
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News BriefTransUnion settles with CFPB, FTC over tenant screening accuracy
Credit reporting agency TransUnion agreed to pay $23 million total across settlements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission for alleged tenant screening and security freeze deficiencies.
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AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund names interim CCO
The board of AG Twin Brook Capital Income Fund, a Delaware-based statutory trust, appointed Jenny Neslin as interim chief compliance officer.
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News BriefFCA censures London Capital & Finance over misleading promos
Insolvent credit broker London Capital & Finance dodged a “substantial financial penalty” from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority regarding promotions it used to market minibonds to investors.
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News BriefWilmington Trust to pay $1.3M over fiduciary duty lapses
Wilmington Trust Investment Management agreed to pay more than $1.3 million to settle charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission it failed to disclose conflicts of interest and breached its fiduciary duty to clients.
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PremiumU.K. financial regs pressure firms to step up D&I considerations
The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority and Prudential Regulation Authority set out proposals to ensure firms treat nonfinancial misconduct, such as bullying, racist behavior, and sexual harassment, as strictly as other regulatory offenses.
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News BriefHSBC unit fined $2M by FINRA over long-running disclosure lapses
HSBC Securities (USA) agreed to pay $2 million as part of a settlement with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority addressing alleged inaccurate disclosures related to conflicts of interest.
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Two Ocean Trust appoints chief risk and compliance officer
Two Ocean Trust, a Wyoming-chartered trust company, announced the appointment of Albert Forkner as its new chief risk and compliance officer.
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Carson Group gets chief legal officer
Financial services firm Carson Group hired Julie Pine as its chief legal officer.
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Lido appoints general counsel
Wealth management firm Lido Advisors announced the appointment of Debra Achkire as general counsel.
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News BriefFINRA orders Santander unit to pay $100K over supervision failures
Santander U.S. Capital Markets agreed to pay $100,000 to settle allegations by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority regarding supervision failures related to misuse of material nonpublic information.
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GAM promotes chief risk officer to CEO
Global asset management firm GAM Holding appointed Elmar Zumbuehl as group chief executive officer. Zumbuehl was most recently the global chief risk officer and a member of the GAM group management board.