By Aaron Nicodemus2022-02-16T14:58:00
The SEC’s determination regarding BlockFi’s crypto lending product is a landmark resolution, yet the ruling does little to settle the larger question still looming: Are cryptocurrencies securities or currencies?
2022-02-14T19:15:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
BlockFi Lending agreed to pay $100 million in penalties as part of a first-of-its-kind case in which the Securities and Exchange Commission declared a type of cryptocurrency lending product should be registered as a security.
2021-09-21T13:37:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
By reacting to Coinbase’s now-scrapped Lend program proposal with a Wells Notice, the SEC sent a message that cryptocurrency companies should not expect the agency to bend to their will.
2025-09-17T17:20:00Z By Adrianne Appel
A Florida seafood company executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring with competitors to fix the prices he paid to local fishers, an effort that impacted more than $8 million in wholesale fish and cut the pay of hundreds of fishers, the Department of Justice said.
2025-09-16T18:39:00Z By Tom Fox
Employees are adopting AI faster than companies can build policies, governance, and training. That gap creates compliance exposure in areas from data privacy to shadow IT to workplace equity.
2025-09-09T16:37:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The Epstein case remains a defining moment for financial institutions. As new investigations bring renewed attention to his enablers, Compliance Week’s 2024 case study offers not only a timeline of failures but a path forward. Here’s what banks, regulators, and compliance teams must learn from it.
2025-09-03T11:37:00Z By Tom Fox
At their core, compliance officers are problem-solvers. They wrestle with thorny questions every day: How do we implement a global gifts-and-entertainment policy across jurisdictions with vastly different cultural norms? How do we balance business pressures with anti-corruption obligations? How do we address new risks like AI itself?
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