All Regulatory Policy articles – Page 34
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ArticleOptus data breach fallout shows widespread impact of cybercrime
Optus isn’t alone in trying to calm public nerves and find out what happened to cause a breach that exposed the records of 9.8 million current and former customers. Australian government agencies are also attempting to fight fires and reassure citizens their personal info is safe.
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ArticleFSOC recommends more regulation, oversight of digital assets
A new report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council identified three regulatory gaps in the current oversight of cryptocurrency, stablecoins, and other digital assets and recommended steps Congress and federal regulators should take to close them.
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ArticleFINRA sets fine ranges for AML failures, removes limits on certain penalties
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority increased penalties for member violations of securities rules, including removing upper limits on fines for certain instances of misconduct.
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ArticleExperts: EU Cyber Resilience Act puts pressure on tech developers, users
The EU’s proposed Cyber Resilience Act primarily puts pressure on tech manufacturers to ensure the cybersecurity of their products, but companies also have a duty of care to use the most secure products available.
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ArticleFinCEN finalizes beneficial ownership rule, reporting requirements
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network finalized its beneficial ownership rule, which will require certain reporting companies to file basic information with the agency about who controls their finances.
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Fed recruits 6 large banks for climate scenario analysis pilot
Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo will participate in a pilot climate scenario analysis exercise organized by the Federal Reserve that seeks to enhance climate-related financial risk management efforts in the industry.
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ArticleU.S. Chamber, bank groups sue CFPB for expanding supervisory remit
A group of banking and business associations sued the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Director Rohit Chopra for overstepping their authority when the agency indicated it would begin actively searching for discrimination and disparate impacts during supervisory exams.
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ArticleHBOS case latest example of U.K. senior exec accountability woes
The Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority ending their six-year investigations into former senior managers at HBOS without enforcement serves as reminder of the United Kingdom’s checkered history of bringing executives to book.
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ArticleU.K. bill would empower Companies House as AML regulator
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill aims to stem the flow of dirty money coming into the United Kingdom by giving Companies House more power and resources to help combat money laundering.
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PremiumESG experts see shades of conflict minerals for SEC climate disclosure rule
The climate-related disclosure rule proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission will eventually pass but not before undergoing some changes, practitioners speaking at CW’s virtual ESG Summit predicted.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: Tech most subject to regulator scrutiny over next 5 years?
Four senior compliance practitioners offer what they believe will be the technology currently on the market that will receive the most attention from regulators over the next five years.
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PremiumAsk a CCO: Accounting for regulator expectations in using new tech
Regulatory environments are ever evolving; four senior compliance practitioners detail what their respective businesses do to ensure compliance while utilizing new technologies.
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ArticleIreland interpretations of GDPR criticized again in Instagram case
In fining Instagram a record €405 million (U.S. $405 million) for General Data Protection Regulation violations regarding the safeguarding of teenage users’ data, the Irish Data Protection Commission took some heat of its own.
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ArticleTreasury seeking comment on illicit finance risks posed by digital assets
The Treasury Department is seeking public input on how to address illicit finance and national security risks posed by digital assets, part of a multipronged push by the Biden administration to hold bad actors accountable and identify potential enforcement and regulatory gaps.
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ArticleCFTC commissioner calls for agency to require more admissions of guilt
Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero would like the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to stop offering no-fault settlements as a matter of routine but instead force more individuals and corporations to accept responsibility for their wrongdoing.
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PremiumESG Summit: How Rite Aid is preparing to comply with SEC’s climate disclosure rule
Amanda Patrick, Rite Aid’s director of ESG/corporate sustainability, shared the retail pharmacy chain’s sustainability journey so far and how it is readying to meet the SEC’s potential disclosure mandates during her keynote address at CW’s virtual ESG Summit.
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ArticleDems seek stronger HIPAA privacy for abortion patients
Democratic senators are urging the Department of Health and Human Services to strengthen federal health privacy protections for abortion patients by updating the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
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ArticleDOJ to emphasize individual accountability, prior misconduct in corporate crime probes
Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced sweeping changes to the Department of Justice’s efforts to fight corporate crime, including new guidance regarding individual accountability, voluntary self-disclosure, compliance monitors, and ways to strengthen compliance culture.
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ArticleRegulation by enforcement does nobody any favors
To see a prominent representative from the CFTC accuse the SEC of “regulation by enforcement” might raise the eyebrow of some observers. But it shouldn’t—not when that’s the latter’s stated strategy.
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ArticleExperts: Europe’s AI Act to push companies to confront technology’s use
The Artificial Intelligence Act, along with upcoming EU rules addressing digital markets and services, should have companies considering their use of AI and other emerging technologies to determine how the laws might impact their business.