By Aaron Nicodemus2024-05-17T16:57:00
A governor at the Federal Reserve Board argued banking regulators should move from their current reactive posture on banking innovation to a position that actively encourages new technologies, business models, and ideas to solve age-old problems.
In a speech delivered Wednesday at an industry event, Michelle Bowman said there are good reasons why regulators often look critically at innovation in banking, but that they need to begin prioritizing innovation.
“[M]y goal today is to propose some building blocks that could help regulators get to ‘yes’ more often and potentially smooth the rough path to successful innovation in the banking system,” she said.
2023-10-19T17:30:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Rezaul Karim, assistant vice president, risk and compliance at HSBC Bangladesh, discusses with Compliance Week recent changes in KYC/AML compliance, how new technology is shaping the banking industry, and strategies for building and leading effective AML teams.
2023-09-13T13:03:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
Carolina Ceballos, the first full-time chief compliance officer at Paxos, shares with Compliance Week what the blockchain infrastructure platform does, its culture, and how it uses compliance as a competitive advantage.
2023-06-20T20:20:00Z By Aaron Nicodemus
As financial institutions mull potential growth opportunities with digital asset and artificial intelligence tools, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu warned against leaving risk and compliance teams out of the loop.
2025-08-01T22:31:00Z By Oscar Gonzalez
The Securities and Exchange Commission is taking its pro-crypto messaging on the road, planning a series of events for its Crypto Task Force that will be held across the U.S. starting on Aug. 4.
2025-08-01T20:07:00Z By Aly McDevitt
The DOJ is warning that simply scrubbing DEI-related words from policy documents or training materials—and replacing them with thinly veiled proxies—will not protect federally funded organizations from legal scrutiny.
2025-07-31T20:37:00Z By Neil Hodge
When growth slows, governments often cut rules to attract investment, as the U.K. has in its financial services sector, which contributes 8.8% of GDP, but easing the “compliance burden” raises concerns about oversight, governance, and prioritizing profits over safety.
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