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Redlining Complications Caused by Implementation of 2020 Census Tracts
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
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The CFPB Targets Data Brokers with Latest Proposed Rule
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (FDIC), have issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (Proposed Rule) that would require a banking...more
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Today we are very pleased to welcome guest blogger Moyara Ruehsen, PhD, CAMS, CFCS, who is an Associate Professor and Director of the Financial Crime Management Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in...more
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In a Final Notice dated 1 October 2018, the FCA sanctioned Tesco Personal Finance Plc for failings connected with a cyber attack it suffered in November 2016. The attack originated from Brazil and attackers managed to...more
As cybersecurity attacks have continued to gain prominence as a threat posing critical risk management and compliance challenges for financial institutions, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has emerged as an...more
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On April 10, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) members issued a joint statement discussing cyber insurance and its potential role in the risk management programs of financial institutions. ...more
Cybersecurity Task Force Launched in Arizona - Arizona Governor Doug Ducey launched the Arizona Cybersecurity Team (ACT) by Executive Order on March 1, 2018. The ACT is comprised of 22 members representing officials from...more
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On October 25, the Privacy Law Report featured a blog post on new cybersecurity regulations being implemented by the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”). Those regulations impose a number of requirements on...more
The New York Department of Financial Services announced last week that it will revise and delay the effective date of its proposed cybersecurity regulation. The announcement came two days after New York bankers brought up a...more
A Lincoln Financial Group subsidiary has agreed to accept a $650,000 fine levied against it by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and to implement more robust security controls for a 2012 hacking that...more
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