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Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Payments Playbook Series: AI in Payments

In the highly competitive payments space, where safety and efficiency tools are table stakes, financial institutions are increasingly employing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: August 2022

Headlines - ..New FDIC Guidance Highlights Risks from Multiple NSF Fees for Re-presented Items ..Fed Provides Advice to Banks Engaging in Crypto-Asset-Related Activities ..Federal Banking Agencies Propose Policy...more

Locke Lord LLP

Reminder of June 30 Deadline: NACHA Rules Require Enhanced Protection for ACH Authorizations

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Broadly, there are two sets of rules governing obtaining authorizations to debit consumers’ bank accounts. One is Regulation E (12 C.F.R. Part 210). The other are the Operating Rules & Guidelines (the “Nacha Rules”),...more

Blank Rome LLP

What Banks Need to Know About New Data Breach Notification Requirements

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Given the omnipresent concern about cyber attacks targeting the banking industry, the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve recently published a new joint final rule establishing enhanced security incident notification requirements...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Legal Report - November 2021 #2

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Data Aggregators Launch Open Finance Data Security Standard - A group of data aggregator fintechs and security and compliance companies recently released a new data security standard for the open finance industry – the...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Beginning in May 2022 Banks Will Have 36 Hours to Disclose Certain Types of Cyber Incidents

Federal banking regulators issued a final rule that impacts how banks and other regulated entities report certain data incidents. Those subject to these new reporting requirements include U.S. banks and bank service...more

K2 Integrity

[Webinar] Fighting Financial Crime Effectively through Federated Machine Learning - November 18th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EST

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Over 95% of Anti Money Laundering (AML) alerts are false positives. Despite this, today’s under-staffed and under-resourced institutions continue to use outdated, reactive, and expensive systems for AML monitoring. This...more

Goodwin

Fintech 2020: A Global Survey on the State of Financial Technology

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Letter from Our Co-Chairs - As the digital transformation of financial markets accelerates at breakneck speeds, fintech presents significant opportunities and challenges for both investors and innovators around the world. ...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

First Enforcement Action by New York Department of Financial Services Under Cybersecurity Regulation

On July 21, 2020, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) filed a “Statement of Charges and Notice of Hearing” (the “Charges”) against First American Title Insurance Company (the “Company”) alleging violations of...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Study Shows Banks Block 80% of Cyberattacks … But is that Enough?

In Accenture’s 2018 State of Cyber Resilience for Banking & Capital Markets study, the consulting firm reported the rate at which cyber-attacks on banking and capital markets firms are successful dropped from 36 percent in...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Financial Services Report - Spring 2017

EDITOR’S NOTE - In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Sony Cyber-Attackers Lurking at Financial Supervisor “Watering Hole” Target Banks and Others

Cybersecurity specialists at BAE Systems and Symantec announced last week new evidence suggesting that the criminals behind the notorious 2014 attack on Sony Corp. are also responsible for recent cyber-attacks involving 104...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Mapco Express pays $1.9 Million in Data Breach Settlement

A Tennessee federal judge has approved a proposed settlement of up to $1.9 million to be paid by Mapco Express to individuals affected by a payment card data breach that occurred in 2013. Two banks alleged that Mapco...more

Hogan Lovells

2017 Resolutions for Community Banks: A Focus on Cybersecurity

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In December 2016, Thomas Curry, the Comptroller of the Currency, stated that cybersecurity was the single greatest systemic threat to our financial system. He was not being hyperbolic. Cybersecurity should be on...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FFIEC Provides Concrete Guidance on Setting Up Information Security Programs

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The Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC)—the interagency body tasked with setting uniform principals and standards for the examination of financial institutions by federal prudential regulators,...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

ATM vulnerability – Banks beware!

It is said that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Often the same is said for an organization’s data privacy & security defensives. Could it be that the ubiquitous ATM machine is the weak link to the banking...more

BakerHostetler

$90 Million Cyber Thefts From SWIFT Network Raise Security and Legal Issues

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In February 2016, attackers stole $81 million from the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the New York Federal Reserve Bank by hacking into the Bangladesh bank’s computer network and sending fraudulent messages through the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Privacy Tip #32 – Online banking privacy

I am no doubt one of the few individuals in the world that does not have an online banking account. I just know too much. Although banks have some of the highest security measures of any industry, they are also prime targets...more

Baker Donelson

Recent Government Cyber Alert and Draft Guide for Financial Institutions: Lessons for All Organizations

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All organizations, including financial institutions, continue to face significant security threats across their wide ranging IT systems. Such organizations are particularly vulnerable if they cannot track networked devices...more

Bilzin Sumberg

Alphabet Soup and Data Security

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In the span of two days, mobile device users learned of two data breaches that could compromise their personal data. In one, Experian (a credit reporting agency) reported that it was hacked, potentially putting 15 million...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Investment Management Update - October 2015

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Below is a summary of recent investment management developments that affect registered investment companies, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment advisers, and others in the investment management industry. Schwab...more

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx

“My, what beautiful eyes you have . . .” – Biometric Data and Privacy

Biometric data – obviously not in just the movies anymore. It is alive, well, and increasingly being used in our everyday society. But, on September 23, 2015, when the Office of Personnel Management revealed that fingerprint...more

Carlton Fields

EXPECT FOCUS: Onboard Technology, NAIC Cybersecurity, DOL, ACA Litigation, SEC Regulation (Vol. III, Summer 2015)

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In This Issue: IN THE SPOTLIGHT - - Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage LIFE INSURANCE - - Phantom Injury Dooms “Shadow Insurance” Case - Latest NAIC Cybersecurity News ...more

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FFIEC Weighs in on Cybersecurity in Light of Unprecedented Risk of Cyber Threats

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As financial institutions of all sizes continue to face unprecedented cybersecurity risk, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) released its Cybersecurity Assessment Tool. The Assessment is...more

Burr & Forman

TN Ethics Opinion Approves Lawyers’ Cloud Storage of Client Data

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Tennessee has joined other states in formally approving lawyers’ cloud-storage of client-confidential data. The Board of Professional Responsibility (“BOPR”) held that lawyers ethically may use cloud storage for...more

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