10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending April 26, 2025
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Strategic Compliance in Regulated Industries with Kerri Reuter
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 2
Daily Compliance News: April 16, 2025, The Fired by AI Edition
The FinReg Frontier: AI and Machine Learning in Consumer Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 1
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Debt and Lending Markets: Current Trends Impacting Private Equity Sponsors — PE Pathways Podcast
Innovations in Compliance: Data Collection & Cybersecurity with ModeOne’s Matt Rasmussen and Ryan Frye
Fintech Focus Podcast | Responding to a Cyber Attack – Key Considerations for GCs and CISOs
Daily Compliance News: April 4, 2025, The Tariffs on Penguins Edition
New York's Bold Move to Create a Mini CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: Roundtable on The Future of Financial Crime Prevention
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Debate About The Need, If Any, For a Federal Charter for Non-Banks Engaged in the Payments Business
Early Days of the Trump Administration: Impact on the CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Future of Auto Dealership Compliance: A Conversation With Tom Kline — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Through the Crystal Ball: What's Next for Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world....more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. If you have any questions in respect of any of the developments set out below, please do not hesitate to contact a member of our London...more
In this weekly update, we summarise the most notable updates in the UK sanctions world. Counter-Terrorism Sanctions - UK charity director charged for breaching the Counter-Terrorism Sanctions Regulations: On February 6, 2025,...more
Earlier this week, the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and the UK Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) published a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was previously signed on October 9, 2024,...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) has released a $7.45 million penalty against State Street Bank and Trust Company and its non-bank, fintech subsidiary Charles River Systems for...more
The supplemental appropriations legislation signed into law on April 24, 2024 enacted numerous high-profile provisions addressing aspects of U.S. foreign policy and national security, including provisions that broaden and...more
On 24 June 2024, the EU adopted its 14th package of sanctions against Russia. The latest measures include: The designation of 116 additional individuals and entities across a number of industries for their responsibility in...more
OFAC has been busy and not so busy — what do I mean? OFAC is administering a complex set of coordinated sanctions against Russia, in close coordination with the EU and the UK....more
In response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. government has deployed a whole-of-government approach to impose sanctions and tighter export controls on Russia. This alert summarizes key economic sanctions imposed by...more
One of the many legal consequences of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year was that businesses were faced with having to analyse the exact remit of sanctions laws and the extent to which they caught...more
On March 15, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions against three individuals in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), pursuant to Executive Orders 14033 or 14059. ...more
On March 8, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Orders 13553 and 13846, against several Iranian regime officials and entities for serious human...more
On Feb. 24, 2023, the White House announced a slate of additional sanctions against Russia, marking the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. The additional sanctions follow President Biden’s recent travel to Kyiv...more
On February 10, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo convened a roundtable to hear from sanctions and U.S. foreign policy experts on the effectiveness of the unprecedented sanctions and export controls imposed on...more
On February 10, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions, pursuant to Executive Order 13818, against five current or former Bulgarian government officials for their alleged...more
On January 25, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert to financial institutions on potential investments in the U.S. commercial real estate sector by sanctioned Russian elites, oligarchs, their...more
As the war in Ukraine rages on, recent advisories from financial crime agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom indicate heightened scrutiny on financial activity of Russian individuals and entities, including...more
On January 9, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control issued Venezuela-related General License (GL) 31B, “Certain Transactions Involving the IV Venezuelan National Assembly and Certain Other Persons.”...more
In this post we look at the latest sanctions-related developments relating to the invasion of Ukraine. These restrictions are in addition to those already imposed in relation to Russia, Belarus and Ukraine under the Special...more
The Central Bank of the Russian Federation has recently been active in adopting secondary legislation clarifying and implementing presidential decrees on cross-border transactions. Such legislation imposes new restrictions...more
It has been almost three weeks since the U.S. and its allies began imposing serious new sanctions and export control restrictions on Russia and Belarus in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. This post summarizes the...more
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last week, we saw a swift response by the U.S. beginning with President Biden’s Executive Order 14024 (“The EO”) and followed quickly by the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (“OFAC”) severe...more
The UK Government has strengthened its Russian sanctions legislation by extending its sanctions designation criteria to target Russian businesses and individuals in a wide range of economic and strategically significant...more
Compliance Professionals: As the Ukraine braces for a possible Russian incursion, are you bracing for the impact of economic sanctions against Russia?...more
On Tuesday, Jan. 25, House Democrats introduced the America Creating Opportunities for Manufacturing, Pre-Eminence in Technology and Economic Strength (COMPETES) Act (H.R.4521). In addition to the legislative text, lawmakers...more