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
UK Financial Insights from Katten is a monthly newsletter highlighting key noteworthy developments potentially affecting financial markets and funds in the UK and Europe....more
This chapter discusses the Bermudian prudential solvency regime. Bermuda rose to prominence in the insurance and reinsurance industries in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely due to its pioneering work in the...more
Salaried Members Rules - Limited liability partnerships or "LLPs" are common corporate vehicles utilised by the financial services sector to establish UK investment management operations and other financial businesses and,...more
In this news update, we highlight legal developments in UK pensions from January 2025. This update covers: Investment news: Pensions Investment Review: consultation closes Derivatives clearing exemption to be extended...more
Recently (January 15th) I celebrated my sixty fifth birthday. Where did the time go? If my East German father Willy Wolfgang Nowotny were still with us, I could hear him say, “Too soon old, too late smart.” While I was never...more
On January 14, 2025, Treasury and the IRS published final regulations (the “Regulations”) that identify certain micro-captive insurance transactions, as well as transactions substantially similar thereto, as either listed...more
As we step into a new year, the potential shifts under a second Trump administration loom large. Our 2025 Insights publication analyzes the impacts these changes could have on both U.S. and global business environments,...more
Key Points - - Pro-growth policies and reduced regulation could create significant opportunities for increased M&A in 2025. - Lower interest rates, moderating inflation and rising stock market valuations may also...more
The use of private placement life insurance (PPLI) by high-net-worth individuals has generated considerable controversy over the years, with proponents arguing that it is a proper use of existing laws that provide many of the...more
Overview - On 22 May 2024, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced that he had requested permission from King Charles III to dissolve parliament and call a general election. The election will take place on 4 July 2024....more
On August 29, 2023, the IRS published detailed proposed regulations addressing digital asset broker reporting requirements (the “Proposed Regulations”). The Proposed Regulations elaborate on the 2021 changes to the Internal...more
Welcome to Bennett Jones' quarterly Fintech in Canada update, where our fintech lawyers address timely issues shaping the industry. We look at what industry participants need to know in the areas of financial regulation,...more
The UK Government has announced wide ranging reforms to the UK financial services industry, including key tax reforms - On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh...more
On 9 December 2022, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, announced the “Edinburgh Reforms” of UK financial services. These reforms propose over 30 regulatory reforms that are described as intending to “unlock...more
The UK Government has announced a public consultation regarding the possible expansion of the UK’s investment manager exemption (“IME”) to encompass crypto-assets. The IME enables UK-based fund managers to provide...more
M&A markets appeared to defy gravity through 2021. Globally, dealmakers were highly active, with values exceeding US$5 trillion for the first time ever. Total deal value rose by 81 percent on 2020 totals to US$5.75 trillion,...more
On February 9, 2022, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a law amending the Michigan Income Tax Act to allow a new deduction for contributions to certain “first-time home buyer” savings accounts. ...more
A new tax rule will see the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) gain information on income small businesses receive via transactions on popular payment applications. As of Jan. 1, 2022, businesses that accept more than $600 per...more
Definition of a broker is debated The Biden Administration’s 2021–2022 Priority Guidance Plan (the Plan) supports a push from the IRS and the US Treasury to more closely scrutinize the virtual currency industry....more
PE firm CVC Capital Partners has made an unsolicited bid to acquire Japan’s Toshiba Corp. “in a deal that could be valued at more than $20 billion if completed.” The proposal, which would need Japanese government approval...more
As Senators-elect Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff are sworn-in after certification of the Georgia elections, Democrats are poised to assume the majority in the Senate, which, along with their control of the White...more
President-Elect Biden won a mandate to bring normalcy back to government and to seek bipartisan compromise where possible. The makeup of the U.S. Senate may limit the Biden Administration’s ability to deliver its most...more
Election Day could produce massive changes in Washington and in the policies that would affect every American and every company. Even a status quo election could produce lasting regulatory consequences for key stakeholders....more
This briefing summarises the key announcements in the Spring Budget from a funds perspective: including the UK funds review, the SDLT surcharge for corporate and individual non-resident purchasers of UK residential property...more
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