Standard Chartered Bank reports that it has received a so-called “decision notice” from the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). The decision notice imposes a penalty of £102,163,200 ($136.1 million) (net of a 30 percent early settlement discount) on the bank group. That penalty is related to the group’s “historical… Read More >>
Standard Chartered Pays $40M Fine via FX Case
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has fined Standard Chartered Bank $40 million for attempting, in the period between 2007 and 2013, to “rig transactions in foreign exchange [FX] markets.” Under the consent order with DFS (the last in a series of consent orders that, DFS says, “follow a detailed investigation of manipulation… Read More >>
Barclays Fined $15M for Violating NY Whistleblower Laws
An investigation by New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) has resulted in a $15 million fine assessed against Barclays Bank and its New York branch for violations of the state’s banking law, stemming from attempts by the bank’s CEO to identify the author, or authors, of two whistleblowing letters. The bank’s attempts violated Barclays’… Read More >>
Cybersecurity Regulation Deadline Looming via NY DFS
In case you may need another regulatory deadline, the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued a reminder to all the organizations it oversees that they have a cybersecurity regulation deadline coming up on Sept. 4, 2018. That is the day when “the third transitional period of New York’s first-in-the-nation cybersecurity regulation ends,”… Read More >>
New York Proposes Mandatory Cyber-Security for Firms
NY DFS Proposes Regulation to Require Cyber-Security Programs The state of New York via the State Department of Financial Services (DFS) wants to require banks, insurance companies, and financial services institutions to “establish and maintain” a cyber-security program via a new regulation proposed by the DFS and Governor Andrew M. Cuomo. The impetus for the… Read More >>
Watchdogs: Wayward Firms to Face More Record Fines
After a year of record-breaking fines that has left financial services firms reeling and their investors anxious about what the future may hold, regulators and prosecutors alike say wayward firms can expect more of the same – and worse – going forward. “The next time one of these institutions engages in misconduct, I think they… Read More >>
