As discussed here and here, on October 26, 2022, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to implement Section 10D of the Securities Exchange Act. The final rules direct the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq to adopt listing standards requiring each listed issuer to implement a clawback policy. The clawback
On May 31, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released its First Quarter 2023 Quarterly Banking Profile showing a first quarter aggregate net income of $79.8 billion for its 4,672 insured commercial banks and savings institutions, an increase of $11.5 billion from fourth quarter 2022. In a statement accompanying the release of the Profile, FDIC
The idea for Troutman Pepper’s Financial Services Industry Group – and this new blog – came when we looked around the firm and realized that we had so many areas of legal specialty in which we were serving financial services clients. But by thinking of ourselves as legal specialists in particular areas – like consumer
In this episode of The Crypto Exchange, Troutman Pepper Partner Ethan Ostroff welcomes his colleague Mike Lowe to discuss crypto enforcement actions, including criminal enforcement actions related to cryptocurrency. Mike shares his experience in crypto enforcement during his lengthy tenure as a federal prosecutor.
Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Mark Furletti, Joe Reilly, and Christine Emello for the last installment of a special three-part series about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) new small business lending data collection and reporting final rule — the Section 1071 rule. Part 3 focuses on specific areas, including
On May 25, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that it has revised its manual on bank enforcement actions to specifically address banks that exhibit or fail to correct persistent weaknesses. The OCC’s focus is on the larger and more complex banks it supervises.
On May 23, Chairman Martin J. Gruenberg of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) delivered remarks at the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund 2023 Bank On National Conference. One of the focuses of the Chairman’s remarks was on entities that misrepresent the availability of deposit insurance. ”[S]ince 2022, the FDIC has taken action against more
Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Stefanie Jackman, Caleb Rosenberg, and Chris Capurso for the second installment of our special two-part series about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) recent policy statement on abusiveness. In Part 2, the panel discusses specific examples cited in the policy statement, as well as lessons
Financial services companies are using AI to assist with many business processes, including underwriting decisions, consumer credit approval, servicing and collections, loss mitigation programs, customer interaction on websites and mobile apps via chatbots, and in detecting fraud. In this fourth episode, Stephen Piepgrass and colleagues Chris Willis and Michael Yaghi examine the use and impact
Troutman Pepper client Payroc WorldAccess, LLC, (Payroc), a global payments leader, recently announced the acquisition of Atlantic Merchant Services, LLC, (Atlantic Merchant), a full-service merchant processing company based in Raleigh, North Carolina by one of Payroc’s subsidiaries. Payroc is backed by private equity firm Parthenon Capital who assisted Payroc in completing this acquisition. Read a