The Treasury Department reported on the state of AI-cybersecurity risk and recommended that financial institutions broaden risk management and cybersecurity practices, consider greater integration of AI solutions into cybersecurity practices and collaborate on threat information sharing.
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FINRA adopted amendments to provide margin relief for specified index option positions, referred to as "protected options."
Two affiliated broker-dealers settled FINRA charges for lacking reasonable cybersecurity controls at branch offices. The failures resulted in multiple incidents that exposed thousands of customers' personal information.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 in a party line vote. The bill is intended to build on the JOBS Act of 2012 by reducing the regulatory burdens on certain capital raising transactions.
The CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee advanced recommendations on: (i) the use of U.S. Treasuries as margin collateral, (ii) the securities market's move to T+1 securities settlement and (iii) a digital asset taxonomy.