The FTC and CFPB released agency-specific action statements on increasing tech capacity, including actively hiring technologists, to "help enforce the laws on the book and design remedies that work for consumers, workers, small businesses, and others in the digital era."
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The OCC, the FRB and the FDIC jointly issued (i) an interim final rule that delays the applicability date of the facility-based assessment areas and public file provisions contained in the Community Reinvestment Act and (ii) a final rule that makes related technical amendments.
FINRA adopted amendments to provide margin relief for specified index option positions, referred to as "protected options."
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.
In an address before the Council of Institutional Investors, SEC Commissioner Mark T. Uyeda underscored the importance of adhering to statutory limits in the exercise of administrative power and enforcement, and called for a regulatory framework that provides clear, predictable guidelines for market participants.