In an administrative ruling, FinCEN clarified that broker-dealers were required to collect information when opening new accounts for customers who receive assets as the beneficiary of an estate.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators urged the FDIC to grant "fair consideration" of applications for deposit insurance made by industrial loan companies and voiced their opposition to regulatory actions that target lawful ILC applications.
An SEC and CFTC joint final rule adopting amendments to Form PF will go into effect on March 12, 2025. The final rule was published in the Federal Register.
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held the Corporate Transparency Act unconstitutional.
An international commodities trading company pled guilty and paid monetary penalties to resolve DOJ charges for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The company had been charged with bribing then-public officials of an Ecuadorian state-owned oil company to secure business advantages and contracts.