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 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.
FINRA adopted amendments to disseminate individual transactions in active U.S. Treasury securities at the end of the day.
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.
Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee urged banking regulators to withdraw their Basel III Endgame proposal. The legislators argued that, as issued, the proposal "lacks justification, lacks rigorous quantitative analysis, and is procedurally flawed."