In an Annual Review, the National Futures Association ("NFA") provided 2018 financials, summarized its enforcement activity, and highlighted certain regulatory initiatives. The self-regulatory organization reported that in fiscal year 2018, the Business Conduct Committee issued 17 Complaints against 27 respondents (including failures to supervise, cooperate or maintain standards); disciplinary panels issued 16 Decisions and ordered six expulsions and five suspensions; and the NFA collected nearly $550,000 in fines. The NFA also detailed enhancements to risk-based exams for swap dealers, as

The Federal Trade Commission proposed rule that would require nationwide consumer reporting agencies to provide a free electronic credit monitoring service for active-duty military consumers was published in the Federal Register.

A multinational bank agreed to pay approximately $1.3 billion in penalties for violating, and for attempting to conceal violations of, U.S. sanctions law.

Pursuant to Executive Order ("EO") 13722, the U.S. Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC") designated a South African national for his role in helping North Korea acquire oil. OFAC stated that as part of its "commitment to the final, fully verified denuclearization of North Korea, Treasury will continue to enforce and implement sanctions against any actor that seeks to aid the regime's deceptive practices." Separately, pursuant to EO 13726, OFAC designated a Libyan militia leader for initiating violence in Libya's capital, Tripoli.