The CFTC issued an Order of Registration to a Foreign Board of Trade located in Singapore. The Order provides certain participants with direct access to the CFTC electronic order entry and trade matching system.

A futures commission merchant agreed to pay $100,000 to settle CFTC charges that it failed to supervise the implementation of an information systems security program, resulting in the loss of personally identifiable customer information.

FINRA filed with the SEC proposed rule changes that would revise the Investment Banking Representative (Series 79), Research Analyst (Series 86 and 87) and Operations Professional (Series 99) examinations.

The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs considered key nominations at the FDIC, FRB and FSOC.