The SEC renewed the Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee for a period of five months.

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System issued new guidelines for evaluating joint account requests.

The U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned eight Venezuelan individuals for "participating in anti-democratic activities."

The SEC agreed to settle charges with a former hedge fund analyst accused of insider trading on confidential government information.

Republican staff of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee made a case for instituting contempt of Congress proceedings against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray.