The Federal Trade Commission finalized annual revisions to the dollar jurisdictional thresholds that apply to (i) premerger notification reporting requirements, and (ii) interlocking directorates.

White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus asked regulatory agencies to freeze any pending regulatory actions "in order to ensure that the President's appointees or designees have the opportunity to review any new or pending regulation."

The SEC awarded a total of more than $7 million to three whistleblowers who assisted the commission in prosecuting an investment scheme.

The CFTC extended the comment period to May 1st for the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Regulation Automated Trading.

The Federal Reserve Bank of New York Board of Directors approved a series of promotions at the Bank.