A futures commission merchant settled charges with the National Futures Association for failing to maintain communications records and for failing to protect customer information.
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CFTC Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero warned regulators of the danger of regulatory complacency and not to rollback critical Dodd-Frank post-crisis reforms. She highlighted the need for vigilant management of emerging risks in the cryptocurrency industry and as to the deployment of artificial intelligence in financial services.
House Financial Services Committee Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of legislators asked banking regulators to clarify "through guidance and other actions" that an SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin, which describes how a custodian must account for digital assets, is not enforceable.
In remarks before the U.S. Treasury Market Conference, Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr identified and responded to challenges facing the Treasury market.
The SEC adopted rules establishing new governance requirements aimed at reducing the likelihood that conflicts of interest influence a clearing agency's board of directors.