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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/R5Z8txZ6MYQ" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2013/04/09/finance/bna-insights-top-ten-sec-enforcement-developments-2012/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2013/04/09/finance/bna-insights-top-ten-sec-enforcement-developments-2012/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Long-Awaited Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act Final Rules Issued by Government</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/c7NQjy_0plk/</link><category>Finance</category><category>exchange of information</category><category>federal tax</category><category>foreign bank account reporting</category><category>International Banking</category><category>Tax Evasion</category><category>Tax Havens</category><category>withholding of tax</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:13:14 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=6149</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[The Treasury Department and the IRS issued long-awaited final rules, with changes intended to harmonize agreements negotiated with other countries. The 2010 law is intended to stop cross-border tax...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/c7NQjy_0plk" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2013/01/22/finance/longawaited-foreign-account-tax-compliance-act-final-rules-issued-government/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2013/01/22/finance/longawaited-foreign-account-tax-compliance-act-final-rules-issued-government/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>BNA INSIGHTS: 2012: Annus Horribilis for the Banking Industry</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/QoAyU7jWUHM/</link><category>Finance</category><category>bank fraud</category><category>Bank Supervision</category><category>banking litigation</category><category>Corporate Governance</category><category>financial system reform</category><category>interest rates</category><category>International Banking</category><category>Money Laundering</category><category>mortgage fraud mortgage-backed securities</category><category>Systemic Risk</category><category>systemically important financial institutions</category><category>Tax Fraud</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:00:06 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=6146</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[The year 2012 proved to be an annus horribilis for the banking industry.. This essay analyzes the most significant enforcement developments in 2012 and assesses the prospects for heightened scrutiny...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/QoAyU7jWUHM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2013/01/22/finance/bna-insights-2012-annus-horribilis-banking-industry/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2013/01/22/finance/bna-insights-2012-annus-horribilis-banking-industry/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>HSBC Agrees to Pay U.S.$1.9 Billion to Resolve Money Laundering Case</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/5G8-VNll8rM/</link><category>Finance</category><category>Bank Supervision</category><category>banking litigation</category><category>International Banking</category><category>Money Laundering</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:16:23 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=6139</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[The London-based HSBC Group and HSBC Bank USA have agreed to pay $1.9 billion and enter into a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) to resolve charges of money laundering and doing business with...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/5G8-VNll8rM" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/19/finance/hsbc-agrees-pay-us19-billion-resolve-money-laundering-case/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/19/finance/hsbc-agrees-pay-us19-billion-resolve-money-laundering-case/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Federal Reserve Proposes Guidelines for Foreign Banks in Keeping with U.S. Bank Capital Standards</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/7NzlJbYxFQs/</link><category>Finance</category><category>Bank Supervision</category><category>capital requirement</category><category>International Banking</category><category>lending</category><category>Multinational Corporations</category><category>Systemic Risk</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:12:10 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=6137</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Big foreign banks would face capital standards applied to their U.S. counterparts and be required to maintain a 30-day buffer of highly liquid assets under a proposal Dec. 14 by the Federal Reserve...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/7NzlJbYxFQs" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/19/finance/federal-reserve-proposes-guidelines-foreign-banks-keeping-bank-capital-standards/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/19/finance/federal-reserve-proposes-guidelines-foreign-banks-keeping-bank-capital-standards/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Schapiro to Leave SEC in Mid-December; White House Taps Walter as Replacement</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/XRqDFeDkP4k/</link><category>Finance</category><category>appointments and personnel changes (securities)</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:50:00 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=4636</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[Ending weeks of speculation, SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro Nov. 26 announced that she will step down on Dec. 14.  On the same day, the White House announced that it intends to designate SEC Commissioner...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/XRqDFeDkP4k" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/04/finance/schapiro-leave-sec-middecember-white-house-taps-walter-replacement/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/04/finance/schapiro-leave-sec-middecember-white-house-taps-walter-replacement/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>Fed to Overhaul Regulation of Foreign Banks, Eyeing Three-Part Framework</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/slsxZt1_Dyc/</link><category>Finance</category><category>bank holding companies</category><category>bank liquidity</category><category>Bank Supervision</category><category>capital requirement</category><category>enterprise risk management</category><category>Foreign Corporations</category><category>International Banking</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2012 01:45:21 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=4633</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve Board plans to overhaul how it regulates the U.S. operations of large foreign banks, outlining a three-part framework based on a new holding company structure, uniform capital and...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/slsxZt1_Dyc" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/04/finance/fed-overhaul-regulation-foreign-banks-eyeing-threepart-framework/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/12/04/finance/fed-overhaul-regulation-foreign-banks-eyeing-threepart-framework/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>BNA INSIGHTS: The Perilous Sanctions Regime: Understanding ING Bank’s $619 Million Settlement with the Office of Foreign Assets Control</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/Y-4Zr6fByA4/</link><category>Finance</category><category>export controls</category><category>International Banking</category><category>Money Laundering</category><category>voluntary compliance programs</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 05:12:04 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=4614</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[ING Bank had agreed to pay $619 million to resolve its civil and criminal liability in connection with conduct that potentially violated a host of sanctions regulations promulgated pursuant to the...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/Y-4Zr6fByA4" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/11/06/finance/bna-insights-perilous-sanctions-regime-understanding-ing-banks-619-million-settlement-office-foreign-assets-control/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/11/06/finance/bna-insights-perilous-sanctions-regime-understanding-ing-banks-619-million-settlement-office-foreign-assets-control/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>IRS Coordinates Due Diligence Timelines for Requirements Related to Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/fsKpGNk65v8/</link><category>Finance</category><category>federal tax</category><category>foreign bank account reporting</category><category>International Banking</category><category>Tax Evasion</category><category>Tax Havens</category><category>withholding of tax</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2012 04:25:27 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=4611</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[The IRS announced Oct. 24 it would significantly reduce the administrative burden of completing due diligence requirements for U.S. withholding agents and foreign financial institutions under the...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/fsKpGNk65v8" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/11/06/finance/irs-coordinates-due-diligence-timelines-requirements-related-foreign-account-tax-compliance-act/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/11/06/finance/irs-coordinates-due-diligence-timelines-requirements-related-foreign-account-tax-compliance-act/</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title>BNA INSIGHTS: Controversial New Regulator Begins With Aggressive Enforcement Settlement Against Financial Services Company</title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~3/PpImHL5umvI/</link><category>Finance</category><category>Consumer Protection</category><category>Credit Cards</category><category>Settlements</category><dc:creator xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">admin</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:01:13 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.uslawwatch.com/?p=4595</guid><content:encoded xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><![CDATA[On July 17, 2012, the CFPB reached a groundbreaking $165 million settlement with Capital One in its first enforcement action, ordering the credit card issuer to refund $140 million to 2 million...<br/>
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[ Visit USLawWatch for more information ]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/USLawWatch/Finance/~4/PpImHL5umvI" height="1" width="1"/>]]></content:encoded><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/09/25/finance/bna-insights-controversial-regulator-begins-aggressive-enforcement-settlement-financial-services-company/feed/</wfw:commentRss><slash:comments xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/">0</slash:comments><feedburner:origLink>http://www.uslawwatch.com/2012/09/25/finance/bna-insights-controversial-regulator-begins-aggressive-enforcement-settlement-financial-services-company/</feedburner:origLink></item></channel></rss>
