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Risk of Derivatives – The Fall of an Index

South State Correspondent

Barings Bank, Orange County (CA), Enron, Long-Term Capital Management, and other entities misused derivatives or didn’t understand the difference between hedging and speculating. No additional reporting or regulatory compliance for the lender or the borrower. No ISDA documents. Virtually no ongoing or upfront costs.

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CA DFPI issues modifications to proposed regulations to implement 2018 law requiring consumer-like disclosures for commercial financing

CFPB Monitor

SB 1235, codified at CA Financial Code (Code) sections 22800-22805, requires a “provider,” meaning a person who extends a specific offer of “commercial financing” as defined in Code section 22800(d) to a recipient, to give the recipient certain disclosures at the time the provider extends the offer.

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Recap of Money 20/20 USA 2023 and 10 Banking Thoughts

South State Correspondent

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. The discussions were healthier, more compliance-focused, and with little expectations that banks were going to offer crypto to their customers any time soon.

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Bitcoin Daily: Canada Eases Crypto Rules; Bitcoin ATMs Elude AML Efforts

PYMNTS

Cryptocurrency exchanges in Canada will now only have to report transfers of more than CA$10,000 ($7,663). We’re thrilled to see Litecoin become the official cryptocurrency of the Miami Dolphins,” Charlie Lee, creator of Litecoin and managing director of the Litecoin Foundation, said in a press release.

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Federal and State Banking Regulators Issue New Examination Procedures on Sampling Methodologies, UDAP/UDAAP, and CARES Act

CFPB Monitor

Among other things, the examination procedures instruct examiners on how to assess the effectiveness of a bank’s compliance management system in managing UDAP and UDAAP risks, and provides red flags and risk indicators that can be used to identify acts or practices that may raise UDAP/UDAAP concerns.

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Financial services at IBM Think 2019

Insights on Business

IBM will be hosting IBM Think 2019 from February 12-15 this year at a new location in San Francisco, CA. Optimizing risk, compliance and security. Digitally transforming operations, operating models and technologies to compete in a changing industry structure.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Paulina Gonzalez, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Jacksonville, FL. William Howle, Head of U.S.