Sentences with phrase «as a regulator at»

Kevin's government service includes roles as an enforcement trial lawyer, as counsel to a commissioner at the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), as a regulator at the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, and as counsel in the U.S. Senate.

Teeri then made a decision he now regrets: spilling the beans to a former Ph.D. student who had taken a job as a regulator at the Finnish Board for Gene Technology.

Nizam spent six years as a regulator at the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), where he was Deputy Director and Head of the Market Conduct Policy Division.

Not exact matches

Regulators such as the Financial Services Commission of Ontario have also strongly expressed the opinion that telematics devices should be used primarily for the benefit of the consumer, and to help individuals become better drivers (as evidenced by a presentation given by the FSCO at a UBI Symposium this past February).

On top of their history of operating as legitimate businesses — which endears them to state regulators — they have brand recognition among users, notes Paul Grootendoorst, an expert in health economics at the University of Toronto.

At that point, as competitive markets emerge at the distribution level, the regulator's role will changAt that point, as competitive markets emerge at the distribution level, the regulator's role will changat the distribution level, the regulator's role will change.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) BRF employees paid bribes to regulators and politicians to subvert inspections in order to conceal unsanitary practices at the Company's meatpacking plants; (ii) the foregoing conduct, when it came to light, would foreseeably subject the Company and its officers to heightened regulatory enforcement and / or prosecution; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, BRF's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Bitcoin, the largest crypto, is down more than 70 % from its all - time highs set at the end of 2017, as regulators look to clamp down on exchanges and tech companies shun advertisements related to the nascent digital coin market.

A lawyer representing Schrems, James Doherty, told the court that a referral to the European Court was «unnecessary or at least premature» as the Irish regulator had not fully investigated the complaint and had not used all tools in its power to restrict data flows where consumers» rights were threatened.

At the start of April, regulators in Japan introduced new rules that treated bitcoin less like an outlaw currency and more as a part of the banking system.

The allegations come from workers at the bank regulator known as the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), which maintains a database of suspicious transactions in the U.S..

At the time of Centra's crowdfunding effort, the Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators had not clearly signaled that cryptographic tokens would be regulated as securities, but it has since begun prosecutions on that basis.

According to the regulator, the article (which has since been removed) also included a live feed from Dylon's Facebook page, as well as a sentence at the end that said «It's at times like these we are thankful that Dylon Colour Catcher is there to save us.»

Recent attempts at mega-mergers, like BHP and Potash or Xtrata and Anglo, have been found wanting by investors who viewed them as unwieldy and destructive to per - share value, and by governments and regulators who found them detrimental to competition (or politically unpopular).

As we reported last week, Square filed a document with state regulators in Alaska saying Dorsey owned 28 percent of the company, which was valued at $ 1.6 billion in its last financing round.

IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 24 - Wells Fargo & Co executives planned to convey a message of atonement to shareholders at the bank's annual meeting in Des Moines, Iowa on Tuesday as it works to convince investors and regulators a sweeping sales scandal is a thing of the past.

The company told Hong Kong regulators at the time that it would «pursue cost cutting as well as short - term income opportunities» in the quarter ending March 31.

While these skills initiatives and research investments can probably be largely taken at face value, they also provide Facebook with useful lobbying points at a time when regulators and lawmakers across Europe are taking on the company over issues such as hate speech, privacy and tax.

Since then, commodities trading has come under pressure at big banks as funding costs have risen and regulators have clamped on their ability to make bets with their own money.

Even if regulators sign off on the deals, there are risks to execution for both Walmart and CVS, as they try to integrate health insurance, pharmacy, and primary care services at such a large scale.

The computing power and technology infrastructure are in place, as is an enormous appetite for it at every level — from regulators to VC's to incubator founders and healthcare leadership.

Paul Mumford at Cavendish: «It will now take a lot to get this through the hoop, and will likely involve regulators forcing Sainsburys and Asda to divest some the stores as there's bound to be duplications.

But Trump's pro-business stance was at least initially seen as leading to a friendlier outlook from antitrust regulators.

The «Elder Investment Fraud and Financial Exploitation Prevention Program» (EIFFE Prevention Program) educates healthcare and legal professionals to recognize when their older patients and clients may be vulnerable to or victims of financial abuse, particularly those patients with mild cognitive impairment, and then to refer these at - risk patients to State Securities Regulators, local adult protective services professionals or for further screening and assistance as needed.

'» Mortgage fraud became rife as bank regulators failed to protect consumers or the economy at large.

It was not clear if other state regulators were looking at the recent purchases of two distributors in Colorado and one in New York as well.

In her role as Senior Project Manager at the United Nations SSE initiative, Tiffany leads a work stream on green finance and works with stock exchanges and regulators more broadly to improve sustainability and transparency of capital markets worldwide.

He has produced a deep treatise on government debt, served as chairman of a world - spanning regulatory body, run Italy's central bank (while remaining coolly removed from the scandals and fracases of Italian politics) and made a pile of money working at Goldman Sachs — all without being pigeonholed as an academic, regulator or investment banker.

But in a discussion of industry issues at the NICSA Strategic Leadership Forum, Schapiro said that there was no clarity as to how the regulator would handle the proposal.

«As noted in our past reports, regulatory oversight is fragmented across multiple regulators at the federal level, and also involves regulatory bodies in the 50 states and other U.S. jurisdictions.»

As Autopilot technology continues to be developed, more advanced functionality will be made available to Tesla owners over time nearing full self - driving capabilities; however, until truly driverless cars are developed and approved by regulators, the driver is responsible for and must remain in control of their car at all times.

Chinese regulators would also be concerned that a halt of iPhone production would cause layoffs at Apple's suppliers such as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., which are major employers.

BT, whose shares have fallen nearly 40 percent in two years, is at the mercy of regulators and faces increasingly high costs as it battles to keep up with rivals such as Sky.

As I argued last week, this shift was partly aimed at regulators, with Zuckerberg making it clear that this massive, unregulated, quasi-monopolistic media company was not some kind of threat to democracy as we know iAs I argued last week, this shift was partly aimed at regulators, with Zuckerberg making it clear that this massive, unregulated, quasi-monopolistic media company was not some kind of threat to democracy as we know ias we know it.

That's where Margrethe Vestager serves as the European Union's chief competition regulator — and it's a perch from which she's swiped at Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google even at a time when the U.S. government seems a little lost on how exactly to regulate the tech industry.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Robin Zhu, chief operating officer at Huobi, is quoted as saying in January 2017: «The regulator wanted to grab a big picture of how significant cryptocurrency trading was in China — how does bitcoin work; where does the money come from; where does it go to; how do people make and lose money?»

Regulatory uncertainties are still lingering, as US regulators are schedule to discuss blockchain technology at a meeting in mid-October.

A coffee stand at the headquarters of state - owned Sberbank is one of the first Moscow vendors to take bitcoin, allowing clients to buy espresso and croissants with the crypto - currency, even as some Russian regulators threaten to ban its use.

To preside properly as a regulator, it needs the same power over governance at state banks as private ones.

In late 2016, Buffett had defended his mum stance on the wrongdoing at Wells Fargo as part of his pledge to regulators to be a passive investor in the company.

«A new U.S. rule aimed at restoring consumers» ability to band together to sue financial companies has survived its first challenge, as a top banking regulator on Monday said he would not petition for it to be suspended... «The rule is a well thought - out response to the serious consumer harm of forced arbitration,» said Brian Marshall, policy counsel for advocacy group Americans for Financial Reform.»

Banks for their part (and indeed, bank regulators and the Federal Reserve) need to decide at what point to cut back their mortgage lending so as not to fuel an overpriced market and have to deal with debt defaults.

As part of the increased oversight, banking regulators issued fresh lending guidelines in 2013 aimed at tightening underwriting standards.

It also suggested credit providers were becoming more picky about who they would lend credit to at a time of regulator - driven curbs that have seen commercial lenders increasingly raise costs for borrowers on investment loan products such as interest - only loans, Mr Shilbury said.

Following the ban on ICOs in mid-September and closure of several bitcoin exchanges, Chinese regulators are reportedly taking an aim at miners mostly based in Southwest China's Sichuan Province as they continue to crack down on what they consider to be a risky sector.

Not only was the supervisor of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan not fired, but as we reported last week, that individual, Troy Rohrbaugh, who has been head of Foreign Exchange at JPMorgan since 2005, is now serving in the dual role as Chair of the Foreign Exchange Committee at the New York Fed, helping his regulator establish best practices in foreign exchange trading.

The presence of Merrill Lynch in the mix is neutral factor for the organization from a risk perspective, but BAC as a whole does not compare that well to its large bank peers looking at the Y - 9 performance report published by federal regulators.

It would appear that Mr. Galvin is running with that train of thought at the state level as, in his statement, he said «An offering done to avoid registration with regulators should be seen as a red flag, and you should contact my office before investing».

As supply chains lengthen, they have to verify the food safety practices of foreign suppliers and may have to demonstrate compliance at a moment's notice to regulators.