Sentences with phrase «top financial regulator»

Macau's top financial regulator has ordered all banks and payment services in the region to not provide services for initial coin offerings and cryptocurrencies.

The South Korean government's top financial regulator has outlined a new set of measures aimed at curbing speculation and eliminating anonymity within the country's expansive cryptocurrency market.

In February, the South Korean government's top financial regulator outlined a new set of measures aimed at curbing speculation and eliminating anonymity within the country's expansive cryptocurrency market.

On Monday, a South Korean top financial regulator announced that the South Korean Ministry of Justice is considering banning all types of cryptocurrency transactions in the country to protect people against scams, even though an estimated 1 million South Koreans own bitcoin.

Germany's top financial regulator has issued a letter of advice in an attempt to clarify some of the regulatory uncertainties around ICOs.

Macau's top financial regulator has barred banks and payments providers in the region from providing services to initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies.

The company's board includes the former top financial regulator in New York state, Benjamin M. Lawsky, and Gene Sperling, who was the director of the National Economic Council under Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton.

It includes Kathleen Rice, a United States representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Mr. Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Alphonso David, Mr. Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the corruption trial of the former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver; Representative Sean Patrick Maloney; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

New York's top financial regulator has launched a broad probe of 170 insurance companies to see if any discriminated against selling life insurance to gay men who took HIV - prevention medicine.

They included Kathleen Rice, a U.S. representative from Long Island who unsuccessfully challenged Schneiderman in the 2010 Democratic primary; Preet Bharara, the former U.S. attorney from Manhattan; Alphonso David, Cuomo's chief counsel; Michael Gianaris, a state senator from Queens and chief political strategist for the Democratic conference; Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law School professor who ran for governor in 2014; Letitia James, the New York City public advocate; Carrie H. Cohen, a former federal prosecutor who handled the trial of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver; Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, D - N.Y.; and Benjamin Lawsky, formerly the state's top financial regulator.

ALBANY — The state's top financial regulator urged lawmakers Thursday to give her «teeth» to punish Equifax and other companies that don't protect consumers vital information.

As the digital currency industry begins its recovery from the Christmas - time slump, bearish news emerges from Poland, suggesting that the central bank and top financial regulator are backing an...

Ravi Menon, chief of the city state's top financial regulator, has said that 1MDB showed Singapore can do better.

On February 22, France's top financial regulator, the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), published a press release indicating that online platforms which allow users to trade in cryptocurrency derivatives may no longer advertise those financial products and must be approved «to offer investment services.»

The Monetary Authority of Singapore, its top financial regulator, disputed that allegation.

Gary Gensler, the finance chief for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential bid and one of the top financial regulators in the Obama administration,...

According to Reuters, the Senate Banking Committee will be meeting with some top financial regulators in early February.

Early this month, news.Bitcoin.com reported on Korea's top financial regulators jointly announcing their plans to deal with digital currencies by requiring banks to perform due diligence and bitcoin exchanges to intensify their user verification procedures.

In a joint statement published in the Wall Street Journal last month, America's two top financial regulators described their challenge as «to set and enforce rules that foster innovation while promoting market integrity and confidence».

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On Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. ET, the Senate Banking Committee will hear testimony from the top two U.S. financial regulators on the opportunities, challenges, and dangers of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

On top of that, New York's financial regulator may suspend the bank's ability to transact dollar - clearing activities, which will target the bank's trade - finance unit that is at the heart of the sanctions - violation charges.

The SEC, the top securities regulator in the United States, has little authority over privately held companies, which unlike publicly traded companies do not have to register or file financial information with the agency regularly.

Although it does not appear that this particular issue is top of mind for regulators just now, shadow financial firms that operate outside the standard formats, in both credit and investment markets, should be receiving even more wide - ranging attention than they have been.

«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 Reforfinancial 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 ReforFinancial Reform.»

After Equifax left consumers» vital information vulnerable, the top state financial regulator wants to take a bite out of the company and any others who do the same.

Cuomo's administration has made little headway in filling the top job at New York's banking regulator, a financial watchdog over which the governor's staff has sought to exert greater control.

New York's top financial services regulator used «inaccurate» and «incomplete» data earlier this year when it blasted the state's pension fund for paying exorbitantly high fees on its hedge fund...

The state's top financial services regulator is pushing lawmakers to take up new measures in the wake of Equifax's data breech.

David Grandeau, an Albany - area consultant who spent years as the state's top lobbying regulator, is advising the authority on «updating and amending» its code of ethics and financial - disclosure policies, according to Steve Coleman, a Port Authority spokesman.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration has made little headway in filling the top job at New York's banking regulator, a financial watchdog over which the governor's staff has sought to exert greater control.

HuffPost: Too - Big - To - Fail Rift Between Obama Treasury Department, Regulators, Lawmaker Alleges A rift has emerged over «too - big - to - fail» between the Treasury Department and the regulators who oversee financial groups, a top Democratic lawmaker has alleged, potentially creating an uncomfortable situation for an administration keen to show it has cracked down on the nation's biggRegulators, Lawmaker Alleges A rift has emerged over «too - big - to - fail» between the Treasury Department and the regulators who oversee financial groups, a top Democratic lawmaker has alleged, potentially creating an uncomfortable situation for an administration keen to show it has cracked down on the nation's biggregulators who oversee financial groups, a top Democratic lawmaker has alleged, potentially creating an uncomfortable situation for an administration keen to show it has cracked down on the nation's biggest banks.

Readers react to President Trump considering a credit union regulator to head of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, debate a delay for top banking nominees, opine on the value of blockchain, and more.

The proposed acquisition of Canadian exchange operator TMX Group by a consortium of Canadian financial institutions has won approval from Canada's top securities regulator, potentially clearing the way for approval by the country's main competition watchdog.

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Meet #cryptodad, a top U.S. financial regulator who's emerged as a cult hero for a crowd that's often suspicious of government bureaucrats: digital coin enthusiasts.

Bitcoin wallet startup Circle has been granted an electronic money license from a top UK financial regulator.

A top official for a U.S. financial regulator is urging players in the burgeoning cryptocurrency sector to boost their self - policing.

The U.S. Senate's financial services panel will hold a hearing next month with the country's top markets regulators to discuss bitcoin amid rising concerns over the risks cryptocurrencies pose to the financial system, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

News of the top U.S. financial regulator probing the growing market for «initial coin offerings» (ICOs) may have briefly knocked the price of Bitcoin, although the cryptocurrency seems to have since recovered.

While it's not yet clear whether the reported memo will become immediate policy, the news indicates the continuing severe stance taken by China's top regulators towards curbing cryptocurrency speculation and lowering perceived financial risk in the country.

Switzerland's top financial markets regulator is investigating the practices behind an undisclosed number of initial coin offerings (ICOs).

According to online leaked documents, the Chinese government is seeking an «orderly exit» from bitcoin mining operations in the coming months with the Leading Group of Internet Financial Risks Remediation, which happens to be the country's top internet - finance regulator, issuing a notice asking local governments to force mining operations out of business by resorting to measures such taxation, electricity pricing, property law and environmental regulations.