The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new rules to shorten the standard settlement cycle for most broker-dealer transactions in securities. Now, the settlement cycle will move from t...
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U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL) introduced legislation that would make the 2017 Tax Cut and Jobs Act permanent. Buchanan was joined by 72 of his House Republican colleagues as original cosponsors in...
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SIFMA, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, published a paper this week examining how corporate actions are announced in the United States. The paper -- called U.S. Corporate ...
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U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced a bill in the Senate that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to ensure that funding for broadband deployment from the Infrastructure ...
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The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report this week that looks at the benefits and challenges associated with financial sector firms adopting cloud services technology. While cloud ser...
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U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) financial institutions introduced legislation prohibiting financial institutions from refusing or limiting services to certain industries. The bill, the Fair Access to...
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U.S. Reps. Garret Graves (R-LA) and Abigail Spanberger (R-VA) have introduced legislation in the House that seeks to eliminate some old federal statutes that could hurt Social Security. They intro...
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A group of House Democrats recently introduced legislation that seeks to raise the vote threshold to two-thirds in both the House and Senate for any legislation reducing Medicare and Social Security b...
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U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) introduced legislation to prohibit the use of the Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency, also known as the Digital Yuan, by U.S. licensed money service businesses. ...
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A proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) that seeks to curb excessive credit card late fees drew criticism from several banking industry organizations. The proposal focuses on ...
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