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US Agencies Release Annual CRA Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments For Small And Intermediate Small Institutions

Date 20/12/2018

The federal bank regulatory agencies today announced the annual adjustment to the asset-size thresholds used to define small bank, small savings association, intermediate small bank, and intermediate small savings association under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.
FIA Announces Five New Staff In London And Washington

Date 20/12/2018

FIA President and CEO Walt Lukken today announced five new staff members who have recently joined the FIA team.
Federal Reserve Payments Study Supplement Shows Accelerated Electronic Payments Growth

Date 20/12/2018

Growth in card payments has accelerated, according to new electronic payments data collected by the Federal Reserve. Card payments increased 10.1 percent by number and 8.4 percent by value from 2016 to 2017, each larger than the increases of 7.8 percent by number and 6.3 percent by value from 2015 to 2016. Remote payments claimed a greater share of total general-purpose card transactions over the 2016 to 2017 period, and the number of in-person chip-authenticated card payments also posted substantial gains. Check payments and automated teller machine (ATM) withdrawals declined by number yet increased in value.
Euronext Acquires Commcise - Acquistion Of 78% Of SAAS Company To Complement Euronext Services Offering With Research And Commission Management Solutions For Buy-Side And Sell-Side

Date 20/12/2018

Euronext, the leading pan-European exchange in the Eurozone, today announces the acquisition of 78% of the capital of Commcise, a Software as a Service (“SaaS”) provider of award-winning research evaluation and commission management solutions for financial services firms, from its founders for an initial cash consideration of £27 million.
ACER Updates Guidance On Implementation Of Web Feeds For Inside Information Platforms

Date 20/12/2018

The Agency published the second version of the Guidance on the implementation of web feeds for Inside Information Platforms, which includes a new chapter on the collection of historical inside information.

EBA Provides Preliminary Assessment On Post-Implementation Impact Of IFRS 9 On EU Institutions

Date 20/12/2018

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today some initial observations on the post-implementation impact of IFRS 9 on EU banks. This exercise, which builds on the two pre-implementation impact assessments published in November 2016 and July 2017, is mainly based on data extracted from institutions' supervisory reporting. The initial observations from this exercise are consistent with the forecasts of the second EBA impact assessment report. The report also identifies some areas for ongoing scrutiny and further work from an EBA perspective.
Tadawul: Announcement Of The Issuance Of The Capital Market Authority Board's Resolution To Adopt The Rules For Registering The Auditors Of Entities Subject To The Authority's Supervision

Date 20/12/2018

In continuance to the role of the Capital Market Authority in developing and regulating the capital market and seeking to make the capital market environment more stable, and seeking to achieve the objectives of the (Financial Sector Development Program) one of the programs of the Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030, and based on the Capital Market Law issued by the Royal Decree No. (M/30) Dated 02/06/1424H, the Capital Market Authority Board has issued its Resolution to adopt and publish the Rules for Registering Auditors of Entities Subject to the Authority's Supervision "the Rules". The Rules shall be effective upon its publication date, except for the following provisions:
UK Financial Conduct Authority: Statement On Treatment Of Gibraltar In Our Handbook After Brexit

Date 20/12/2018

As part of our Brexit preparations, we will make a rule to preserve the existing Handbook treatment in respect of Gibraltar in the post exit day Handbook.
Statement Of CFTC Chairman J. Christopher Giancarlo On No-Action Relief For Clearing Members Of Eurex Clearing AG To Deposit Customer-Owned Securities As Margin Collateral For Swap Transactions With Clearstream Banking AG

Date 20/12/2018

I am pleased that the CFTC staff has accommodated a request from Eurex Clearing AG, a derivatives clearing organization registered with the CFTC, for relief in connection with clearing swap transactions on behalf of U.S. customers.
FINRA Sanctions Merrill Lynch $6 Million For Selling IPOs To Industry Insiders - IPOs Included Facebook, Inc., General Motors Co., LinkedIn Corp., And Twitter Inc.

Date 20/12/2018

FINRA announced today that it has fined Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc. for improperly selling shares in initial public offerings (IPOs) to industry insiders, including its employees’ immediate family members and customers who were brokers at other brokerage firms. Merrill Lynch will pay a $5.5 million fine, and disgorge $490,530 it earned as revenue from the sales.