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Fostering Closer Supervisory Communication, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle W. Bowman, At The Conference Of State Bank Supervisors, Washington, D.C.

Date 03/04/2019

Thank you to the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) for this opportunity to share my perspective and some of my goals as a Federal Reserve Board governor on issues of interest to you and many in your states.

Mercury Digital Assets Teams With The San Juan Mercantile Exchange For New Digital Asset Dark Pool And OTC Trading - First Trades Successfully Executed

Date 02/04/2019

Mercury Digital Assets (Mercury) announced today that it has partnered with the San Juan Mercantile Exchange (SJMX), and the San Juan Mercantile Bank & Trust International (SJMBT), to create the SJMX Dark Pool and SJMX Blocks, the exchange's over-the-counter (OTC) trading venue for digital assets. The first trades in the dark pool have been successfully completed. The dark pool and OTC liquidity, built for the needs of institutional users, may be accessed via a FIX API or Mercury's proprietary execution and order management systems (EMS/OMS), BEACON.

NZX Shareholder Metrics March 2019

Date 02/04/2019

Please see attached NZX shareholder metrics for March 2019.

CFTC Commissioner Berkovitz To Speak At Princeton University

Date 02/04/2019

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Currency Releases CRA Evaluations For 25 National Banks And Federal Savings

Date 02/04/2019

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today released a list of Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations that became public during the period of March 1, 2019 through March 31, 2019.  The list contains only national banks, federal savings associations, and insured federal branches of foreign banks that have received ratings.  The possible ratings are outstanding, satisfactory, needs to improve, and substantial noncompliance.

CFTC Commissioner Quintenz To Participate In Panel at Eurofi High Level Seminar 2019

Date 02/04/2019

IIROC-Regulated Investment Firms Increase Cybersecurity Preparedness - Survey Results Show Improvement In Training, Incidence Response Plans And Third-Party Risk Assessment

Date 02/04/2019

Canadian investment firms have taken concrete steps to put in place appropriate cybersecurity measures to manage threats and protect their clients and businesses, according to a survey completed by all firms regulated by the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC).

SIFMA Supports The SECURE Act Of 2019

Date 02/04/2019

SIFMA today issued the following statement from President and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr. on H.R. 1994, the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019:

“The American retirement system has helped millions of Americans prepare for a secure retirement. The SECURE Act will help even more Americans realize this benefit. SIFMA believes this legislation takes important steps toward enhancing the private retirement system and increasing retirement savings, including commonsense provisions with bipartisan support that would encourage small businesses to offer retirement savings plans and encourage individuals to utilize the options that are available to enjoy retirement security. SIFMA supports such policies, which will expand the availability of employer-sponsored savings plans, offer encouragement for employees to participate in a plan, and expand the use of critical tax incentives."

SEC Charges Former CEO Of Silicon Valley Startup With Defrauding Investors

Date 02/04/2019

The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged the founder and former chief executive of a Silicon Valley startup with defrauding investors in Jumio Inc., a private mobile payments company. The former CEO, Daniel Mattes, agreed to pay more than $17 million to settle the charges. 

CFTC: Federal Court Orders Defendants To Pay More Than $2.7 Million In Connection With Commodity Pool Fraud

Date 02/04/2019

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) announced today that defendants Thomas Lanzana (dba Unique Forex), who formerly resided in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, and his company Blackbox Pulse, LLC of North Bergen, New Jersey, along with Nikolay Masanko and his company, White Cloud Mountain, LLC of St. Augustine, Florida, have been permanently enjoined from engaging in conduct that violates the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). Additionally, they have been ordered to pay $762,807.24 in restitution, as well as a civil monetary penalty of $1.95 million in connection with a commodity pool fraud investment scheme involving retail off-exchange foreign currency (forex).