- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Kyle Brasseur2024-06-13T19:12:00
President Joe Biden selected a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as his preferred choice to lead the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the aftermath of its toxic workplace culture scandal.
Christy Goldsmith Romero was nominated to serve as chair and member of the FDIC, the White House announced Thursday. She would succeed Martin Gruenberg, who said last month he would resign following the release of an independent review that criticized the agency’s lack of response to employee claims of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Goldsmith Romero’s nomination is subject to Senate approval. Gruenberg said he would step down once his successor was confirmed.
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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation proposed a new rule that would require banks to keep better deposit records on ownership of funds controlled by their financial technology partners.
Federal banking regulators approved a new rule for bank mergers that will require additional scrutiny of mergers for antitrust issues for large and mid-sized banks.
Caroline Pham, a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said compliance officers have a lot to worry about if they or their firms are subject to CFTC enforcement during her fireside chat at CW’s Financial Crimes Summit.
Any product that uses AI needs to be safety assessed for its entire lifespan under new rules that went into effect recently across the EU. Experts warned companies using AI to tailor products could be classed as “manufacturers” and face the same duty of care as developed.
When lawmakers slam the U.K.’s chief financial regulator as “incompetent,” it not only opens the doors for others to pile criticism on it, but it sparks a debate about how the organization can be improved–or removed.
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority apologized to investors in peer-to-peer investment firm Collateral for not acting swiftly enough to prevent Collateral from defrauding its customers.
