- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
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Joe Mont2019-02-19T14:00:00
Momentum has been on the side of marijuana legalization. Now, there may be progress in allowing banks to legally take part in that expanding retail revolution.
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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis announced that Jennifer Haynes, currently vice president and deputy general counsel, will be promoted to senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary, effective Jan. 1.
Bank of America avoided a monetary penalty in agreeing to settle charges with the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency but was ordered to shore up previously disclosed deficiencies in its Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering (BSA/AML) and sanctions compliance programs.
JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo Bank, Bank of America, and the company behind online money transfer app Zelle were sued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau for allegedly failing to safeguard Zelle’s network and causing customers to lose $870 million, the CFPB alleged.
Breaches of the EU’s GDPR can cost companies substantial sums and huge reputational damage. Now some are warning that the implementation of the EU’s AI Act will be just as far-reaching, and could potentially lead to similar numbers of cases.
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.
