On August 10, 2018 the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) completed the nearly three year process of issuing relatively minor amendments to implement legislation that allows financial institutions that meet certain requirements to be exempt from sending annual privacy notices to their customers. The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) generally requires that financial institutions send annual privacy notices to customers. In December 2015, Congress amended the GLBA as part of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act […]
Month: August 2018
EXTENSION OF LIMITED EXCEPTION TO BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP RULE
On August 8, 2018 Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced a 30-day extension to the limited exception to the Beneficial Ownership Rule On May 16, 2018, FinCEN issued a 90-day limited exceptive relief to covered financial institutions from the obligations of the Beneficial Ownership Rule for Legal Entity Customers (Beneficial Ownership Rule) for certain financial products and services (i.e., certificate of deposit or loan accounts) that were established before the Beneficial Ownership Rule’s Applicability […]
FLOOD INSURANCE – CONGRESS CONTINUES TO PLAY GAMES
On July 31, 2018 President Trump signed S. 1182, the “National Flood Insurance Program Extension Act of 2018,” which reauthorizes the Federal Emergency Management Agency to enter into new contracts for flood insurance and borrow from the Treasury up to specified amounts through November 30, 2018. The House Amendment to S. 1182 extends the National Flood Insurance Program, which was set to expire July 31, 2018, through November 30, 2018. This amendment does not include […]