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U.S. financial regulators start contingency planning as virus reaches Washington

06 Mar 2020

WASHINGTON U.S. financial regulators are preparing contingency arrangements, including travel restrictions and home-working, to ensure they can effectively oversee the financial markets as the coronavirus closes in on the U.S. capital.

U.S. financial regulators start contingency planning as virus reaches Washington

06 Mar 2020

WASHINGTON U.S. financial regulators are preparing contingency arrangements, including travel restrictions and home-working, to ensure they can effectively oversee the financial markets as the coronavirus closes in on the U.S. capital.

U.S. financial regulators start contingency planning as virus reaches Washington

06 Mar 2020

WASHINGTON, March 6 U.S. financial regulators are preparing contingency arrangements, including travel restrictions and home-working, to ensure they can effectively oversee the financial markets as the coronavirus closes in on the U.S. capital.

U.S. consumer finance regulator seeks to pay whistleblowers for tips

06 Mar 2020

WASHINGTON The head of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said on Friday that she is asking Congress to give the regulator power to pay whistleblowers for tips that help them track down wrongdoers.

U.S. SEC proposes letting firms raise more via crowdfunding before needing to register

05 Mar 2020

((This March 4 story has been refiled to correct proposal limit from $70 to 75 million in paragraph six))

SEC provides 'conditional' disclosure relief for firms hit by coronavirus

04 Mar 2020

WASHINGTON Companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak can apply for more time to file financial disclosures normally due between March 1 and April 30, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Wednesday.

U.S. consumer watchdog agrees to implement minority-lending protections after lawsuit

26 Feb 2020

WASHINGTON The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has agreed to enforce data-collection requirements that aim to guard against discriminatory lending practices after being sued by a Washington-based advocacy group, the group said on Wednesday.

U.S. judge rejects Roger Stone's request she be kicked off his case

24 Feb 2020

WASHINGTON A U.S. federal judge on Sunday denied a request by Roger Stone's lawyers that she be removed from the case in which she last week sentenced the long-time adviser to President Donald Trump to three years and four months in prison.

U.S. watchdog proposes national standard for disclosing expired debt

21 Feb 2020

WASHINGTON The U.S. consumer watchdog on Friday proposed establishing a national standard for how debt collectors must inform borrowers when they cannot be sued for expired debt.

U.S. securities regulator warns over Chinese audit amid coronavirus outbreak

19 Feb 2020

WASHINGTON The U.S. securities regulator on Wednesday said it was pushing the Big Four accountancy firms to ramp up internal controls on audits of U.S.-listed Chinese companies, especially in light of growing business risks posed by the coronavirus.

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