A national bank settled CFPB, DOJ and OCC allegations of redlining under the Fair Housing Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act and the Consumer Financial Protection Act.

The CFPB issued a series of orders for the collection of information to Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, PayPal and Square regarding how they use personal payments data and manage data access.

The Federal Reserve Board announced a new rule set applicable to FRB policymakers and senior staff that will prohibit them from (i) purchasing individual stocks, (ii) investing in individual bonds and in agency securities and (iii) entering into derivatives.

FINRA's National Adjudicatory Council revised its Sanctions Guidelines to include CAT reporting violations guidelines. The revisions reflect the transition of audit-trail reporting from OATS to CAT.