IOSCO elected CFTC Chair Heath P. Tarbert to serve as Board Vice Chair for the 2020-2022 term.

The New York State Department of Financial Services launched a new program to support innovation in financial services. The FastForward program is intended to support innovators developing FinTech, InsurTech and HealthTech solutions.

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Benjamin S. Carson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Mark A. Calabria testified on recent departmental initiatives to support the housing market.

A retail foreign exchange dealer settled CFTC charges for registration and supervisory violations concerning the handling of non-eligible contract participant customer accounts.

The Federal Reserve Board expanded its Main Street Lending Program to allow more small- and medium-sized businesses to receive support from the program.