FINRA established an "Innovation Outreach Initiative" to facilitate engagement and cooperation with market participants concerning the role of FinTech in the securities industry.

The SEC and the CFTC cited ongoing litigation as the reason they declined to issue a joint interpretation on whether a particular Reinsurance Participation Agreement is classified as a swap, security-based swap or mixed swap.

FINRA filed a proposed rule change concerning the implementation date of rules that require firms to use two new trade modifiers for certain U.S. Treasury Securities.

SEC Chief Accountant Wesley Bricker described the "significant contributions" of academic researchers to the quality of financial reporting and auditing policymaking.

By a vote of 233 to 186, the House of Representatives passed the "Financial CHOICE Act of 2017."