North American Securities Administrators Association President Mike Rothman testified before the House Committee on Financial Services on the impact of the JOBS Act on U.S. capital markets.

FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg addressed key challenges financial institutions face carrying out compliance programs related to money laundering and terrorist financing.

The FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board completed resolution plan evaluations for sixteen domestic banks, and issued guidance to four foreign banks.

FINRA reminded member firms that funding for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board ("GASB") comes from the GASB Account Support Fee, collected on a quarterly basis from member firms that report trades to the MSRB.

New SRO rule changes and proposals were announced by the SEC for the week of March 20 to March 24, 2017.