The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cited numerous compliance violations in a published summary of recent developments in consumer reporting, debt collection, mortgage origination, remittances, student loan servicing and fair lending.

A public comment letter submitted to the SEC urged the Commission to (i) strengthen the transparency, fairness and resiliency of the Regulation Alternative Trading Systems Proposal and (ii) apply the Proposal to platforms trading government securities.

The CFTC penalized a company and its affiliated futures commission merchant for inaccurately reporting fixed price cash positions in corn and soybeans.

The SEC gave whistleblowers hefty monetary awards for providing information leading to and supporting investigations.

A federal court ordered defendants to pay restitution and a civil monetary penalty for violating the CFTC ban on trading binary options off-exchange.