The US District Court for the Southern District of Florida issued a final judgment against an individual and his firm for buying and selling securities without registering as broker-dealers.

Twenty-six financial firms settled SEC charges for failing to preserve their employees' electronic communications. The firms agreed to pay combined civil penalties of $392.75 million.

A firm settled FINRA charges for failing to accurately disclose mark-up and mark-down information on municipal and corporate debt securities transactions.

SEC Chair Gary Gensler highlighted growing concern around conflicts of interest in AI and warned that AI-powered algorithms might influence investment decisions to the advantage of the financial platforms that use them.

The White House launched an interagency effort to combat "deliberately design[ed]" corporate strategies that make business processes time-consuming or otherwise burdensome for consumers.