Articles by Douglas Gillison

SEC Updates Customer Data Hacking Rules for Wall Street

Wall Street’s top regulator on Thursday said it had updated rules to ensure investment companies and others work to detect and respond to hackers’ theft of customer data. The changes, approved unanimously by the five-member U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, …

FDIC Chair Gruenberg Apologizes for Agency Culture, Commits to Fixes

U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin Gruenberg on Wednesday said he was deeply sorry for a toxic workplace culture and his own mistreatment of employees. Testifying before Congress, Gruenberg said he accepted the findings of an independent report that …

US Probe Finds Widespread Sexual Misconduct at FDIC

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation must make sweeping changes to address widespread sexual harassment and other misconduct, according to an independent report released on Tuesday that raises questions about the future of the banking regulator’s leadership. The report, prompted by …

FDIC Draft Proposal: Bank Mergers Above $100B Get Extra Scrutiny

Mergers that could result in banks with more than $100 billion in assets should expect heightened scrutiny from the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, according to draft guidance the agency released Thursday. The FDIC’s board of directors is poised to …

SEC Drops Some Emissions Disclosure Requirements From Draft Climate Rules

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has removed some of its most ambitious greenhouse gas emission disclosure requirements from corporate climate risk rules it is preparing to adopt, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The SEC has …

Over 350 People Contact Law Firm Reviewing FDIC Workplace Culture

More than 350 people have contacted an outside law firm reviewing workplace culture at the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in the wake of media reporting last year on allegations of persistent sexual harassment, top agency officials said on Thursday. …

SEC Blames ‘SIM Swapping’ for its X Account Hack

Wall Street’s top regulator was the victim of “SIM swapping,” a technique internet fraudsters use to seize control of telephone lines, when its account on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was hacked earlier this month, the …

SEC Signals It May Curb Climate Rule Ambitions

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) officials have told lobbyists and corporate executives in recent days that the agency’s long-anticipated climate rules may scale back some of the most demanding greenhouse gas emissions disclosure requirements that it had proposed. At …

Banking Industry Starts to Pick Its Battles Against New Capital Rules

Now that regulators in Washington have unfurled a hefty reform package of post-financial crisis capital regulations, banking industry advisers are honing in on what they consider most disruptive, including risk management requirements that could affect real estate lending, consumer credit …

SEC Set to Adopt New Cyber Rule, Unveils Brokerage AI Proposal

Wall Street’s top regulator on Wednesday was poised to adopt new rules requiring publicly traded companies to disclose hacking incidents, a measure officials said was being taken to help the investing public contend with the mounting cost and frequency of …