New York State Department Of Financial Services news and trends

Nordea Reaches Settlement With New York DFS Over Compliance Failures
Legal // August 27, 2024

Nordea Bank Abp has reached a settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) after the regulator determined that the bank had compliance failures and failed to conduct proper due diligence of its correspondent bank partners.  The bank entered into a consent order with DFS...

NYDFS Issues Guidance for Insurance Companies’ Use of AI
Insurance // July 11, 2024

Insurers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) must not discriminate against consumers, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris said Thursday (July 11). Harris said this in a press release announcing the DFS’s adoption of guidance for insurers that use AI...

Use Cases for Blockchain Gain Momentum as User Experience Simplifies
Cryptocurrency // June 03, 2024

End-users of technologies don’t want to think — they just want to use. And out-of-the-box usability is particularly essential when it comes to next generation innovations disrupting payments and commerce. This, however, can at times be at odds with the mindset of the builders of...

New York Regulator: Crypto Firms Must Provide ‘Timely’ Customer Service
Cryptocurrency // May 30, 2024

New York’s financial regulator has introduced new customer service guidelines for cryptocurrency companies. The new guidance announced by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) requires those companies to uphold “effective” policies and procedures to promptly address customer service issues, and to collect relevant data to make...

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Regulators Blame Signature for Own Failure and Themselves for SVB’s

April 28, 2023
In a scathing self-assessment, the Federal Reserve’s autopsy on Silicon Valley Bank’s failure puts blame partially on its own doorstep, as regulator reports on Signature Bank’s collapse cite the lender’s “poor management.” The autopsy on failure has been released ahead of schedule. The 114-page unflinching and, at times, self-critical post-mortem review of the central bank’s […]

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NYDFS Issues Guidance for Combatting AI-Enabled Cybersecurity Risks

October 16, 2024
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued new guidance to help DFS-regulated entities address and combat cybersecurity risks arising from artificial intelligence (AI). “AI has improved the ability for businesses to enhance threat detection and incident response strategies, while concurrently creating new opportunities for cybercriminals to commit crimes at greater scale and […]

Nordea Reaches Settlement With New York DFS Over Compliance Failures

August 27, 2024
Nordea Bank Abp has reached a settlement with the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) after the regulator determined that the bank had compliance failures and failed to conduct...

NYDFS Issues Guidance for Insurance Companies’ Use of AI

July 11, 2024
Insurers’ use of artificial intelligence (AI) must not discriminate against consumers, New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris said Thursday (July 11). Harris said this...

New York Regulator: Crypto Firms Must Provide ‘Timely’ Customer Service

May 30, 2024
New York’s financial regulator has introduced new customer service guidelines for cryptocurrency companies. The new guidance announced by the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) requires those companies to uphold “effective”...