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Freezing orders and fortification of cross-undertakings

  • RPC
  • -
  • United Kingdom
  • -
  • August 12 2010

On 21 May 2010, Justice Floyd handed down his judgment in Bloomsbury International Ltd (in administration) v Mark Alan Holyoake

California DFI: CA money transmission act does not apply to credit counseling agencies

  • Venable LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 10 2011

A new California Department of Financial Institutions ("CA DFI") Staff Opinion Letter makes clear that nonprofit credit counseling agencies ("CCAs") that offer and provide debt management plans ("DMPs") to California consumers are not considered to be engaged in "money transmission" and therefore are not required to be licensed under the recently enacted California Money Transmission Act ("CA MTA"

Issues of corporate governance arising from Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ), Singapore Branch v Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) Pte Ltd & Anor

  • Wong Partnership
  • -
  • Singapore
  • -
  • October 4 2011

In Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Publ), Singapore Branch v Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) Pte Ltd & Anor 2011 SGCA 22, the Singapore Court of Appeal had to consider the claims of two banks ("plaintiffs") against Asia Pacific Breweries (Singapore) Pte Ltd ("APBS") for the repayment of loans disbursed due to the fraud of its employee, Chia Teck Leng ("Chia"

Part II: The new era of FCPA enforcement: expansive interpretations

  • Dorsey & Whitney LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2011

One of the defining characteristics of the new era of enforcement is an aggressive application of the statutes

Wolfsberg publishes stored-value guidance

  • Dentons
  • -
  • Global
  • -
  • October 21 2011

The Wolfsberg Group has published guidance on anti-money laundering (AML) issues around prepaid and stored value cards, and the regulatory status of non-bank providers

General counsel update: 31 May 2012

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Argentina, China, European Union, Hong Kong, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom
  • -
  • May 31 2012

This is the twenty-ninth in our series of General Counsel Updates which aim to summarise major developments in key areas

FinCEN administrative ruling on prepaid access

  • Winston & Strawn LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2012

On June 8th, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") published an administrative ruling on the application of money service business ("MSB") regulations as they relate to a non-bank company that sells bank network-branded prepaid access cards

Effective compliance program helps investment bank avoid FCPA criminal charges

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 14 2012

When a former Morgan Stanley Managing Director pled guilty recently to a criminal violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"), the effectiveness of the bank's pre-existing anti-corruption compliance program convinced enforcers at the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") not to charge the bank itself

Laws and orders brought into force in 2012

  • Bedell Cristin
  • -
  • Jersey
  • -
  • November 9 2012

The Banking Business (Depositors Compensation) (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provision) (Jersey) Regulations 2012 came into force, with the exception of Regulation 23, on 2 October 2012

Gift card rule compliance date fast approaches

  • Bryan Cave LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 27 2012

As of March 31, 2012, gift card issuers will be required to comply with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (“FinCEN”) prepaid access rule (the “Rule”) if their gift card programs are not otherwise exempt

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