Legal News, Commentaries and Analyses
January 13, 2024
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Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris announces $8 Million Penalty Against Genesis Global Trading, Inc. After DFS Investigation Finds Significant Failings in Anti-Money Laundering and Cybersecurity Programs

In connection with the settlement, Genesis Global Trading will surrender its BitLicense New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris today announced that Genesis Global Trading, Inc. (“Genesis Global Trading”) will pay an $8 million penalty to New York State for compliance failures that violated DFS’s virtual currency and cybersecurity regulations […]

Legal News, News
November 09, 2023
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NYDFS Amends Cybersecurity Regulation; Some Provisions Go Into Effect December 1

New York State continues to strengthen cybersecurity regulations for financial institutions. New amendments to the Cybersecurity Regulation enacted in 2017 strengthen the regulation and add new security obligations. As Hunton Andrews Kurth summarizes it, “The new amendments strengthen the initial framework and require NYDFS-regulated entities to adhere to a number of additional prescriptive data security […]

Finance, Legal News, News
November 02, 2023
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NY Financial Regulator Rolls Out Updated Cybersecurity Standards

Bloomberg reports: New York regulators assigned heightened cybersecurity requirements to banks, insurers, and financial services providers based in the state with the release of finalized rule amendments Wednesday. Covered entities will have to use multifactor authentication, expand cybersecurity governance duties, and conduct consistent threat testing under the regulation updated by the New York Department of Financial Services. […]