Mastercard has told financial institutions to stop allowing marijuana transactions on its debit cards, dealing a blow to an industry already on the fringes of the financial system in the United States. Most banks in the country do not service cannabis companies as marijuana ...Read More

The Department of Justice has dropped its plan to charge former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried with unlawful campaign contributions. On Wednesday, US Attorney Damian Williams disclosed that the Bahamas informed the government of its decision not to extradite Bankman-Fried on this particular charge. “Accordingly, ...Read More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has made moves to impose stricter controls on retail brokerages such as Robinhood Markets Inc., in an effort to safeguard customers from the dangers posed by the application of advanced analytics. The regulators are concerned these firms could exploit ...Read More

Senators Kirsten Gillibrand [D-NY] and Josh Hawley [R-MO] are endorsing the “Ban Stock Trading for Government Officials Act,” a recently proposed bill aimed at prohibiting stock trading by members of Congress, the president, vice president, senior executive branch officials, and their relatives. The proposed legislation ...Read More

A plan by the top U.S. banking cop to make the sector more resilient may have gotten a boost from the recent banking crisis, but still faces numerous challenges. Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr has laid out a plan to increase capital requirements for ...Read More

Most business leaders harbor a deeply-rooted belief: Offices as sanctuaries of corporate integrity, bustling with industrious individuals who diligently toe the line of right conduct under the leader’s watchful eye. Indeed, that’s a major reason why many business leaders want their employees in the ...Read More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday fined Cantor Fitzgerald $1.4 million for repeatedly failing to identify and report customers who qualified as large traders. Cantor, a New York-based investment bank and brokerage, did not admit or deny wrongdoing in agreeing to the ...Read More