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...He added that the OCC could seem a “tempting alternative” to the DFS, which under Ms Vullo — a trained trial lawyer — has continued the tradition of enforcement actions set under her predecessor, Ben Lawsky...
...Under Ms Vullo, appointed last June, the DFS has continued a tradition of vigorous enforcement set by Ben Lawsky, who ran the regulator for four years until he stepped down in 2015 to set up his own consulting...
...Ben Lawsky, New York’s former superintendent of financial services, questioned whether what he described as the “short-term” interests of private equity groups ensured “long-term security for policyholders...
...She has vowed to continue the tradition of tough oversight and enforcement set by her predecessor, Benjamin Lawsky....
...People familiar with the situation say that Mr Albanese, a former deputy to Ben Lawsky, the first superintendent, was always a stopgap....
...“This [action] is intended to harm Promontory as Ben walks out the door,” the person said....
...But there is an up-and-coming young seraph called Benjamin Lawsky who may prove an even greater pestilence. He’s already given Standard Chartered what-for.’...
...Mr Lawsky announced on Wednesday he would be leaving the DFS in late June to start his own law and consulting firm....
...Meanwhile, in a twist, Promontory has argued that NYDFS should hand over the investigation to a different agency because its recently departed head, Ben Lawsky, is setting up his own firm offering regulatory...
...New York regulator “Bouffant” Ben Lawsky keeps hitting it with fines. B: Will Bill sort out the mess? P: His appointment will at least sugar the pill of an impending rights issue. B: What’s he like?...
...Ben Lawsky, New York state’s superintendent of financial services, announced the enforcement action, which follows a $250m penalty levied on the Japanese bank last year for the sanctions violation itself...
...StanChart is the gift that keeps on giving for Ben Lawsky, the ambitious boss of the New York Department of Financial Services....
...The other area Mr Winters needs to address is the bank’s frayed relations with regulators, particularly Ben Lawsky at the Department of Financial Services in New York, who has fined the bank twice in three...
...Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi (BTMU) on Tuesday was ordered by Ben Lawsky, New York state’s superintendent of financial services, to pay $315m for “misleading regulators” over transactions with Iran, Sudan and...
...Shares have slumped 29 per cent as the sparring duo struggled to shake off Ben Lawsky, a New York regulator attached burr-like to the bank....
...Two years on, the bank is struggling to recover from a $340m fine from Ben Lawsky, a politically ambitious New York regulator. The penalty was disproportionate to the offence....
...Local watchdogs such as the DFS, whose boss Ben Lawsky radiates ambition like a log-burning stove on a winter night, scrabble for fines and influence in competition with state and federal rivals....
...Ben Lawsky, superintendent of New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS), sent requests to banks including Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, Lloyds, Royal Bank of Scotland, and Standard Chartered, one...
...The halt by DFS, which is led by Ben Lawsky, comes just two weeks after the planned $2.7bn sale was announced....
...This follows a widening investigation into their investment practices by Ben Lawsky, the superintendent of financial services in New York....
...Ben Lawsky, New York state’s Superintendent of Financial Services, has already described such schemes as “financial alchemy”....
...Since then, Ben Lawsky, New York’s superintendent of financial services, has launched a wide-ranging investigation into whether private equity companies are suitable custodians of annuity businesses....
...Ben Lawsky, the superintendent of financial services in New York, Jeff Merkely, a Democratic senator, and Barney Frank, former chairman of the House financial services committee, also criticised Mr Benmosche...
...Bank bosses sat up in alarm this month when Ben Lawsky, New York State’s aggressive financial regulator, joined the fray, sending document requests to more than a dozen banks....
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