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Financial regulatory authorities Afghanistan: Da Afghanistan Bank: Albania: Financial Supervisory Authority (AMF) Algeria: Commission d'Organisation et de Surveillance des Opérations de Bourse (COSOB) Andorra: Andorran Financial Authority (AFA) Angola: Capital Markets Commission (CMC) ; Agência Angolana de Regulação e Supervisão de Seguros ...
Whereas most financial regulatory authorities have a national mandate, there are instances of both subnational and supranational authorities: Subnational authorities are extant most prominently in Canada and the United States, at the level of individual provinces and states respectively, and in autonomous territories such as British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, Constituent ...
Financial regulation is a broad set of policies that apply to the financial sector in most jurisdictions, justified by two main features of finance: systemic risk, which implies that the failure of financial firms involves public interest considerations; and information asymmetry, which justifies curbs on freedom of contract in selected areas of financial services, particularly those that ...
Apart from the bank regulatory agencies the U.S. maintains separate securities, commodities, and insurance regulatory agencies at the federal and state level, unlike Japan and the United Kingdom (where regulatory authority over the banking, securities and insurance industries is combined into one single financial-service agency). [1]
Banking regulation and supervision refers to a form of financial regulation which subjects banks to certain requirements, restrictions and guidelines, enforced by a financial regulatory authority generally referred to as banking supervisor, with semantic variations across jurisdictions.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is a private American corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization (SRO) that regulates member brokerage firms and exchange markets. FINRA is the successor to the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. ( NASD ) as well as to the member regulation, enforcement, and ...
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is responsible for consumer protection in the financial sector. Its jurisdiction includes banks, credit unions, securities firms, payday lenders, mortgage-servicing operations, foreclosure relief services, debt collectors, other financial companies in the United States.
The SEC originally delegated authority to the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD, now Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA)) and to the national stock exchanges (e.g., the NYSE) to enforce certain industry standards and requirements related to securities trading and brokerage. On July 26, 2007, the SEC approved a merger ...