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N.Y.’s Top Financial Cop Is Leaving

December 27, 2018

by Howard Haykin

 

Maria Vullo, the superintendent of New York State’s Department of Financial Services (“NYSDFS”), will step down on February 1, 2019, ending her 3 years of service. As head of New York’s banking and insurance regulator, Ms. Vullo has, among other things, created a national model for cybersecurity regulations at banks and fought back against federal attempts to chip away at Obamacare and payday-lending rules.

 

Ms. Vullo was appreciated for her expertise and balanced enforcement of the laws – that, according to Kathryn Wylde, CEO of the Partnership for New York City, an advocacy group for business. Ms. Vullo collected more than $2.8 billion from enforcement actions against financial institutions (mostly foreign banks, for violations of U.S. sanctions, AML laws and the Bank Secrecy Act) - in contrast to the $6 billion in penalties that her predecessor, Benjamin Lawsky, tallied over 4 years.

 

No successor has been named.