Dealmaking within the US and Europe is climbing as crypto assets increasingly enter the mainstream -
Dealmaking in the digital currency space is flourishing, buoyed by strong industry growth, political backing and supportive...more
5/12/2025
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Bitcoin ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Domestic Dealmaking ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Mergers ,
Popular ,
Technology Sector ,
Trump Administration ,
Virtual Currency
On 16 October 2024, the Republic of El Salvador ("El Salvador") announced the financial close of a US$1 billion debt-for-nature ("DFN") swap, which was both the world's largest conservation-focused operation of this kind to...more
On Friday, March 10, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed Silicon Valley Bank ("SVB") and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC") was appointed SVB's receiver....more
3/15/2023
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Banks ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crisis ,
Financial Institutions ,
Insolvency ,
Receivership ,
Relief Measures ,
Silicon Valley
On Friday, March 10, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) was appointed the receiver for Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”). The FDIC created the Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara (“DINB”) and...more
3/13/2023
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Banks ,
Deposit Accounts ,
Deposit Insurance ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Crisis ,
Financial Institutions ,
Receivership ,
Silicon Valley ,
U.S. Treasury
Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more
1/30/2023
/ Acquisitions ,
Buyers ,
Capital Markets ,
CFIUS ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Domestic Dealmaking ,
Environmental Social & Governance (ESG) ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Global Dealmaking ,
Investment ,
Investors ,
Mergers ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Private Equity ,
Publicly-Traded Companies ,
Real Estate Market ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sellers ,
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) ,
Technology
The OCC recently finalized two broad updates to its regulations that increase flexibility for regulatory filings, including for corporate transactions such as business combinations, and update and clarify permissible...more
For the thousands of financial institutions anxiously watching the discontinuation and transition from certain interbank offered rates ("IBORs"), 2020 just got a little less chaotic...
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On June 29, 2020, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued guidance explaining how financial institutions can conduct due diligence for hemp-related businesses and identifying the type of information and...more
8/15/2020
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Banking Sector ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Due Diligence ,
Farm Bill ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Hemp ,
Hemp Related Businesses ,
New Guidance ,
Required Documentation ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
USDA
Section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act authorizes the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) in “unusual and exigent circumstances” to establish programs or facilities with “broad-based eligibility” that allow a Federal Reserve Bank...more
In response to the global COVID-19 crisis, US federal financial regulators are taking important actions that affect US and non-US financial institutions, other financial services providers, consumers, and the US and global...more
4/28/2020
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CFTC ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
DSIO ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
FRB ,
OCC ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Relief Measures ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
In response to the global COVID-19 crisis, US federal financial regulators are taking important actions that affect US and non-US financial institutions, other financial services providers, consumers, and the US and global...more
On December 23, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an Industry Letter instructing each institution it regulates, including banks and licensed Fintechs, to make submissions describing the...more
1/14/2020
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Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon ,
Banks ,
Depository Institutions ,
Derivatives ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
FRB ,
Industry Letters ,
Interest Rates ,
Lenders ,
Libor ,
Loans ,
Money Transmitter ,
NYDFS ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securitization ,
Sterling Overnight Index Average (SONIA) ,
Transitional Arrangements ,
UK ,
Virtual Currency
On September 25, 2019, the US House of Representatives ("House") passed, by a vote of 321 to 103, the Secure and Fair Enforcement Banking Act ("SAFE Banking Act"), bipartisan legislation designed to secure and regulate...more
10/9/2019
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Canada ,
Cannabis Products ,
Cannabis-Related Businesses (CRBs) ,
Cole Memorandum ,
Controlled Substances Act ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Harmonization Rules ,
Hemp ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
NYDFS ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Rohrabacher-Farr Amendment ,
Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) ,
USDA
On August 5, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”) proposed the development of a real-time gross settlement service (“RTGS”) called “FedNow.” The service, expected to launch in 2023 or 2024,...more
9/5/2019
/ Banks ,
Board of Governors ,
Credit Unions ,
Federal Reserve ,
FedNow ,
Financial Institutions ,
Payment Systems ,
Proposed Rules ,
Public Comment ,
Real Time Payment (RTP) ,
Request For Information