The Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), which would comprehensively regulate stablecoins in the United States, was adopted by the U.S. Senate on June 17 by a bipartisan...more
6/24/2025
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Cryptocurrency ,
Custodians ,
Depository Institutions ,
Digital Assets ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
OCC ,
Payment Processors ,
Payment Systems ,
Pending Legislation ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Securities ,
Stablecoins ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 9, 2022, President Biden issued the Executive Order Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets setting forth six principal policy objectives in furtherance of U.S. initiatives in the crypto and digital asset...more
In this Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published an alert warning financial institutions of possible efforts to evade U.S.-imposed sanctions on Russia and Belarus; the U.S. Department of the Treasury...more
3/14/2022
/ Banking Sector ,
Belarus Sanctions ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Digital Assets ,
Economic Sanctions ,
Executive Orders ,
FATF ,
FDIC ,
Financial Action Task Force ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Investors ,
Money Laundering ,
OCC ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Management ,
Russia ,
Shell Corporations ,
Terrorist Financing ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency