March 28, 2025 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a Financial Institution Letter that provides new guidance for FDIC-supervised institutions engaging or seeking to engage in crypto-related activities...more
January 29, 2025 - The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship held a hearing on the nomination of Kelly Loeffler to be administrator of the Small Business Administration....more
January 16, 2025- The U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing on the nomination of Mr. Eric Scott Turner, to be Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development....more
January 10, 2025 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced that it is seeking public input on strengthening privacy protections and preventing harmful surveillance in digital payments, particularly those offered...more
April 11, 2024- U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (R-NC) and U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) introduced the bipartisan Ransomware and Financial Stability Act....more
June 20, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) Office of Inspector General released a report entitled, "The Board Can Enhance Its Procedures and Controls for Protecting Confidential...more
May 10, 2023- The House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Inclusion, alongside the House Committee on Agriculture Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and...more
March 31, 2023- U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to award financial compensation to...more
March 7, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." March 7, 2023- U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of...more
December 21, 2022- U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-PA) introduced legislation that would establish the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins and guide Congress towards a path...more
November 30, 2022- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chair of the Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) Janet...more
Hearing: Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission- September 15, 2022- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the U.S. Securities and...more
July 20, 2022- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency."...more
July 18, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital data for May 2022. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Meetings with Counterparts at the G20 Finance Ministers and...more
July 12, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a notice seeking public comment regarding potential opportunities and risks presented by developments and adoption of digital assets as part of its work under...more
Congress- U.S. Senate- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- Hearing: Considering the Index Fund Voting Process-...more
Federal Agencies- Securities and Exchange Commission- SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss Non-Traditional Accounting and Climate Disclosure on June 9-...more
Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Small Business- Committee Announces June Hearings- May 27, 2022- The House Small Business Committee announced several committee hearings throughout June:...more
Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Financial Services- Hearing: Digital Assets and the Future of Finance: Examining the Benefits and Risks of a U.S. Central Bank Digital Currency-...more
Major Developments- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporatio Quarterly Banking Profile: Insured Institutions Reported Net Income of $59.7 Billion in First Quarter 2022-...more