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Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

The Georgia MALPB: A Strategic Alternative to Traditional Sponsor Banks for Merchant Card Processing Services

The Georgia Merchant Acquirer Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) offers a compelling alternative to traditional sponsor bank models by enabling payment processors to directly access card networks like Visa and Mastercard without...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - May 12th - 14th, New York, NY

Meet key stakeholders in Banking, FinTech, and broader payment systems next month at ACI’s 9th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems. Gain valuable insights from these industry...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Regulation in Flux, March 2025 - OCC Gives Green Light to National Bank Fintech Business Model

On March 17th, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) conditionally approved the application for the newly renamed SmartBiz Bank N.A. (“SmartBiz Bank”) to change its business model in support of its fintech...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Treasury Secretary Bessent to Appoint Rodney E. Hood as First Deputy Comptroller of the OCC

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On February 7, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent announced that he will appoint Rodney E. Hood as a Deputy Comptroller and designate him as the First Deputy Comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Banking Regulators’ Request for Information on Bank-Fintech Arrangements

On July 25, 2024, the Fed, the OCC and the FDIC (the “Banking Regulators”) released a “Request for Information on Bank-Fintech Arrangements Involving Banking Products and Services Distributed to Consumers and Businesses” (the...more

Alston & Bird

Regulators Focus on Bank-Fintech Arrangements

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Through joint guidance and an information request, federal bank regulators underscored banks’ compliance responsibilities in their banking-as-a-service (BaaS) relationships with third parties. Our Financial Services Team...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Banking regulators issue RFI/comment on bank-fintech relationships

On July 23, the OCC, Fed, and FDIC (the banking regulators) released a request for information and comment (RFI) and a joint statement to better understand the relationship between banks and fintechs. The federal banking...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Federal Banking Agencies Increase Spotlight on Bank Fintech Arrangements

On July 24, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (collectively, the Banking Regulators) jointly released the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Bank Regulators Issue Statement on Third-Party Relationships with Financial Institutions and Publish Request for Information on...

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The federal banking regulators (The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation) issued on July 25 a lengthy joint statement...more

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Banking Regulators Seek Comment on Third-Party Relationships with Financial Institutions

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The federal banking regulators are seeking comment to better understand the relationship between financial institutions and third parties that work for them....more

Jenner & Block

[Ongoing Program] CLE Relay – Session 3 – Hot Topics in Fintech and Crypto - June 7th, 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT

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This session will provide a survey of key issues and trends impacting the fintech and digital assets community as well as the future opportunities and challenges presented for these financial products and services. It will...more

A&O Shearman

Regulatory monitoring: EU version Newsletter - March 2024

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1. Bank regulation- 1.1 Prudential regulation- (a) General- (i) International- BCBA: Basel III monitoring report- Status: Final- BCBS has published its latest monitoring report setting out the impact of the Basel III...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 9th - 10th, New York, NY

ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: June 2023

The federal banking agencies have published new guidance to help banking organizations manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies. The new...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] FinTech University: FinTech and International Law - June 6th, 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Join us for the next edition of FinTech University as we focus on FinTech and International Law. This webinar will provide an overview of recent developments and the legal framework for companies operating in FinTech -...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 7th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 18th - 19th, New York, NY

Join American Conference Institute at the 7th Annual Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems on April 18-19, 2023, in New York! Gain key insights into the hurdles arising amid...more

Guidepost Solutions LLC

Guidepost in Motion: Banking on Crypto

Dan Burstein, general counsel and chief compliance officer at Paxos Trust Company, joins Julie Myers Wood for a discussion on the increasing openness of banking regulators to allow traditional financial institutions to offer...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Why Does the Brand of My Phone Affect My Credit Rating?

To capitalize on the promise of artificial intelligence and alternative data, boards need to anticipate and mitigate various risks. Takeaways - Hidden biases need to be prevented. - Neither regulators nor the public will...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

China Fintech – the Beginning of a New Regulatory Era?

This alert outlines the recent potentially seismic shifts in the Fintech regulatory landscape affecting the regulation and commercial business model of China’s online micro-lending company ("MLC") sector – a part of the...more

White & Case LLP

Secondary regulations relating to standardized application programming interfaces (API) under the Fintech Law (Open Banking)

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Under Article 76 of the Law regulating the Financial Technology Institutions ("Fintech Law") financial institutions, money transmitters, credit reporting companies, clearing houses, financial technology institutions and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

FinTech Developments: Financial Services Innovation Bill Introduced

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In September 2016, Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced H.R. 6118, the “Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016” (“FSIA”). FSIA is intended to encourage the development of financial products and services by...more

A&O Shearman

Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - September 2016

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In this newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal US, European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset managers and...more

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