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According to a recent press release, a major U.S. bank has entered into a strategic partnership with the largest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange platform. This collaboration reportedly aims to expand access to secure digital...more
French Bank Launches USD Stablecoin, US Fintech Expands Stablecoin Reach - The crypto assets division of a major French multinational bank and financial services company (Bank) recently announced the launch of its U.S....more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
On April 24, the Federal Reserve withdrew its prior guidance for banks related to their crypto-asset and dollar token activities and also announced related changes to its expectations for these activities....more
Several significant regulatory and policy developments took place this week in Washington. The Senate banking committee advanced several key nominations, including Michelle Bowman to serve as vice chair for supervision at the...more
Lowenstein Crypto advises leading digital asset and cryptocurrency projects, exchanges, and trading firms. Our practice covers regulatory advice, transactions and structuring advice, investigations, and adversarial matters...more
The Federal Reserve has announced multiple decisions to rescind existing requirements for crypto-asset activities. The April 24 announcement included the rescission of a 2022 supervisory letter that required state member...more
April 17, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Deepfakes and the AI Arms Race in Bank Cybersecurity.” April 17, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an article...more
April 11, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a staff report entitled, “The Risk Sensitivity of Global Liquidity Flows: Heterogeneity, Evolution, and Drivers.”...more
The SEC recently announced new accommodations to expand the types of companies and registration statements eligible for confidential SEC review. In this post, we summarize key takeaways from the announcement, including what...more
McGuireWoods’ Ponzi Litigation team launched its Ponzi Perspectives blog in early 2021. Throughout the past four years, we’ve tracked and posted case alerts on Ponzi-related complaints filed in federal and state courts...more
In other news from last month, we found out that Brian Quintenz was nominated by President Trump to serve as the next CFTC Chair. See our synopsis on Quintenz below. If and when Quintenz is confirmed—TBD on when the Senate...more
Since President Trump’s inauguration, the crypto industry has been on a tear. And no, this time, we’re not just talking about the price of Bitcoin. In the past two months, Washington D.C. has taken a deliberate interest in...more
Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump Administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and related developments. This week, we review the following developments as of Wednesday: ...more
On Nov. 19, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. issued a notice of assessment finding that between December 2018 and August 2020, CBW Bank — a single-branch bank in Weir, Kansas — failed to maintain an adequate...more
On 23 January 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) repealed the infamous Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 121 with the publication of the already much-lauded SAB 122. With President Donald Trump taking office on...more
The Trump administration is moving swiftly to reshape federal digital asset policy. On January 23, President Trump issued an executive order (Executive Order) that reverses key elements of a Biden-era federal policy framework...more
Key Points - - A Republican president and Congress are expected to be more supportive of digital assets than the current administration. - There is a reasonable chance that legislation creating a regulatory framework...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau publishing a final rule on federal supervision of Big Tech and other widely used digital payment apps; the UK FCA...more
Welcome to the latest edition of M&A Insights, where we bring together partners from across the A&O Shearman network to explore the themes shaping global dealmaking. The election of Donald Trump as President is expected to...more
In our biannual M&A trends report we explore the possible impact of the new U.S. administration on dealmaking, the dynamics of transatlantic M&A, private equity exits, and Mario Draghi’s proposals to reshape the European...more
In this issue of Wilson Sonsini's Focus on Fintech, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to bank-fintech partnerships, cryptocurrency and virtual currency updates,...more
On November 21, the CFPB issued its final rule defining larger participants in the digital consumer payment applications market. The rule does not impose new substantive consumer protection requirements, but it does subject...more
Financial services encompass a wide range of services offered by the nation’s financial institutions, including banking, mortgage, investment, and credit services. The next administration and Congress’s financial services...more