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With the change of presidential administrations in January, there has been a significant shift in the landscape for financial technology companies in the United States for 2025 and beyond. First, the new administration...more
In light of ongoing litigation and the Trump administration’s new policy approach, federal banking agencies intend to rescind the 2023 CRA final rule and revert to pre-2023 standards....more
On March 28, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC jointly announced plans to rescind 2023 revisions to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations. The agencies stated they would return to the previous regulatory framework...more
New FDIC guidance permits crypto activities by supervised institutions without prior approval, emphasizing risk management and compliance with applicable laws and regulations....more
Welcome to the “Overview: 2024 Lessons and 2025 Emerging Trends” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. As Goodwin predicted in our previous year in review, the enforcement and...more
Under its new acting chairman appointed by President Trump, the FDIC charges ahead with its new agenda by rolling back key Biden-era regulatory efforts. On March 3, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)...more
On November 13, a House Financial Services Committee member Rep. David Scott (D-GA) sent a letter to President Biden urging him to support the Fed’s recommendation to re-propose the Basel III endgame rules. Scott requested...more
On Sept. 17, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board met to finalize an updated approach to increase scrutiny of bank mergers, particularly those that would result in a bank with over $100 billion in...more
On September 17, 2024, the Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) shut the vault doors on its 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines, leaving the 2023 Merger Guidelines as its sole authoritative statement on the topic of mergers...more
Alexandra Barrage, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Corporate Practice Group, was quoted in the July 10, 2024 Law360 article, “Pledging ‘Accountability,’ Biden’s FDIC Pick Faces Senate Test.”...more
On June 13, President Biden announced Christy Goldsmith Romero as his nominee for FDIC Chair. Goldsmith Romero most recently served as a Commissioner at the CFTC since 2022, where she sponsored the CFTC’s Technology Advisory...more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency recently announced proposals to update their approaches to evaluating bank mergers and other business combinations under the Bank Merger...more
The American Bar Association Antitrust Law Section’s annual Spring Meeting concluded on April 12. The annual Spring Meeting featured updates from federal, state and international antitrust enforcers and extensive discussion...more
Guidance for the largest US financial institutions is intended to promote climate risk management consistent with general safety and soundness practices. On October 30, 2023, the three US federal bank regulatory agencies...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) (collectively, the Agencies) on...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 September 15, President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Jennifer L. Fain as Inspector General of the FDIC. Fain brings over 22 years of experience in the inspector general community, most recently serving as...more
In contrast with the White House’s position, the Vice Chairman denied that loosened Dodd-Frank rules contributed to the recent bank failures. On April 12, 2023, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Vice Chairman...more
President Biden is calling for tougher standards and supervision for large regional banks in the wake of recent instability in the US banking sector. On March 30, 2023, the White House issued a Fact Sheet calling on the...more
President Biden has urged Congress to increase the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s ability to hold accountable executives whose mismanagement contributed to the failure of small and midsized banks like Silicon Valley...more
On Sunday evening, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced measures to (1) prevent losses to all depositors — including all uninsured depositors — after...more
In the past year, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) Biden administration officials, and other U.S. banking regulators have repeatedly voiced growing concerns about certain cryptoasset...more
US Senators Ask SoFi About Its Banking Law Compliance = “Four U.S. senators have signed a letter to SoFi Technologies CEO Anthony Noto expressing concerns about the online personal finance company and online bank’s digital...more
On September 20, the White House announced President Biden’s intent to nominate two Republicans, Travis Hill and Jonathan McKernan, to the FDIC Board. It has also been reported that President Biden will nominate a permanent...more
President Biden spent nearly 18 months assembling his team of top financial services regulators. Michael Barr’s nomination as the top banking regulator at the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) will fill the last remaining vacancy...more