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Last week, the Bank of Israel published a preliminary design of the central bank’s Digital Shekel system. In a detailed document, holding more than 100 pages, the Bank of Israel presents guiding principles and a work plan for...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau looking at digital payment privacy and consumer protections; the UK FCA publishing a discussion paper on admissions and...more
At a time marked by themes of “push” and “pull,” organizations across all sectors and jurisdictions are grappling with the pursuit of innovation within an increasingly complex regulatory framework. Over the next 12 months,...more
This note summarizes the federal regulator panels at ETA's annual FinTech Policy Forum, which was hosted by Venable in our Washington, DC office. We provide key takeaways from the discussions with (a) CFPB Director...more
Our fifth episode provides an overview of the key legal issues facing cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the U.S....more
Federal Court Rejects Challenges to FDIC’s and OCC’s “Valid When Made” Rules A federal court in two separate but related cases has rejected challenges to the FDIC’s and the OCC’s respective regulations that codified the...more
This is the fourth in a series of articles in which we discuss recent efforts by regulators and other governmental bodies to set expectations and standards, or pursue governmental initiatives, with respect to cryptocurrencies...more
Takeaways - The Bank for International Settlements and seven central banks are studying how to launch CBDCs and have flagged key issues that will need to be addressed, including interoperability and confidentiality. In...more
On January 20, 2022, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Federal Reserve”) released a long-awaited paper on U.S. central bank digital currency (“CBDC”), Money and Payments: The U.S. Dollar in the Age of...more
Key developments in the United States over the past several months have kicked the digital currency transformation discussion into high gear. After the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets’ November 2021 Report on...more
Join Richard Levin and Kevin Tran for the next edition of the FinTech University series, focusing on Current Bank Digital Currencies, with 10 minutes of Q&A....more
We invite you to attend McDermottTech 2021, a virtual conference exploring the latest global trends impacting the technology industry. Please join us for this complimentary program on September 21, 2021, for the opportunity...more