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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: July 2025

In the wake of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), the federal banking agencies have issued joint guidance to provide clarity on supervisory expectations for banks that...more

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Jonathan Gould Confirmed as Comptroller of the Currency

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On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Gould to serve as the next Comptroller of the Currency in a 50–45 vote. Gould will succeed Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood, who offered his congratulations and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC clarifies crypto-asset activities in interpretive letter

On May 7, the OCC clarified permissible activities for national banks and federal savings associations regarding crypto-asset custody and execution services by publishing Interpretive Letter 1184. This letter confirmed...more

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Bank Regulatory News and Trends - May 2025

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This regular publication from DLA Piper focuses on helping banking and financial services clients navigate the ever-changing regulatory landscape....more

K&L Gates LLP

Federal Banking Regulators Adopt a Permissive Stance on Cryptocurrency

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The federal banking regulators have each recently adopted a more permissive approach to the regulation of cryptocurrency activities within the banking sector. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Federal...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: April 2025

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

Fenwick & West LLP

OCC Reaffirms Bank Authority to Engage in Cryptocurrency Activities

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On March 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) published Interpretive Letter 1183, which is expected to clarify and streamline national banks’ ability to engage in cryptocurrency activities....more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Focus on Fintech – Q2 2023

In this most recent issue, we discuss a number of federal banking agency updates, including the long-awaited Final Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s report on the...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Bank-Fintech Partnerships Update: Banking Agencies Finalize Key Risk Management Guidance

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On June 6, 2023, federal banking agencies issued final Interagency Guidelines on Third-Party Relationships detailing their expectations for banks in establishing risk management practices with third-parties—including...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bank/Fin-Tech Agreements: Re-Assessment Required Given New Regulatory Guidance on Third-Party Servicing Agreements

On June 6, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) (collectively, the Banking Agencies)...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Demystifying the Banking Regulators’ Recent Crypto Actions: Key Takeaways for Fintech Companies

The last few years had started to see a convergence between crypto and banking, with bitcoin appearing to rapidly grow mainstream. That momentum hit a wall with the spectacular crypto market failures of 2022, including the...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Actions by the Fed Show Its Continued Cautious Approach to Cryptoasset Activities by Supervised Institutions

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fed Board Denies Crypto Firm’s Bid to Join Federal Reserve System

On January 27, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB) announced that it unanimously voted to deny a crypto firm’s application to become a member of the Federal Reserve System. This denial ends the crypto firm’s 27-month effort to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Fed Declares Supervised Banks Will be Subject to Activity Limitations, Including Crypto-Asset and Other Novel Banking Activities

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) generally prohibits insured state banks, but not uninsured state member banks, from acting as principal in activities that are not permissible for national banks. Relying on its...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Banking Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Crypto Risks

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Banking organizations should ensure appropriate risk management, but regulators are skeptical of certain crypto activities as principal. On January 3, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal...more

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Bank Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Safety and Soundness of Crypto Activities

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In Short - The Situation: Since clarifying the legal permissibility of certain crypto activities in 2020 and early 2021, the Federal banking agencies have begun to tighten regulatory scrutiny of such activities, warning...more

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Prudential Regulators Issue New Guidance on Crypto-Assets

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On January 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking...more

Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer

Federal Banking Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking Organizations

On Jan. 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a statement on...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Banking Regulators Warn Against Crypto Risks

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On January 3, The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the Agencies) issued a joint statement to banking organizations...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal banking agencies issue joint statement on crypto-asset risks

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The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have issued a joint statement on crypto-asset risks to banking organizations.  The term “crypto-asset” refers...more

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OCC Solicits Research on Implications of Financial Technology for Banking

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Regulatory Developments - OCC Solicits Research on Implications of Financial Technology for Banking - On July 25, the OCC is seeking academic and policy-focused research on the impact that fintech and non-bank...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: November 2021

Federal Banking Agencies Publish Policy Road Map for Crypto-Asset Activities - The federal banking agencies have issued a joint statement summarizing their interagency “policy sprints” focused on crypto-asset activities...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Banking Agencies Provide Crypto-Asset Roadmap as a Result of Interagency “Policy Sprints”

On November 23, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“banking agencies”) released a joint statement recognizing that the...more

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Fintech: OCC Issues Significant Ruling Permitting National Banks to Use INVN and Stablecoin Technology

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The Situation: On January 4, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") issued an Interpretive Letter permitting national banks and federal savings associations ("Banks") to participate in independent node...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Bridging the Week - May 2019

The New York Department of Financial Services was told by a federal court in New York that it could proceed with its lawsuit challenging plans of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to accept and consider...more

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