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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

The GENIUS Act is Signed into Law: What Banks Need to Know about Payment Stablecoins

On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), after it passed both the U.S. Senate by a vote of 68-30 and the U.S. House in a...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

House Oversight Committee sends letter to OCC’s Hood on debanking documents

On June 25, the Chairman for the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Rep. James Comer (R-KY), sent a letter to OCC Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood requesting documents and communications related to the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The GENIUS Act: A New Federal Framework for Stablecoin Issuers

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This passage followed a successful cloture vote earlier in May. The bill obtained significant...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Fed to end use of reputational risk in examination programs

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The Federal Reserve Board has announced that it will eliminate reputational risk as a component of examination programs in its supervision of banks. ...more

Patomak Global Partners

Fed Withdrawal of Guidance Marks Milestone for Banks’ Future Crypto Activity

The federal banking agencies have withdrawn previously issued guidance related to banks’ crypto activities, marking a shift in regulatory posture toward digital asset engagement. On April 25, the Federal Reserve Board...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCC Confirms Banks Authority to Offer Crypto Custody and Execution Services

On May 7, the OCC issued Interpretive Letter 1184, reaffirming that national banks and federal savings associations may provide cryptocurrency custody and execution services, including through sub-custodians. The OCC...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Banks May Provide Cryptocurrency Transaction and Custody Services, but OCC Has Yet to Provide Clear Compliance Requirements

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On May 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued a follow up to its July 2020 Interpretative Letter 1170, which allowed national banks to provide cryptocurrency custody services to their customers....more

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Regulators withdraw crypto guidance, plan further clarity for banks

On April 24, the FDIC and the Fed announced they have retracted two joint statements concerning banking organizations’ activities related to crypto-assets. According to the agencies, this move aims to clarify that banking...more

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FSB Chair Letter to G20 Finance Ministers

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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published a letter, along with a press release and webpage, from its Chair, Klaas Knot, to G20 finance ministers and central bank governors ahead of their meeting on 23-24 April. The...more

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OCC Clarifies Crypto-Asset Guidance

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) have both recently taken actions and issued statements that indicate a more permissive bank regulatory approach to...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The Desk: April Edition

March is over and all of our brackets are busted. We hope you have been enjoying, Moore & Van Allen’s very own, Jay Bilas’ coverage on ESPN. In this month’s newsletter we will walk you through the CFTC’s continued updates on...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Banking Agencies Begin Publishing Updated Crypto Guidance

On March 28, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) rescinded Biden administration guidance related to state-chartered banks' participation in "crypto-related activities" and published a new interpretation of the...more

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FDIC Turns a New Page on Banks’ Engagement in Crypto-Related Activities

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Last Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the rescission of Financial Institution Letter (FIL-16-2022) and issued new guidance clarifying the process for FDIC-supervised institutions to engage in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

FDIC Aims to Eliminate Reputational Risk from Supervision

On March 24, acting FDIC Chairman Travis Hill informed Congress that the agency is preparing to eliminate the use of “reputation risk” as a basis for supervisory criticism. In a letter to Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.), Hill...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

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Five Things You Need to Know About Launching Fintech Products in the US

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With more fintech’s looking to expand their businesses internationally, it can be daunting to navigate varying regulations across borders. This article focuses on regulations in the United States. For those also focused on...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: Issue 12, December 2022

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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Modernize the Bank Regulatory Perimeter on Bank-Fintech Partnerships

Building on his remarks to the Blockchain Association and the American Fintech Council earlier this month, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael J. Hsu, issued a statement on November 16 before the Federal Reserve...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Two Ocean Trust Paves the Way for Secure Cryptocurrency Investing

THE SITUATION: In recent years, cryptocurrency has presented an exciting opportunity to invest in a new asset class—at the cost of accepting certain risks. Unlike traditional financial assets, cryptocurrency has lacked...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts - October 2020

Recent and significant regulatory and legislative events in the digital asset space demonstrate the evolving and expanding approach by U.S. and international regulators to the burgeoning digital asset markets. These...more

Hogan Lovells

Central banks team up to study digital currencies uses

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Six banks have announced that they will work together to assess whether creating central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is worth it. The group will review use cases, economic, functional and technical design choices, and the...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Wells Fargo Prohibits Customers from Using Credit Cards to Buy Cryptocurrency

This week, Wells Fargo & Co. announced that it will not allow customers to buy cryptocurrency with its credit cards. This follows other banks’ prohibitions on the use of credit cards for the purchase of cryptocurrency over...more

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Campbell’s Soup CEO Denise Morrison retired abruptly late last Friday. Though the company’s stock has struggled in the past year, Morrison gave no reason for stepping down—a move that drops the number of female chief...more

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AT&T has dropped plans to sell the Mate 10—the newest smartphone from China’s Huawei Technologies—just before the partnership was to be announced. AT&T gave no reasons for its abrupt reversal, but lawmakers have recently...more

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Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.29.16

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A federal judge in Idaho has dismissed a $24 billion lawsuit against Credit Suisse alleging that the bank and real estate adviser Cushman & Wakefield ran a “predatory loan-to-own scheme that . . . loaded four luxury ski and...more

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