News & Analysis as of

Federal Reserve Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) FinTech

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Reserve Ends Novel Activities Supervision Program for Crypto and Fintech Oversight

On August 15, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it has rescinded its 2023 supervisory letter establishing the Novel Activities Supervision Program (NASP). The program had focused on overseeing banks’ involvement in...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Federal Reserve’s Shift in Supervision Strategy for Novel Activities

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On August 15, the Federal Reserve Board announced a significant shift in its approach to supervising novel activities within banking organizations. The Board decided to sunset its Novel Activities Supervision Program, which...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

A Crypto-Friendly Pivot in Bank Supervision: Three Practical Action Items for Innovators

A federal banking agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), has smoothed the way for national banks and federal savings associations to engage in crypto-related activities with the issuance of Interpretive...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Reserve Issues Guidance on Supervision of “Novel Activities” by Banks, Impacts Bank-Fintech Partnerships

The Federal Reserve Board recently issued two Supervision and Regulation Letters that provide guidance on the agency’s supervision of novel activities and the process such as fintech partnerships, crypto-related activities,...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Insights into Central Bank Payments Innovation: Tokenized Money, DLT-based Infrastructures, and Public-Private Sector...

The head of the Federal Reserve’s New York Innovation Center (NYIC), Per von Zelowitz, joined Wilson Sonsini partner Jess Cheng for a conversation on the central bank’s payments innovation initiatives regarding the future of...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

What Recent Developments in the Fintech Space Mean for Our Future

Foley & Lardner LLP on

The fintech industry has been changing rapidly. Digital assets, distributed ledger technology and central bank digital currencies are gaining momentum. Multi-trillion-dollar United States Federal Reserve System money creation...more

A&O Shearman

US Federal Reserve Board Vice Chairman for Supervision Randal Quarles Delivers Remarks on Prudent Innovation in the Payment System

A&O Shearman on

Vice Chairman for Supervision of the US Federal Reserve Board Randal Quarles provided remarks at the 2017 Financial Stability and Fintech Conference regarding innovation in the payments system. Vice Chairman Quarles noted...more

A&O Shearman

US Federal Reserve Board Releases Discussion Paper on Distributed Ledger Technology

A&O Shearman on

In early December 2016, the US Federal Reserve Board’s Divisions of Research & Statistics and Monetary Affairs released a discussion paper entitled “Distributed Ledger Technology in Payments, Clearing, and Settlement.”...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide