Debt and Lending Markets: Current Trends Impacting Private Equity Sponsors — PE Pathways Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Prof. Hal Scott Doubles Down on His Argument That CFPB is Unlawfully Funded Because of Combined Losses at Federal Reserve Banks
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
The Future of Payments: Exploring FedNow With the Payments Professor — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
Breaking (Down) the Debt Ceiling
Podcast: 2023 Deal Cycle - Considerations for Transactions in Uncertain Economic Times - Diagnosing Health Care
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Is the U.S. Payments System Failing Business and Consumers? A Discussion with Special Guest Dan Awrey, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
DE Under 3: Latest Monthly Jobs Report, Unemployment & the US BLS JOLTS Report
Stablecoin Regulation in an Unstable Time: The Fed and Treasury Address a Stablecoin Regulatory Framework
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
The Return of TALF Fund Opportunities Via COVID-19 Relief
Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
U.S. Companies Continue Stablecoin Payment Integrations, Product Launches - According to a recent press release, a major multinational payment card services company has announced several new programs to support global...more
April 11, 2025- The Credit Access and Inclusion Act was introduced to expand credit access for millions of Americans with limited or non-existent credit histories. April 14, 2025- Federal Reserve Board Governor...more
March 21, 2025 - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an interim final rule striking the requirement for U.S. companies and U.S. persons to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) to FinCEN under...more
The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of activity for the financial and crypto sectors, with developments on Capitol Hill and from key regulatory agencies. President Donald Trump’s nomination of Michelle Bowman as the...more
Actions come as Trump Administration hosts digital asset summit, creates bitcoin reserve, and pushes stablecoin legislation - Recent actions by federal agencies and the White House could herald a sea change in US policy...more
February 26, 2025- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled “The Future of American Capital: Strengthening Public and Private Markets by Increasing Investor...more
January 8, 2025- The Federal Reserve released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on December 17–18, 2024. January 8, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher J. Waller gave a...more
December 18, 2024- The Federal Open Markets Committee decided to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/4 percentage point to 4-1/4 to 4-1/2 percent. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System...more
In this issue of Wilson Sonsini's Focus on Fintech, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to bank-fintech partnerships, cryptocurrency and virtual currency updates,...more
November 25, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a new report summarizing data from the State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) for the first two years of the program, from the first transaction on...more
November 13, 2024 - Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy Eric Van Nostrand gave remarks on U.S. business investment in the post-COVID expansion. November 13, 2024 - The Office of Financial Research published a brief...more
September 26, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury is undertaking actions as part of a coordinated international effort to disrupt Russian cybercrime services. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more
September 19, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Open Market Trading Desk issued a statement announcing it intends to conduct a small value term repo operation with Primary Dealers....more
September 9, 2024- Securities and Exchange Commission Chief Accountant Paul Munter made a statement at the 2024 AICPA & CIMA Conference on Banks & Savings Institutions....more
July 8, 2024 - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated its Beneficial Ownership Information Frequently Asked Questions to include responses to questions about entities that have ceased to exist....more
On July 1, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Corner Post, Inc. v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in which the Court determined when a Section 702 claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)...more
June 14, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, “Trademarks in Banking.” June 14, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, “The 2023 Banking Turmoil and the Bank...more
April 17, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2024. April 17, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog...more
March 20, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "SEC Overreach: Examining the Need for Reform." March 20, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on...more
March 15, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Board published the latest G.17 industrial production and capacity utilization data from February 2024. March 15, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published the Empire...more
February 14, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI)." The...more
January 24, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") announced that the Bank Term Funding Program, where the FRB purchased government bonds at par, will cease making new loans as scheduled on March 11, 2024, ending a key...more
January 12, 2024- The Bank Policy Institute, Financial Services Forum, Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce submitted a joint letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal...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
November 22, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced that they will extend until January 16, 2024, the comment period on their...more