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The Future of Payments: Exploring FedNow With the Payments Professor — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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Breaking (Down) the Debt Ceiling
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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
On June 27, 2025, the Federal Reserve approved a proposal to recalibrate a key capital requirement applicable to the largest U.S. banking organizations (known as global systemically important banks (GSIBs)). - The proposal...more
Last Friday, following her confirmation by the Senate as Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair of Supervision, Michelle Bowman laid out some of her priorities in a speech entitled “Taking a Fresh Look at Supervision and...more
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration....more
On February 18, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael S. Barr, delivered prepared remarks at the a conference, discussing the rapid advancements in AI and its potential impact on the economy and financial stability. Barr...more
On February 17, Fed Governor Michelle Bowman delivered prepared remarks, during a conference in Arizona, addressing monetary policy, the economic outlook, and regulatory issues affecting community banks. She discussed the...more
On February 5, the Fed released the hypothetical scenarios for its 2025 annual stress test with the aim to ensure that large banks could continue lending during severe economic downturns. This year’s test will assess 22 banks...more
What is the direction of bank supervision and regulation under the Trump administration? As one would expect in these early days, the picture is evolving. A little over two weeks ago, the FDIC’s Acting Chairman, Travis Hill,...more
On January 31, Fed Member Michelle Bowman addressed challenges faced by mutual banks and community banks at a New England CEO summit. Bowman provided a brief update on the state of the U.S. economy, including the rate of...more
In December 2024, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) announced that they will be seeking public comment on “significant changes to improve the transparency of its bank stress tests and to reduce the volatility of...more
Alex Barrage, a partner with Troutman Pepper Locke, was quoted in the January 7, 2025 CNBC article, “Wall Street Notches Another Win as Fed’s Barr Clears the Way for Gentler Banking Regulator.”...more
Recently, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) proposed principles for climate-related financial risk management for large financial institutions. The proposed guidance is open for comment until 60 days after publication in the...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted to propose money market fund reforms; the SEC also proposed amendments to Rule 10b5-1 trading plans and to modernize and improve share repurchase...more
As the year’s end approaches, the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), a primary US banking regulator, has published its Banking Supervision Operating Plan for 2022. As you might expect, much of the OCC’s...more