Financial Institutions, Depository Institutions, State and Local Government

FDIC Withdraws Support for Colorado’s Opt-Out Law Before Tenth Circuit

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 3/3/2025

On February 26, the FDIC withdrew its amicus brief in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging Colorado’s 2023 opt-out law which aimed to restricting higher-cost online lending. The FDIC’s decision follows a shift in the...more

Legal Issues, Problems, and Unanswered Questions Regarding a State’s Ability and Potential Departure from the Depository...

Womble Bond Dickinson on 3/26/2024

In 1980, Congress passed Public Law 96-221, called the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (“DIDMCA”), which, in part, allowed federally insured state banks, state credit unions, and state savings...more

HB-3: An Overview of ESG Factors Relating to Public Funds Investment and Financial Industry Impacts

Shutts & Bowen LLP on 6/13/2023

On May 2, 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law HB 3, also known as “An Act Relating to Government and Corporate Activism (the “Act”). The Act amends Florida Statute provisions relating to (i) deposits and...more

Wyoming, the “Equality State,” Seeks to Level the Playing Field for Digital Assets Businesses

Orrick - On the Chain on 12/4/2019

In its continued effort to establish itself as the go-to jurisdiction for digital asset businesses, Wyoming, through its Department of Audit, Division of Banking, recently published a digital asset custody regime for its...more

I-Bank Bill Becomes A Study Bill

Allen Matkins on 5/3/2019

I have written several posts on SB 528 (Hueso), a bill that I considered a potential "sleeper". In my parlance, a "sleeper" is a bill that doesn't attract much attention but results in big changes. SB 528 would have chartered...more

The IBank May Someday Be California's Bank

Allen Matkins on 3/14/2019

Yesterday, I wrote about legislation that would authorize local governments to form their own local or regional public banks. Senator Ben Hueso has a somewhat different idea. He has introduced a bill, SB 528, that would...more