Crypto's Capital Markets Revolution: Insights From GSR's Josh Riezman — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 23, 2025
Daily Compliance News: August 22, 2025, The WADA Returns Edition
Enhancing Card Partnerships and Compliance: A Conversation With Matthew Goldman — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Institutional Adoption, Tax Challenges, and What's Next for Crypto in the US — Insights from KPMG's Tony Tuths - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 9, 2025
Daily Compliance News: August 5, 2025, The Staying Focused Edition
Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending, July 26, 2025
Compliance Tip of the Day: Citibank and Continuous Monitoring
Daily Compliance News: July 24, 2025, The In Phone Hell Edition
Wire Fraud Litigants Beware: Fourth Circuit Ruling Protects the Banks — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Top challenges with Compliance Management
Daily Compliance News: July 15, 2025, The Fighting Workplace Bullying Edition
Driving Digital Security: The FTC's Safeguards Rule Explained — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
#Risk New York Speaker Series – Exploring Future Regulatory Trends and Compliance Strategies with Rory McGrath
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Great Women in Compliance: GWIC X EC Q2 2025 - Exploring Compliance Innovations
2023 CRA Rule Repeal: Lessons to be Learned
As promised, the CFPB is issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking soliciting comments on the agency’s open banking rule....more
On July 17, 2025, Congress passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S Stablecoins Act (“GENIUS Act” or “Act”) – a landmark piece of legislation that received bipartisan support and was signed into law by...more
In this Q&A, senior counsel Melissa Hall explores the evolving regulatory landscape of cryptocurrency and its intersection with traditional finance. The discussion offers valuable insight into how the industry has shifted...more
The vote marks the first time the U.S. Senate has passed significant digital asset legislation and puts the industry one step closer to regulatory clarity for certain stablecoins....more
In recent remarks delivered at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Capital Markets Summit, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Rodney E. Hood, outlined the OCC’s strategic priorities for building a resilient and revitalized federal...more
The use of AI in banking was a topic in April, as Bank of America revealed it will spend $4 billion on AI initiatives in the coming year. The bank cited AI’s usefulness in reducing IT support calls and the over 90% usage...more
Consistent with President Trump’s de-regulatory agenda, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) is withdrawing over five dozen of its guidance documents, including interpretive rules, advisory opinions, and...more
Please join Mayer Brown partners Frank Doorley, Patrick Healy, Janice Kong, and Tameem Zainulbhai for a discussion on What to Expect in 2025 in the fields of structured finance and securitization. They will examine some key...more
On March 18, the OCC’s acting comptroller, Rodney Hood, reportedly spoke at a retail banking conference on several pertinent banking issues. Hood emphasized the OCC will not tolerate debanking of lawful businesses, including...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a consultation report on neo-brokers, a subset of brokers which provide online-only investment services and do not operate physical branches....more
As Congress moves to enact comprehensive stablecoin legislation under the Trump administration, both the Senate and the House of Representatives have updated their respective payment stablecoin bills. Our recent Commentary...more
March 13, 2025- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs voted to advance the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act, legislation that establishes a regulatory...more
The Klaros Group’s Michele Alt joins Orrick partners Jerry Buckley, Caroline Stapleton and Walt Zalenski to explore actions needed to facilitate new bank formations, which have slowed to trickle in recent years. The...more
President Trump's recent executive order "Strengthening American Leadership in Digital Financial Technology" promoted the development of dollar-backed stablecoins as official U.S. policy. To facilitate this policy, Congress...more
On January 8, Senate Bill No. 1252 (SB 1252) was introduced to the Virginia General Assembly, aiming to amend and reenact sections of the Code of Virginia related to the application of usury rates. Just two weeks ago, the...more
There have been a lot of developments at the Securities and Exchange Commission since Chair Gary Gensler resigned on January 20 during President Trump's inauguration. Most of those are groundbreaking, but the last one is just...more
James Kim, leader of Troutman Pepper Locke’s Fintech Industry Group, was quoted in the February 26, 2025 Banking Dive article, “Colorado, Virginia Legislation Would Impact Fintech Lending.”...more
Recently, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released 175 documents concerning its supervision of banks engaged in, or seeking to engage in, crypto-related activities. This release marks a significant step...more
Since President Trump’s inauguration, the crypto industry has been on a tear. And no, this time, we’re not just talking about the price of Bitcoin. In the past two months, Washington D.C. has taken a deliberate interest in...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
This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more
We are pleased to share our annual review of regulatory and legal developments in the consumer financial services industry. With active federal and state legislatures, consumer financial services providers faced a challenging...more
Since President Donald Trump took office last month, his actions have marked a significant shift in federal policy, paving the way for the creation of a new regulatory framework impacting banks, financial services, and the...more
On February 11, the White House announced Jonathan McKernan’s nomination as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). McKernan was previously confirmed to the Board of the FDIC by the Senate on a voice...more
On February 12, a trade group representing the fintech industry filed a motion to intervene in a pending lawsuit regarding the CFPB’s final rule on open banking, in order to defend it. The suit was filed originally by a bank...more