Top challenges with Compliance Management
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
2023 CRA Rule Repeal: Lessons to be Learned
Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The Great Debate of Loans vs. Credit Sales — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Importance of Compliance Management in times of transition
The fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Navigating the Future of Payment Stablecoins: Legislative Updates and Market Implications — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
CHPS Podcast Episode 2: Bitcoin in the Halls of Power
Predictions regarding the 2023 CRA Rule and Section 1071 and how to prepare for expected developments
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 66 – The U.S. Strategic Reserve and the Emerging Multipolar Crypto World + Recent Developments in US Virtual Asset Regulation with Henri Arslanian and Andrew Fei
New York's Bold Move to Create a Mini CFPB — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Stablecoins: Regulatory Issues for UK and EU Banks To Consider
Through the Crystal Ball: What's Next for Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts - A Guide for Judges
2024 in Review: Major Debt Collection Trends and 2025 Outlook — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Crypto 2.0: What’s Next in the US?
State Regulators Step Up: Responding to the CFPB's New Leadership — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
State Regulators Step Up: Responding to the CFPB's New Leadership — The Consumer Finance Podcast
On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), establishing the first U.S. statutory federal regulatory framework for payment...more
Key Points - - On June 17, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed, with a 68-30 vote, legislation that would authorize and regulate the issuance of stablecoins. Referred to as the GENIUS Act, the bipartisan bill must be passed by...more
On June 9, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and other Democratic senators sent a letter to Sen. Tim Scott, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, insisting the Committee to hold a markup on...more
On May 20, the U.S. Senate voted 66-32 to move forward with the Guardrails and Enforcement for Neutral Issuers of United States Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act (the “Act”), pushing the stablecoin bill past a major procedural hurdle....more
Key Points - - A Republican president and Congress are expected to be more supportive of digital assets than the current administration. - There is a reasonable chance that legislation creating a regulatory framework...more
1. Bank regulation - 1.1 PRUDENTIAL REGULATION - a) General - (i) EU - EC: Report on the future of European competitiveness Status: Final - The EC has published a report on the future of European competitiveness,...more
Die Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht („BaFin“) wird zunächst nicht gegen die Bezahlung von Wertpapierfirmen durch Dritte für die Weiterleitung von Kunden-Aufträgen (sog. Payment for Order flow („PFOF“))...more
In the fourth quarter of 2023, Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., made industry news, important banking and financial rule changes were implemented, and Georgia's Department of Banking and Finance quietly issued important new...more
An old adage is that history will repeat itself. In other words, all of this has happened before, and it will all happen again. Another banking crisis is upon us following the familiar cycle of financial deregulation. The...more
In recent months, support for Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering ("BSA/AML") reform has gained momentum in the US Congress as more than 20 pieces of reform-related legislation circulate the financial services committees....more
There is a Bill (H.R. 6068), originally drafted on November 14, 2017, called the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (CTIFA). The Bill intended to propose a substantial overhaul to the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). ...more
The U.S. Senate on March 14 passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), by a vote of 67 to 31. Although the Act would not make the sweeping changes to the Dodd-Frank Act found...more
A bipartisan bill introduced in the House earlier this week, the Financial Product Safety Commission Act of 2018 (H.R. 5266), would create a bipartisan five-member commission to run the CFPB. ...more
There is universal acknowledgement that anti-money laundering (“AML”) monitoring has become progressively costlier (both in terms of time and money) since the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) was passed nearly five decades ago, and...more
As we blogged earlier this week, Congress is considering a new draft bill, the Counter Terrorism and Illicit Finance Act (“CTIFA”), in committee in the Senate. The CTIFA proposes the most substantial overhaul to the Bank...more
On November 13, members of the Senate Banking Committee announced that they had reached bipartisan agreement on “legislative proposals to improve our nation’s financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth.” ...more
Last week, members of the Senate Banking Committee announced that they had reached bipartisan agreement on “legislative proposals to improve our nation’s financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth.” ...more
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will mark up its draft fiscal year 2018 appropriations bill. The draft bill contains multiple provisions to reform the...more