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Senate adopts CRA resolution to nullify rule subjecting large cash apps to bureau supervision

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Using the Congressional Review Act, the Senate has voted to nullify a CFPB final rule that would subject large cash apps to the bureau’s supervision....more

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California Governor Orders Agencies to Create Transparent Regulatory Framework for Blockchain and Digital Assets

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California's governor issued an executive order requiring state agencies, led by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, to create a "transparent" regulatory framework for blockchain technologies and digital...more

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Regulatory Shake-Out on Digital Assets: An Industry Waits for Additional Guidance

A threshold question in many cryptocurrency inquiries is whether the digital assets qualify as securities under the federal securities laws. If so, then they are subject to a full suite of federal securities regulations....more

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Pre-Enforcement Challenges—A Vital Tool for Regulated Parties in the United States

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The digital asset industry has now met the regulatory state. Those interested in building digital asset businesses that operate in the United States thus need to be aware of a vital tool for resisting regulatory overreach by...more

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US Financial Regulators Release Much-Anticipated Report on Stablecoins

On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) released its much-anticipated Report on Stablecoins (Report). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of...more

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CA DBO concludes certain point-of-sale financing arrangements are loans, not credit sales

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On December 30, 2019, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) announced two actions regarding companies offering unregulated, point-of-sale financing to California residents.  In the first action,  the DBO...more

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Are Bank Regulators "Mellowing Out" on Cannabis?

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Federal bank regulators no longer require banks to submit suspicious activity reports (SARs) for legally authorized hemp business transactions, absent another required circumstance....more

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European Banking Authority Publishes Question and Answer Relating to Originator Risk Retention Holders in Securitisations

On 13 September 2019, the European Banking Authority (the “EBA”) updated its guidance in respect of the Securitisation Regulation[1] by publishing an answer to a question submitted to it in November 2018 by the Association...more

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Renegade Pandas, Competitive Regulation and a Token Safe-Harbor?

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In a July 30 speech in Singapore, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce compared renegade red pandas’ penchant for life “outside the fence” to the fin-tech innovation currently frustrating regulators’ efforts to keep up....more

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The SEC Adopts Security-Based Swap Regulations Governing Capital, Margin and Collateral Segregation

The Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has adopted rules under the Securities Exchange Act (the "SEA") establishing (i) capital and margin requirements applicable to broker-dealers entering into security-based swaps...more

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France Set to Enact the First Regulatory Framework for Crypto-asset Intermediaries

After allowing registration and transfer of unlisted securities through distributed ledgers in 2017 and drafting legislation for initial coin offerings (ICOs) earlier this year, France is contemplating the introduction of a...more

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