AI Today in 5: August 5, 2025, The AI at the SEC Episode
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Unpacking Leases and RTO Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Allison Lagosh on Proactive Compliance Planning for Regulatory Changes
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Authenticity Advantage: How Runbin Dong’s Scale Social AI Helps Small Businesses Shine
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
Unlocking Crypto's Future: Insights From Coinbase's John D'Agostino — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Real-Time Fraud Prevention Strategies for Financial Loss Prevention with Vince Walden
Episode 373 -- Christian Focacci on Current Developments in AI and Risk Management
Innovation in Compliance: The Critical Importance of Mobile Application Security: Insights from Subho Halder
Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
LathamTECH in Focus: How Should Crypto Companies Be Thinking About New Laws?
The LathamTECH Podcast — Where Digital Assets Slot Into a Shifting Fintech Regulatory Landscape: Insights From the US, UK, and EU
Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Innovation in Compliance: Exploring the Intersection of Compliance, Technology, and AI with Ben Sperry
Payments Medley: Navigating Trends in Payments With Jason Mikula - Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
US Fintech and Digital Asset Companies Announce Stablecoin Initiatives - A major U.S. fintech company recently announced a partnership with the issuer of the USDC stablecoin “to give financial institutions the ability to...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: the UK government's communications in connection with the Chancellor's annual Mansion House speech, and the launch of its Financial Services Growth and Competitiveness...more
On July 14, the Commissioner of the CFTC, Kristin Johnson, spoke at an international regulators roundtable to discuss AI in the financial services sector and emerging cyber risks. The Commissioner’s speech highlighted AI’s...more
On June 18, 2025, the Council of the European Union (EU) took a significant step forward in modernising the EU’s payment services framework by formally agreeing on its negotiating mandate for the Payment Services Directive 3...more
According to a recent press release, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin has submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank, First National Digital Currency...more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently settled an enforcement action with Paddle.com, a U.K.-based payments company, and its U.S. subsidiary (“Paddle”). The settlement resolves claims against Paddle for violation of the...more
The surge in adoption of digital technologies and AI is rapidly changing the business, investment and security environments. The global demand for improved and increased digital infrastructure capacity, resilience, speed and...more
We are back with another GWIC X EC crossover episode. Today we have the quartet of Great Women in Compliance of Kristy Grant-Hart, Karen Moore, Lisa Fine and Hemma Lomax. The GWIC quartet discuss various intriguing topics...more
US Bank Unveils ‘Deposit Token’; Exchange Launches Multiple Crypto Products - According to recent reports, the largest bank in the U.S. has unveiled plans to pilot a so-called “deposit token,” JPMD, on the Ethereum...more
On 10 June Nikhil Rathi, the FCA’s CEO, appeared before the Treasury Select Committee. The opening volley of questions was focused on the risks presented by illegal financial promotions on social media and, relatedly, the...more
As with the European Parliament’s April 2024 adopted texts, the Council of the EU’s proposed amendments to the European Commission’s June 2023 legislative proposals touch on some significant areas of interest for payment...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a press release on its leading international crackdown on illegal financial influencers (finfluencers) in collaboration with regulators from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong,...more
In the consumer deposits and payments products space, the banking as a service (BaaS) model creates significant opportunities for fintech innovation and consumer choice — but BaaS arrangements have also drawn the attention of...more
Recently, the governor of Iowa signed into law SF 449, enacting new legislation to regulate digital financial asset transaction kiosk operators. The new law stipulates that such operators must not dispense more than $1,000 to...more
Why this is important: Banks are spending big on generative AI (genAI). That’s the thrust of this article. Two hundred U.S. bank executives were recently polled for a report published in April. That report showed that six in...more
Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) has ushered the world to an inflection point. The power of large language models (LLMs) is changing the structure of labor markets, education, informational gatekeeping, and...more
The UK Payments Systems Regulator (PSR) has published a consolidated policy statement (PS25/5) concerning the authorised push payment (APP) fraud reimbursement requirement within the Faster Payments system, which came into...more
The International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published final reports on finfluencers, online imitative trading practices and digital engagement practices, accompanied by a press release. These reports...more
The UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) has published an update on what it has seen since the implementation of its authorised push payment (APP) fraud reimbursement scheme in October 2024. The data covers UK payments made via...more
Life in the United States and most modern industrialized countries is driven primarily by data. Google alone processes 20 Petabytes of data every day (1 petabyte = 1 million gigabytes. Economies are built on data; marketing...more
Companies Announce Digital Asset Payment Networks - The issuer of the USDC stablecoin recently published a white paper outlining its plans to launch “CPN,” a new payments network that aims to “bring[] financial institutions...more
In a legal saga that drew the attention of Wall Street and Silicon Valley, a jury in Manhattan rendered a verdict convicting Charlie Javice and Olivier Amar on all charges of fraud and conspiracy in the $175 million...more
On February 20, the SEC announced the creation of its Cyber and Emerging Technologies Unit (CETU) to address misconduct involving new technologies and strengthen protections for retail investors. The CETU replaces the SEC’s...more
Today, the Central Bank of Ireland published the Consumer Protection Code 2025 ("CPC 2025") comprising: (i) the Consumer Protection Code Central Bank Reform Act 2010 (Section 17A) (Standards for Business) Regulations 2025...more
Following the FCA’s January 2025 response to the government’s request for ideas to support its growth mission for the UK economy, the FCA has now published an engagement paper seeking feedback on the different ways that it...more