Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
FRB eases crypto restrictions on supervised entities in alignment with the new administration’s support for the digital asset industry....more
On August 8, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) issued two Supervision and Regulation Letters (“SR Letters”) that provide guidance on the agency’s supervision of novel activities and the process...more
On February 23, the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and OCC released a joint statement addressing bank liquidity risks tied to crypto-assets. The agencies warned that using sources of funding from crypto-asset-related entities...more
Earlier yesterday, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued a “Joint Statement on Liquidity Risks to Banking Organizations...more
In an effort to align the permissibility of crypto activities for all member banks of the Federal Reserve System (the "FRS", which includes all national banks and state member banks), the Board of Governors of the Federal...more
The Federal Reserve Board (“FRB” or “Board”) issued two seemingly related press releases late last week. The first announced the denial of the Federal Reserve membership application by Custodia Bank, a Wyoming special purpose...more
On January 27, the Federal Reserve Board issued a policy statement providing guidelines on how the agency evaluates requests from supervised uninsured and insured banks seeking to engage in novel activities, such as those...more
On January 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking...more
As we are coming to a close on 2022, we’re taking a look back at some of the important developments of 2022 and what lies ahead for 2023. Looking Back at 2022 - As past readers may have seen me say before, there’s a...more
As spring turns to summer, climate change is on our minds. A new day, a new story about how financial institutions are addressing climate-related risks. In the past few months, six major banks—Bank of America, JPMorgan...more
Happy post-election, post-socially-distanced Thanksgiving, and pre-New Year’s newsletter. Banks, non-banks, and FinTechs can look forward to eight days of announcements from the Biden transition team with their latkes and...more
This survey summarizes several recent developments affecting bank deposits and payment systems. The U.S. department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued new guidance concerning the customer...more