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Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Kansas City Fed report highlights growth and risks of BNPL Services

On August 5, the Kansas City Fed released a report that highlighted the rapid growth of “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) services, which let consumers make purchases through short-term installment payments. BNPL products have...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

Hot Topics in International Trade - August 2025 - GENIUS Act Establishes Legal Framework for Payment Stablecoins

The President signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025’or ‘‘GENIUS Act of 2025’” (the Act) on July 18, 2025. The new law establishes a basis for regulators to permit a...more

Cozen O'Connor

Passage of the GENIUS Act: A Turning Point in Stablecoin and Digital Asset Regulation

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President Donald J. Trump has signed into law the GENIUS Act (Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins of 2025 or the GENIUS Act of 2025), establishing the first comprehensive federal framework for...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

The GENIUS Act is Signed into Law: What Banks Need to Know about Payment Stablecoins

On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), after it passed both the U.S. Senate by a vote of 68-30 and the U.S. House in a...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal banking agencies seek information on actions to address payments fraud

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On June 20, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced they are seeking...more

Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass

Federal Reserve to Implement New ISO 20022 Funds Wiring System

Due to the Federal Reserve’s imminent shift to a new funds wiring system (known as ISO 20022), if you have upcoming plans to transfer any amount of funds via wire transfer, confirm with your bank and anyone else handling your...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Federal Banking Agencies Issue RFI on Payments and Check Fraud Mitigation Strategies

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On June 16, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint request for public comment on potential ways to address payments...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

New Administration Outlook: An Opening for a National Payments/Fintech Charter – and a Pathway to Financial Modernization?

Recent announcements by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) and X might signal that financial modernization may have finally reached a tipping point. With the right regulatory environment, fintechs and other new market...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: November 2024

The CFPB has adopted a final rule to extend its oversight to the largest nonbank providers of digital consumer payment applications, including those that enable transfers from deposit accounts held at banks and other insured...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - November 2024 # 4

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

National Trust Banks – Revisited for Crypto and Payments

In the absence of modern charters and licenses, payments companies and other fintechs—both established financial services providers and new market entrants—must generally obtain 50+ money transmitter and possibly other state...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FedNow Is Live!

The Federal Reserve Bank announced last week that its instant payments system, FedNow, is now live with 35 banks and credit unions, which means that “[b]anks and credit unions of all sizes can sign up and use this tool to...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: July 2023

The Federal Reserve has announced that its FedNowSM Service, a new interbank settlement service with clearing functionality to support instant payments, went live on July 20 with 35 early-adopting banks and credit unions. The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fed officially launches FedNow instant payment service

On July 20, the Federal Reserve Board launched its FedNow service for instant payments. Banks and credit unions of any size can sign up and use the tool to instantly transfer money for their customers at any time of day on...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FedNow Goes Live, Addressing Need for Speed in Banking

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The Federal Reserve (Fed) has officially launched its new instant payment service, FedNow, which aims to modernize the U.S.’s payment system. As previously discussed consumers and businesses will be able to send and receive...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fed to launch FedNow in July

On March 15, the Federal Reserve Board announced a July launch date for its FedNow Service. Beginning the first week of April, the Fed will start formally certifying participants...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

July Launch of FedNow Service

This week the Federal Reserve reported that its instant payment service, FedNow, will be available for all participating financial institutions to use starting in July 2023....more

Miller Nash LLP

FedNow—The Fed Announces Launch Timeline and Pricing

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The Federal Reserve’s long-awaited new payment system, FedNow, will be here and available to financial institutions sooner than we expected. In fact, many organizations have already been participating in the FedNow Pilot...more

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Payment Systems: Federal Reserve Board Adopts Final Rule to Amend Regulation II

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Our Payment Systems Team details how the Federal Reserve’s Regulation II Final Rule clarifies many of the interpretive concerns from the May 2021 notice of proposed rulemaking and narrows the substantive concerns raised by...more

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Treasury Department’s FSOC Acknowledges Climate Change as Threat to Financial Stability

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In This Issue. The Treasury Department’s Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) issued a report acknowledging climate change as threat to financial stability; Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman advocates for...more

Alston & Bird

Federal Reserve Board Proposes Expansion of Regulation II Network Enablement Requirements

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Our Payment Systems Team details how the Federal Reserve Board has articulated a shift in views on the permissibility of certain industry practices under Regulation II and proposed substantive modifications that would result...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 10.12.2020 | Top Story: Court Rules Apple Doesn’t Have to Offer Fortnite in App Store

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Big Friday win for Apple in its ongoing battle with Epic Games, as N.D. Cal. Federal Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled that Cook & Co. didn’t “need to reinstate the popular video game Fortnite in its App Store,” a blow to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 8.7.2020 | Top Story: White House Issues EOs Banning Transactions with TikTok and WeChat Parent Companies in...

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Dramatically escalating the growing tension with China (despite considerable ambiguity in its language), the White House issued executive orders that would “ban all ‘transactions’” with ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok,...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

The Federal Reserve’s Entry into Real-Time Payments

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Real-time payments (RTP) has been the rave of recent payments industry news. With the Federal Reserve announcing that it is about to embark upon the creation of a ubiquitous real-time payments framework, the topic is...more

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US Federal Reserve Board Announces Upcoming Conclusion of Secure Payments Task Force

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The U.S. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced that the Secure Payments Task Force will conclude its efforts this month with a final publication detailing the lifecycles and security profiles of today's...more

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