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Morgan Lewis

Financial Institutions Face Investigations and Possible Referral to DOJ Based on Past ‘Debanking’ Practices

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An executive order signed by the US president on August 7, 2025, titled Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans, seeks to prohibit financial institutions from engaging in “debanking” practices, such as denying services or...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

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

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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

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

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

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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

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - July 2025

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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

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US Financial Regulators Chart New Path Forward for the Crypto Industry

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On April 24, the Federal Reserve withdrew its prior guidance for banks related to their crypto-asset and dollar token activities and also announced related changes to its expectations for these activities....more

Paul Hastings LLP

Banking Nominees Advance, SEC Tackles Tokenization and OCC Issues Custody Guidance

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Several significant regulatory and policy developments took place this week in Washington. The Senate banking committee advanced several key nominations, including Michelle Bowman to serve as vice chair for supervision at the...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Tuesday, April 15, 2025

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April 11, 2025- The Credit Access and Inclusion Act was introduced to expand credit access for millions of Americans with limited or non-existent credit histories. April 14, 2025- Federal Reserve Board Governor...more

DLA Piper

Blockchain and Digital Assets News and Trends – February 2025

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This periodic bulletin is designed to help companies identify important legal developments governing the use and acceptance of blockchain technology, smart contracts, and digital assets....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

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

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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

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Fiat Ramps Unlocked: Practical Tips For Banks And Crypto Firms

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Ask any centralized cryptocurrency firm to name one of their biggest priorities or challenges—and then count the number of times they mention bank partnerships. For crypto firms, the loss of, or failure to acquire, a bank...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Focus on Fintech – Q3 2024

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In this issue of Wilson Sonsini's Focus on Fintech, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to bank-fintech partnerships, cryptocurrency and virtual currency updates,...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday November 1

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October 31, 2024- Members of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services sent a letter to federal banking regulators at the Federal Reserve Board (FRB), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal...more

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Key LP Investments Trends in 2024 and Beyond

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C.S. Lewis once wrote, "Onwards and upwards! To Narnia and the North," and this seems to have been echoed by the private equity market in 2024 thus far. Except this time, it appears the destination is not Narnia but rather...more

Mogin Law LLP

Why the Capital One-Discover Merger Makes Sense

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When federal agencies review bank mergers, the competition issues typically relate to the number and location of physical branches and the extent of any overlap in the areas served. By contrast, the proposed $35 billion...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Bites of the Month - May 2024 - CFPB: Light My Way, Virginia May

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the May 2024 webinar....more

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ICBC Agrees to Two Consent Orders for Alleged BSA/AML Deficiencies and Disclosure of Confidential Supervisory Information

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Recently, the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (“ICBC”) entered into two consent orders. The first consent order is with the New York State Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”) for alleged deficiencies...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: January 2024

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OCC Requests Public Comments on Proposed Bank Merger Policy Statement and Rules The OCC has proposed a new policy to increase the transparency of the standards that the agency applies to review business combinations involving...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: How Regulatory Events of 2023 Should Guide Financial Institutions' New Year's Resolutions for 2024

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As consumer-facing financial institutions of all types—from well-established banks to newly-launched fintechs—set their 2024 regulatory compliance goals, they may wonder if their New Year’s resolutions align with those that...more

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The Regulatory Post-Mortem Reports on Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank

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The Federal Reserve released a detailed report on the supervision and regulation of the former Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).  The report, released along with a trove of confidential supervisory information pertaining to SVB,...more

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The Banking Crisis of 2023: Outlook for the U.S. Banking Sector, Possible Regulatory and Legislative Responses, Lessons for Bank...

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Legislative responses to recent banking industry failures could include reinstating various rules that formerly applied to banks with more than $100 billion in assets. There are a variety of measures which bank depositors...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Fed to launch FedNow in July

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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

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Silicon Valley Bank: A Timeline and Summary of Events

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On Friday, March 10, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) shuttered Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and seized its deposits in the second-largest bank collapse in U.S. history. In this alert, we’ve mapped out the events...more

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A New “Operation Choke Point”? The Quickly Changing Rules on Crypto Activities for Member Banks

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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

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Demystifying the Banking Regulators’ Recent Crypto Actions: Key Takeaways for Fintech Companies

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The last few years had started to see a convergence between crypto and banking, with bitcoin appearing to rapidly grow mainstream. That momentum hit a wall with the spectacular crypto market failures of 2022, including the...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FRB and FDIC Provide Resolution Plan Feedback to Eight U.S. G-SIBs

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Last week, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) released their feedback to the eight global systemically important banking institutions (“G-SIBs”) headquartered in the...more

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