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Banking on Crypto: Regulators Clarify Rules for Digital Asset Safekeeping

Jones Day on 7/16/2025

Federal banking regulators continue to promote a more "crypto-positive" regulatory environment through recent joint guidance issued to clarify risk management and compliance expectations for banks providing crypto-asset...more

SEC Formally Withdraws Fourteen Rule Proposals

Proskauer - Regulatory & Compliance on 6/17/2025

On June 12, 2025 the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) formally withdrew fourteen outstanding rule proposals issued by the prior administration. Although most observers doubted that the current Commission would adopt...more

Towards more efficient banking supervision: clear rules for the SSM and ESAs

White & Case LLP on 6/13/2025

More than a decade after the establishment of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and the European Supervisory Authorities, European banking supervision remains highly complex. This article looks at the issues raised during our...more

GHOS Meeting: Basel III implementation and climate-related financial risks

A&O Shearman on 5/21/2025

The Group of Central Bank Governors and Heads of Supervision (GHOS), the oversight body of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BIS), met to discuss the implementation of Basel III and its work on climate-related...more

Navigating the New Consumer Financial Services Landscape: Enforcement, Compliance, and Litigation Risks

Venable LLP on 3/13/2025

Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, regulatory risk has not disappeared—it has shifted. ...more

AML/CFT Compliance in Luxembourg: New Obligations for Funds

Goodwin on 3/12/2025

Against the backdrop of reinforced European and international anti-money-laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements, the Administration de l’enregistrement, des domaines et de la TVA (AED) has...more

Multisig Purpose Trusts

Walkers on 2/25/2025

In a remarkable evolution from its origins as a mere memecoin, Shiba Inu - now the 18th-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, valued at an impressive US $8.8 billion - is on the cusp of a bold new chapter: the...more

2025 J.S. Held Global Risk Report: The Rise of Crypto & Digital Assets

J.S. Held on 2/12/2025

While the cryptocurrency industry is still relatively young, its adoption by various economic sectors and the evolution of the technology itself is growing, along with the tokenization of assets, AI-powered smart contracts,...more

Where the F(BO) Is the Money? Part 1 – Synapse’s Clarion Call for Standards

Troutman Pepper Locke on 9/11/2024

This is the first of three articles focused on a key question: as bank-fintech partnerships continue to play a vital role in driving financial services, how does the industry make this system safer and better?...more

What Is an “Effective AML/CFT Compliance Program”?

Perkins Coie on 8/23/2024

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the federal banking agencies recently published the long-awaited notice of proposed rulemaking for the anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism...more

Key Insights from Cayman Islands Seminar on CIMA Onsite Inspections

Conyers on 5/24/2024

The Financial Services Institute in collaboration with Conyers, Grant Thornton and Cayman Finance hosted its fourth comprehensive training seminar on “Preparing for an Onsite Inspection from the Cayman Islands Monetary...more

Acting Comptroller Hsu Highlights Latest Efforts of OCC in Elevating Financial Fairness

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/16/2024

On April 4, acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu provided his remarks for the second year in a row at the Just Economy Conference hosted by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. He focused his remarks on...more

FTC Requires Non-Bank Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches Under Amended Safeguards Rule

Jones Day on 11/13/2023

On Friday, October 27, the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") announced new amendments to the Safeguards Rule, requiring covered financial institutions to report certain data breaches to the FTC and reflecting its continuing...more

NYDFS Publishes Proposed Amendment to Its Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Services Companies

Morgan Lewis - Tech & Sourcing on 12/9/2022

The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) published its proposed amendment to its 23 NYCRR Part 500 (Cybersecurity Rules) on November 9, 2022, following the release of the draft version on July 29, 2022....more

Year-end Crypto Roundup — Five Key Concepts About the U.S. Government’s Recent Actions on Virtual Currency and Ransomware

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 12/30/2021

The innovative use of virtual currencies is hotter than ever, but so is a dark side of these instruments: their exploitation in ransomware schemes. This year, since January 2021, ransomware attacks have increased...more

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