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The GENIUS Act: A New Federal Framework for Stablecoin Issuers

On June 18, 2025, the U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act). This passage followed a successful cloture vote earlier in May. The bill obtained significant...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Senate Passes GENIUS Act

The recent advancement of the GENIUS Act marks a turning point in the regulatory treatment of stablecoins in the United States, establishing a federal framework for the issuance and supervision of payment stablecoins. The...more

A&O Shearman

ECB Decision (EU) 2025/1148 on access by Non-Bank Payment Service Providers to TARGET published in OJ

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The Decision (EU) 2025/1148 of the European Central Bank (ECB) adopted on 2 June, has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This decision amends Decision (EU) 2025/222 concerning access by non-bank...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC’s Hood remarks on building a “resurgent” financial system

On June 3, the OCC Acting Comptroller, Rodney E. Hood, delivered remarks outlining how he plans to build a resilient and resurgent financial system. The Acting Comptroller emphasized four key strategies: accelerating...more

Fenwick & West LLP

5 Things Fintech Startups Need to Know About AML Compliance

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Bank-fintech partnerships have transformed the financial services landscape, creating new opportunities and challenges for traditional banking institutions and innovative technology companies alike. ...more

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Bank-Fintech Partnerships Under Scrutiny: What Fintechs Need to Know About AML Expectations

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Bank-fintech partnerships have transformed the financial services landscape, creating new opportunities and challenges for traditional banking institutions and innovative technology companies alike. In a typical arrangement,...more

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PSR update on impact of APP fraud reimbursement scheme

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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

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

OCC requests information on banks’ digitalization efforts

On May 5, the OCC released a request for information (RFI) seeking public comment on community banks’ efforts towards digitalization. The OCC stated this RFI will enhance its supervisory activities. The OCC aims to understand...more

King & Spalding

OCC Clarifies Crypto-Asset Guidance

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) have both recently taken actions and issued statements that indicate a more permissive bank regulatory approach to...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

FDIC Turns a New Page on Banks’ Engagement in Crypto-Related Activities

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Last Friday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the rescission of Financial Institution Letter (FIL-16-2022) and issued new guidance clarifying the process for FDIC-supervised institutions to engage in...more

Stinson LLP

OCC Charts a New Path for FinTech Banking

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On March 17, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced that the agency granted conditional approval for a leading FinTech company to indirectly acquire a nationally chartered bank, enabling the FinTech...more

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FDIC Proposes More Oversight on Custodial Deposit Accounts

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On September 17, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) proposed a new rule that would significantly impact the risk management and oversight requirements for bank-fintech arrangements. This proposal comes in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Fed Brings Enforcement Action Against Wyoming Bank Holding Company Over “Fintech Business Strategy”

On March 28, the Federal Reserve (Fed) issued a cease-and-desist order to a Wyoming-based bank holding company, citing deficiencies identified in a September 2023 inspection related to its “fintech business strategy, board...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 8th Forum on FinTech & Emerging Payment Systems - April 9th - 10th, New York, NY

ACI’s 8th Annual Legal, Regulatory, and Compliance Forum on Fintech & Emerging Payment Systems will provide in-depth guidance on the latest regulatory developments at the Federal and State Level that you need to be aware of....more

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Five Things You Need to Know About Launching Fintech Products in the US

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With more fintech’s looking to expand their businesses internationally, it can be daunting to navigate varying regulations across borders. This article focuses on regulations in the United States. For those also focused on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Modernize the Bank Regulatory Perimeter on Bank-Fintech Partnerships

Building on his remarks to the Blockchain Association and the American Fintech Council earlier this month, the Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael J. Hsu, issued a statement on November 16 before the Federal Reserve...more

Morgan Lewis

Will Regulatory Rollback in the Nation’s Capital Work?

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At a meeting with a group of state attorneys general in Washington, DC, earlier this week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) Director Kathy Kraninger expressed her strong desire to provide more consistent...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

House Financial Services Committee announces January hearings on CRA, “rent-a-bank schemes,” mobile payments

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The House Financial Services Committee has announced that it will hold the following hearings this month: On January 14, the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions will hold a hearing entitled, “The...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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US regulators have given passing grades to the living wills for all 8 major US banks, a reversal from the April 2016 determination that 5 of the 8 had deficiencies in their bailout-prevention plans....more

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NYDFS, American Bankers Association Weigh In On OCC Fintech Charter Proposal

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has come out strongly against an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposal to grant national bank charters to financial technology (fintech)...more

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Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter - January 2017

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Welcome to the Hogan Lovells Global Payments Newsletter. In this monthly publication we provide an overview of the most recent payments, regulatory and market developments from major jurisdictions around the world as well as...more

Carlton Fields

Time to Disrupt Insurance Regulation?

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Innovators are not only disrupting the financial industry but also financial regulation as regulators weigh how to monitor financial technology (fintech) innovators and their new products and services. As they begin to...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news The Brief – 4.12.16

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Goldman Sachs—the last big-bank holdout—has agreed to resolve a spate of state and federal investigations related to its role in the 2008-era MBS debacle for an eye-popping $5.1 billion – WSJ and Bloomberg and Law360... ...more

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