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Focus on Crypto and Blockchain: Regulatory Fog Begins to Lift, but Many Questions Remain

The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry has developed over the past decade with a large and increasingly glaring void: What regulations ultimately will apply and who will regulate the space? Much regulatory focus to date...more

OCC Asks Second Circuit to Hear Fintech Charter Dispute

As expected, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has requested a federal appeals court to reverse a decision by a lower court denying the OCC’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its plans to issue...more

Manatt Fintech: What to Expect in 2020

Taking a break after eight brisk years of regulatory and litigious turbulence, the world of fintech and marketplace lending in 2019 was notable for being more business as usual, or what some might call a “ho hum” year of...more

From Fintech Charters to Sandboxes

Financial technology news includes the continuing battle over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) plan to issue special-purpose national bank (“fintech”) charters, with the agency seeking to dismiss lawsuits...more

State Regulators Move to Streamline Fintech Regulation

State regulators have reached an agreement on multistate licensing and supervision standards for the financial technology industry, drawing from recommendations made by a group of several dozen fintech companies....more

Manatt Fintech’s Top 5 Takeaways of 2018

In the financial technology industry (fintech), 2018 was a fascinating and fast-paced year. The digital finance industry has started to mature and flourish, with more creative niche originators than ever before, more...more

New York DFS Files Second Suit Over OCC Fintech Charter

Here we go again: The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has filed its second lawsuit against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) over the agency’s plan to permit fintech companies to apply for...more

States Take Action on Bitcoin Online Lending

State regulators are keeping a close eye on cryptocurrency and digital lending activities, with a cease and desist order involving bitcoin and a new law targeting online lenders....more

8/20/2018  /  Bitcoin , Cryptocurrency , FinTech , OCC

OCC to Accept Fintech Charter Applications. What Happens Next?

In a decision long anticipated by the fintech industry and opposed by multiple state regulators, on July 31 the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced it will accept applications for special purpose...more

Curry in a Hurry: OCC Publishes Fintech Charter Standards

A key banking regulator has published draft licensing standards that could fundamentally change how financial technology companies operate and are supervised in the United States. The new standards come in the final weeks of...more

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