Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Why do Fintechs Want to Become Banks?
How to estimate how your performance will look under the new CRA
Reg. CC-Funds Availability, it ’s a good time to revisit the hold provisions and timing for Reg. CC.
Bank Investigations and Enforcement Actions: Lessons Learned — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
How Voice AI and Machine Learning Redefine Call Center Controls - The Consumer Finance Podcast
5 Key Takeaways | Risks Facing Banks Today
JONES DAY TALKS®: Preparing for FRTB: What Banks Should Know
Commercial Financing Regulatory Developments - The Consumer Finance Podcast
An Inside Look as a Juror - FCRA Focus Podcast
Banking Regulations in a Crypto World - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Video: Introduction A Deep Dive into DeFi Decentralized Finance
Takeaways for Banks from the CFPB’s Recent Consent Order on Garnishment Orders
Blazing a Trail: When Will Federal Banking Regulations Catch Up with Oklahoma's Booming Cannabis Industry?
Kidon IP War Stories - David Cohen & John Geiringer
Integrity Matters: AML Trends for 2022
BSA, OFAC, KYC, and CIP – What do they mean to me? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 29]
Credit Eco to Go Podcast: Cannabis Banking… From the Inside
Credit Eco To Go Podcast: “You are either in front of the dragon, or behind the dragon”
De Novos During the Time of COVID-19
The proposal would establish stricter oversight of certain transactions and responds to concerns that large asset managers may be exerting influence on FDIC-supervised institutions. On July 30, 2024, the Board of...more
Private credit and other forms of private capital have emerged as attractive alternatives to traditional bank loans and capital market offerings for many companies. These sources of funds were critical in recent years when...more
In our latest roundup, bad loans outweigh loss reserves at top six U.S. banks, the FCC announces a proposed rule aimed at “bulk billing,” office-to-multifamily conversion projects grow in major metro cities, and more!...more
We would like to invite you again to our McDermott Deal Academy. This time, our online seminar will focus on the real estate asset class “data centers”. Our real estate and regulatory experts would like to discuss the...more
The last two years have seen a significant uptick in the number of transactions involving credit union acquisitions of banks with 26 deals announced and two transactions already announced in 2024. Yet, the law around these...more
The Slovak FDI regime applies from 1 March 2023. What are the first impressions? The FDI Act dramatically expands the powers of certain Slovak authorities to scrutinise investments from the perspective of national security...more
We cordially invite you to our Private Equity Boot Camp in Munich this year. Experienced speakers from our Firm will train you and your colleagues during a workshop and provide legal and tax basics for the successful...more
Government plans to add more flexibility to the regime, but its long-term future remains undecided. On 28 September 2023, HM Treasury published further papers in relation to the planned reform of the UK bank ring-fencing...more
Pan-European banks, including Mediobanca and Deutsche Bank, seek senior dealmaker bench strength through high profile acquisitions....more
M&A transactions involving financial services providers—including tech-based providers or “fintechs”—raise a host of unique questions based on the types of services they provide, which are often highly regulated and may...more
Bank partnerships are a critical component of the U.S. fintech ecosystem and infrastructure. The agreements that govern bank-fintech partnerships are nevertheless frequently overlooked simply as a legal formality—a...more
On Monday March 13, 2023, the Bank of England announced that Silicon Valley Bank UK Limited has been sold to HSBC UK Bank Plc. The situation remains fluid, and the following Q&A reflects our understanding as of Monday...more
Bank mergers and acquisitions are becoming a regular part of life in the banking industry, especially for smaller and medium-sized organizations. They provide significant opportunities for institutions to expand their...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Payments - Investor appetite is at an all-time high—while VC investors back growing service providers, PE investors supercharge IPO glide paths and...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Banks - Our outlook for bank M&A is extremely positive despite current market uncertainty. Many of Europe’s lenders dedicated significant resources...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Fintech - Europe has bucked the global trend of tightening private capital purse strings. While successful funding rounds rage on, fintechs with...more
The Cozen Lens- The leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade has brought abortion politics front-and-center. But abortion politics are not as clear cut as "pro-choice" vs. "pro-life" and the court's...more
Recent events at the FDIC leading up to the resignation of Chairman Jelena McWilliams foreshadow a challenging year for banks in 2022. The unprecedented power struggle at the FDIC whereby a majority of the Board initiated a...more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: banks — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - I have not seen bank consolidation M&A activity like this since before the global financial crisis. Deals are much bigger, but also much...more
Financial institutions M&A sector trends: specialty finance/marketplace lending — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - M&A levels dipped in H1 2021. Whilst institutional banks backed trade and B2B finance platforms and VC...more
Bank mergers and acquisitions are on the rise, with the total number of bank M&As in 2021 surpassing that of 2020. With this increase, institutions should pay close attention to trends and new regulatory guidelines to prepare...more
Bank M&A across Europe comes to a boil—the COVID-19 pandemic has hastened the confluence of conducive conditions for mega domestic mergers. Spain and the Balkans lead the charge, with Italy, Germany, France, Poland and the UK...more
What can we really say about 2020?—a year more unique than any year we can remember. For financial institutions, it was a year that started off with lots of hope and drifted into levels of significant concern as COVID-19 took...more
What next for Taiwanese banks and businesses? The COVID-19 pandemic's severe impact on the global economy dominated news headlines through the first half of 2020. Many commentators believe that Asia-Pacific's financial...more
As the COVID-19 pandemic has raged on, financial institutions and banks have withstood its effects and are digitally transforming out of necessity. Many fintech companies, with technology at their core, are seeing...more