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Focus on Fintech – Q1 2025

Welcome to Wilson Sonsini’s Focus on Fintech newsletter. This quarterly newsletter provides ongoing analysis and commentary on regulatory developments impacting the fintech industry. In this issue, our attorneys discuss...more

A Crypto-Friendly Pivot in Bank Supervision: Three Practical Action Items for Innovators

A federal banking agency, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), has smoothed the way for national banks and federal savings associations to engage in crypto-related activities with the issuance of Interpretive...more

Focus on Fintech – Q4 2024

In this issue of Wilson Sonsini's Focus on Fintech, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to artificial intelligence in financial markets, regulated securities...more

Payments Playbook Series: Crypto Payments Playbook

As payments innovation continues to accelerate, Wilson Sonsini is publishing a series of pragmatic playbooks to help companies navigate the legal complexities in the highly regulated payments space. In this new installment,...more

Focus on Fintech – Q3 2024

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

Focus on Fintech – Q2 2024

In the latest edition, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to cryptocurrencies, cybersecurity in financial markets, and the intersection of fintech and AI. They also...more

Focus on Fintech – Q1 2024

In this latest edition, our attorneys discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to the intersection of fintech and artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and virtual currency updates,...more

Payments Playbook Series: AI in Payments

In the highly competitive payments space, where safety and efficiency tools are table stakes, financial institutions are increasingly employing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions....more

Fintech in Brief: Focus on Big Tech and Data-Intensive Financial Services: Regulators Signal Shifting Priorities

Large technology companies and innovators in the consumer financial services space should expect to see stepped up regulatory attention ahead. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to increase its focus on...more

Payments Playbook Series: The Embedded Payments Playbook

As payments innovation continues to accelerate, Wilson Sonsini is publishing a series of pragmatic playbooks to help companies navigate the legal complexities in the highly regulated payments space. In this first installment,...more

Focus on Fintech – Q4 2023

In this issue, we discuss updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to the intersection of fintech and artificial intelligence, crypto-asset and central bank digital currencies, and consumer...more

Fintech Marketing: Navigating the Complex Waters of Federal Regulation

Creative, attention-grabbing marketing is an art mastered by many fintech companies. However, federal financial and consumer protection regulators are ramping up scrutiny of marketing materials related to financial services,...more

Fintech in Brief: Trends to Watch in 2024

Where will the fintech industry head in 2024? Our fintech and financial services partners make a few predictions below....more

Focus on Fintech – Q3 2023

In this most recent issue, we discuss a number of updates and developments from federal regulators, including those related to novel banking arrangements, misrepresentations in advertisements and marketing, the intersection...more

Focus on Fintech – Q2 2023

In this most recent issue, we discuss a number of federal banking agency updates, including the long-awaited Final Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Relationships and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s report on the...more

Insights into Central Bank Payments Innovation: Tokenized Money, DLT-based Infrastructures, and Public-Private Sector...

The head of the Federal Reserve’s New York Innovation Center (NYIC), Per von Zelowitz, joined Wilson Sonsini partner Jess Cheng for a conversation on the central bank’s payments innovation initiatives regarding the future of...more

Guardrails for Bank-Fintech Partnerships: The Federal Banking Agencies Finalize Third-Party Risk Management Expectations

The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Fed), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the Agencies) issued the long-awaited...more

Considerations for M&A Transactions Involving Fintech Companies

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

Focus on Fintech – Q1 2023

In this latest issue of the firm’s Focus on Fintech newsletter, our attorneys discuss the dissolution of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank and the increased scrutiny on banking activity, as well as a number of updates...more

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

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

FinCEN Issues ‘First-of-its-Kind’ Order Against Crypto Asset Exchange Linked to Illicit Russian Activity

On January 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) designated Bitzlato Limited (Bitzlato), a crypto asset exchange business incorporated in Hong Kong, as a “primary money...more

Focus on Fintech – Q4 2022

In this latest issue of Wilson Sonsini's Focus on Fintech newsletter, we discuss the FTX bankruptcy and the increased federal regulatory scrutiny of crypto assets, and new rules and innovations in the payments...more

Money in 2023: What Tech Companies Need to Know About Instant Payments and FedNow

Technology companies in the payments space should pay close attention to the Federal Reserve’s (the Fed’s) upcoming launch of a long-awaited new payment system, the FedNow Service. The system will change the consumer payments...more

Big Tech’s Competition Impacts on Payments and Retail Finance in Regulatory Spotlight

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published a discussion paper (here) summarizing its preliminary findings on the potential competition impact of Big Tech entry into retail financial services. The FCA is now...more

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