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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: March 2025

The federal banking agencies have announced their intent to issue a proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule originally issued in October 2023. In their announcement on March 28, the agencies also...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Regulation in Flux, March 2025 - OCC Gives Green Light to National Bank Fintech Business Model

On March 17th, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) conditionally approved the application for the newly renamed SmartBiz Bank N.A. (“SmartBiz Bank”) to change its business model in support of its fintech...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: February 2025

Amid media reports that the administration may be considering a plan to consolidate the FDIC, the supervisory functions of the Federal Reserve, and the OCC into a single agency, President Trump issued an executive order...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Recent Actions by the Fed Show Its Continued Cautious Approach to Cryptoasset Activities by Supervised Institutions

In the past year, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board) Biden administration officials, and other U.S. banking regulators have repeatedly voiced growing concerns about certain cryptoasset...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Banking Regulators Issue Joint Statement on Crypto Risks

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Banking organizations should ensure appropriate risk management, but regulators are skeptical of certain crypto activities as principal. On January 3, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

Risks Associated with Cryptocurrency Activities Continue to be Top-of-Mind for Federal Banking Regulators

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For those tracking developments impacting the crypto-asset space, the summer has been far from slow and leisurely. Multiple industry alerts flow daily with news of new legislative proposals, enforcement actions, and other...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal banking agencies Issue “Crypto Asset Roadmap” for 2022 guidance; OCC confirms prior interpretive letters on crypto (but...

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The Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, and OCC (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued on November 23 a short Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Policy Sprint Initiative and Next Steps (“Joint Statement”), which announced – without...more

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