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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States federal agency created in 1933 in response to widespread bank failures in the 1920s and early 1930s.  The FDIC's mission is to maintain stability and consumer confidence in the United States banking system by insuring deposits, monitoring the health of financial institutions and managing receiverships.  less -
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Bank Collapses Shake Financial and Tech Sectors

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The past week delivered three major shocks to the financial and tech worlds: first, the March 8 failure of Silvergate Bank; second, the sudden, March 10 failure of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”); and third, the weekend collapse...more

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The Federal Reserve’s Rejection of SPDI Custodia Bank’s Applications

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On January 27, 2023, the Federal Reserve rejected Custodia’s August 2021 application to be a Federal Reserve member bank. On the same day, the Kansas City Federal Reserve denied Custodia’s October 2020 application for a...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: Issue 12, December 2022

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US Senators Ask SoFi About Its Banking Law Compliance = “Four U.S. senators have signed a letter to SoFi Technologies CEO Anthony Noto expressing concerns about the online personal finance company and online bank’s digital...more

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FSOC Report on Digital Assets: Mitigate Crypto Risks through Regulatory Oversight

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On October 3, 2022, as lawmakers in the United States continue to debate which agencies should regulate crypto-based activities, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) released its Report on Digital Asset Financial...more

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The Distributed Ledger: Blockchain, Digital Assets and Smart Contracts

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A flurry of legal and enforcement activity has arisen over the last two weeks across a wide range of areas in the Web3 space, including actions by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Office of Foreign Assets Control,...more

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FDIC Adopts Rule Prohibiting Misleading Statements About FDIC Insurance that Impacts a Broad Range of Deposit Placement...

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Introduction - On May 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) adopted a final rule (“Rule”) setting forth its procedures for investigating and enforcing false advertising,...more

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U.S. Government Steps Up Its Enforcement in the Digital Assets Space

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Our Blockchain & Digital Assets Team offers a snapshot sample of significant recent developments by a panoply of federal agencies and departments that represent the expanding array of enforcement tools used by federal...more

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Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy

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In early March 2022, President Biden signed an Executive Order on Ensuring Responsible Development of Digital Assets. Digital assets, in this context, cover various types of assets, including cryptocurrency, stablecoin, and...more

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Nutter Bank Report: February 2022

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Federal Court Rejects Challenges to FDIC’s and OCC’s “Valid When Made” Rules A federal court in two separate but related cases has rejected challenges to the FDIC’s and the OCC’s respective regulations that codified the...more

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Nutter Bank Report: January 2022

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Federal Reserve Considers Merits of Creating a U.S. Dollar Digital Currency The Federal Reserve has published a discussion paper that examines the pros and cons associated with the creation of a U.S. central bank digital...more

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Stablecoins and Beyond: 2022 Digital Asset Legislation Landscape

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Will 2022 be the year of comprehensive digital asset legislation in the U.S.?...more

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US Financial Regulators Release Much-Anticipated Report on Stablecoins

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On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) released its much-anticipated Report on Stablecoins (Report). The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of...more

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US Stablecoin Regulation: Bringing Stablecoins Into the Regulatory Fold

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On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (“PWG”), joined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), released a report on...more

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PWG Issues Clarion Call for US Legislation on Stablecoins

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The report addresses the market risks and regulatory challenges presented by stablecoins and urges Congress to act quickly. On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG) in conjunction...more

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FDIC to Issue Policy Guidance on Bank Participation in Crypto Market, Particularly on Stablecoins

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) Chairman Jelena McWilliams announced at the October 25 Money 20/20 conference that the FDIC is currently working with the Federal Reserve and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Issue 4

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Welcome to our fourth issue of Promissory Notes -- our e-newsletter focused on banking and finance insights. We hope you are enjoying our monthly publication. New OCC Chief Signals Greater Caution on Crypto "'We created...more

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Reports Analyze Bitcoin Price, Energy Consumption; SEC Petitioned on NFTs, NFT Platform Sued; FDIC and FATF Focus on Crypto; Hacks...

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Reports Analyze Bitcoin Price Crash and Network Energy Consumption - A well-known blockchain analytics company has issued a report commenting on this week’s crash of the prices of cryptocurrency, including bitcoin. The report...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights, Issue 2

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The Fed Plans to Unveil Digital Dollar Prototypes in July - "The Boston Fed and MIT hope to unveil some of their work in the third quarter, including at least two prototype software platforms that could move, store and...more

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Financial Services Weekly News: CFPB Announces New UDAAP Framework

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In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a policy statement outlining framework that the CFPB will immediately begin to apply in matters of supervision and enforcement regarding the “abusive”...more

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Review of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Policy and Enforcement

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: Executive Summary - Developments and Trends in Policy and Enforcement - US Department of the Treasury - The Office of Foreign Assets Control - Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network -...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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Samsung, beset by top-level resignations and a mess of bribery allegations reaching the former South Korean President and the crown prince of the family’s chaebol, has announced a new slate of execs “In an effort to bring...more

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Financial Services Report, Fall 2016

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Editor’s Note - So much for summer! The weather is cooling, the kids are back to school, and we better not see you wearing white so long after Labor Day! For those of you having a little trouble getting back in the...more

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Bitcoin and Bullets: An Unexpected Alliance

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At first blush, one might not expect the digital currency and firearm industries to have much in common – when was the last time you heard someone utter Bitcoin and guns in the same breath? Recently, however, the two...more

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