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Fintech in Brief: Federal Reserve Board Proposes Guidelines for Approving Master Accounts and Other Services

On May 5, 2021, the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) published for public comment proposed guidelines (the “Account Access Guidelines”) for the 12 regional Federal Reserve Banks (the “Reserve Banks”) to use when reviewing...more

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Fintech in Brief: Federal Reserve Announces Plan to Develop A Real-Time Payment and Settlement Service

On August 5, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it will develop a new 24x7x365 real-time payment and settlement service to support faster payments in the United States. In a speech at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas...more

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Fintech in Brief: Update on Legal Challenges to OCC Fintech Charter

On March 19, 2019, the New York State Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) filed a brief in opposition to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (“OCC”) motion to dismiss the NYDFS’ lawsuit challenging the...more

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How Fintech Regulatory Sandboxes Can Help the United States Catch Up to Europe and Asia

The framework of a regulatory sandbox should allow for informal dialogue with regulators at the idea or initial concept and early design stages, and controlled experiments with real-time regulatory input and feedback at the...more

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Federal Reserve Hints at Upcoming Payments Announcement and Evaluation of Fintech Companies that Receive an OCC SPNB Charter

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Press reports indicate that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System plans to announce the next step in its effort to speed payments in the U.S. financial system later this year. “We’ve been assessing various...more

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Wells Fargo’s Board Chair, Stephen Sanger, did survive his reelection vote the other day. Barely. But Breakingviews thinks he should think awfully hard about his future as a Director at the bank....more

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NYDFS, American Bankers Association Weigh In On OCC Fintech Charter Proposal

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The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has come out strongly against an Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) proposal to grant national bank charters to financial technology (fintech)...more

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OCC Addresses Concerns on Issuance of National Bank Charters to Fintech Companies

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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has proposed to allow financial technology (fintech) companies to apply for full or special purpose national bank charters. In advance of the proposal's January 15, 2017,...more

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"Federal Regulator Signals Willingness to Grant National Bank Charters to Fintech Companies"

On December 2, 2016, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced its willingness to entertain applications from financial technology (fintech) companies for special purpose national bank charters. In recent...more

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