August 1, 2024- The European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the world's first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence, which was designed to ensure that AI developed and used in the EU is trustworthy,...more
July 30, 2024 - The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a notice of proposed rulemaking, which if implemented, will effectively roll back significant portions of 2020’s...more
May 7, 2024- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) released the report from am independent third-party review of allegations of sexual harassment and other interpersonal misconduct at the FDIC and management’s...more
March 21, 2024 The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors met in open session and approved a Federal Register notice seeking public comment on proposed revisions to the agency's Statement of Policy (revised...more
March 13, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion held a hearing entitled, "Bureaucratic Overreach or Consumer Protection? Examining the...more
February 6, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council." The Committee heard testimony from Secretary of the Treasury Janet...more
February 2, 2024- Members of the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services and Chair of the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee French Hill (AR-02) sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance...more
Here’s what you need to know: 1. The House Financial Services Committee formed a 12-member working group on Artificial Intelligence (AI). The group is tasked with exploring AI’s comprehensive impact on financial services so...more
January 17, 2024- U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) led a letter to the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of...more
December 20, 2023- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and Congressman Mike Flood (NE-01) led 18 of their colleagues on a letter to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit...more
December 19, 2023- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH), Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) led 76 of their colleagues in...more
December 18, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation issued an advisory to reemphasize the importance of strong capital, appropriate credit loss allowance levels, and robust credit risk-management practices for...more
December 13, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled, "Moving the Money Part 2: Getting Answers from the Biden Administration on the Iranian...more
December 12, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "Examining the Agenda of Regulators, SROs, and Standards-Setters for Accounting, Auditing."...more
November 16, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved a final rule to implement a special assessment to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) associated with protecting...more
On November 14, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing where regulators, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr, FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg, NCUA Chair Todd Harper, and acting...more
This week, the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee held oversight hearings with leaders of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), the National Credit...more
November 15, 2023- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC), and Senator Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) led a letter with a bipartisan group of colleagues to the prudential regulators—the Office of...more
October 24, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency jointly issued a final rule to modernize regulations implementing the Community Reinvestment...more
October 18, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General published a report entitled, "FDIC Strategies Related to Crypto-Asset Risks" with the FDIC staff noting guidance forthcoming by...more
September 19, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the SEC's Division of Investment Management."...more
September 13, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and Other Efforts to Strengthen National Security...more
Federal Reserve Issues Guidance on Stablecoin Issuances by State-chartered Member Banks- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System announced the creation of a new supervision program addressing novel activities...more
July 27, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are requesting comment on a proposal to increase the strength and...more
July 20, 2023- The Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion of the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Committee on Agriculture, the Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital...more