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FRB Rescinds Previous Guidance Regarding Crypto Activities in the Banking Sector

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FRB eases crypto restrictions on supervised entities in alignment with the new administration’s support for the digital asset industry....more

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Trends in 2024: American Bar Association Banking Law Committee Insights

From January 18th to 20th, the American Bar Association’s Banking Law Committee of the Business Law Section held its winter meeting in Washington, DC. This meeting not only provides an excellent retrospective of the previous...more

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Federal Reserve Issues Guidance on Novel Activities, Including Bank-Fintech Partnerships

On August 8, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB) issued two Supervision and Regulation Letters (“SR Letters”) that provide guidance on the agency’s supervision of novel activities and the process...more

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FRB Clarifies Supervision of Digital Assets and Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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A new program addresses innovative banking activities such as bank-fintech partnerships and digital assets while reinforcing guardrails around stablecoin activity. On August 8, 2023, the Board of Governors of the Federal...more

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Agencies Issue Guidance for Banking Organizations on Managing Risk in Third-Party Relationships

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The guidance outlines principles and key considerations for banking organizations as they navigate risks associated with third parties, including fintechs. On June 6, 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...more

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Banking Agencies Finalize Interagency Guidance on Third-Party Risk Management

On June 6, the three Federal bank regulatory agencies (the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”)), issued final interagency...more

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Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Saturday, May 27, 2023

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U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen regarding Treasury's rumored Executive Order on outbound investment to China....more

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Agencies warn banks of crypto-asset liquidity risks

On February 23, the FDIC, Federal Reserve Board, and OCC released a joint statement addressing bank liquidity risks tied to crypto-assets. The agencies warned that using sources of funding from crypto-asset-related entities...more

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Federal Reserve Announces Crypto-Asset-Related Supervisory Requirements and Final Guidelines for Access to Federal Reserve...

This week, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) made two announcements of particular interest to the crypto-asset sector. First, on August 15, the FRB announced its final guidelines establishing factors for Reserve Banks to use...more

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CFPB Withdraws Proposal to Delay Debt Collection Final Rules

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In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) withdrew its proposal to delay the Debt Collection Final Rules; the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), the Federal Deposit Insurance...more

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Financial Services Report – Winter 2020

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Happy post-election, post-socially-distanced Thanksgiving, and pre-New Year’s newsletter. Banks, non-banks, and FinTechs can look forward to eight days of announcements from the Biden transition team with their latkes and...more

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NYDFS Requires LIBOR Transition Plans by Early February

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On December 23, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an Industry Letter instructing each institution it regulates, including banks and licensed Fintechs, to make submissions describing the...more

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FinTech and the Federal Reserve: Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin Focuses on FinTech

The Federal Reserve Board’s (FRB) December 2019 Consumer Compliance Supervision Bulletin (December Bulletin) focuses on FinTech....more

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Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Payment processing

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The CFPB continued to be active in the consumer payments space in 2018, while the Federal Reserve and market participants considered the future of payment processing, including the development of faster payment systems....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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Where Do Consumers Fit in the Fintech Stack?

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Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard recently delivered a speech entitled “Where Do Consumers Fit in the Fintech Stack?” at “FinTech Risks and Opportunities: An Interdisciplinary Approach,” a conference sponsored by...more

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FRB Governor Indicates Data Aggregators Could Impact Bank Safety & Soundness as Part of the “Fintech Stack”

In a recent speech at the Northwestern Kellogg Public-Private Interface Conference, Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard indicated that the relationships between banks and data aggregators within the “fintech stack”...more

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Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Financial Industry Developments - Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat - On Monday, January 31, 2017, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to...more

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OCC Explores Special Purpose National Bank Charter for Fintech Companies

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On December 2, 2016, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) announced its plans to move forward with a proposal to consider applications from financial technology (“fintech”) companies to receive charters as...more

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