On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") proposed a new rule, to be codified at 12 C.F.R. § 1090.109, that would bring general-use digital payment processors who process more than five million...more
11/28/2023
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Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Debit Cards ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Proposed Rules ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Technology Sector
In an effort to align the permissibility of crypto activities for all member banks of the Federal Reserve System (the "FRS", which includes all national banks and state member banks), the Board of Governors of the Federal...more
2/15/2023
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Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Currency ,
FDIA ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Financial Institutions ,
FRB ,
Joint Statements ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Trading Policies
As current blockchain technology faces accusations of inefficiency and unsustainability, a new technology is finding its way to counteract them.
Blockchain -
Crypto blockchains are a highly discussed topic. Blockchain is...more
As with any new phenomenon, the rise of digital assets has created a new lexicon. "Blockchain," "tokens," and "coins" are now household vocabulary. Central to the discussion are a set of assets generally classified as...more
On November 23, 2021, the Chief Counsel and Senior Deputy Comptroller Benjamin W. McDonough of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") issued OCC Interpretive Letter 1179 (dated November 18, 2021) ("IL...more
Challenges and opportunities in the US, UK and Europe -
"Many Fintechs that previously avoided bank-like regulation in the US are now actively seeking that status."
The digital revolution was well underway long before most...more
11/17/2021
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Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Services ,
EU ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Licenses ,
Popular ,
Sandbox ,
Technology Sector ,
UK
There has been recent speculation that banks are about to enter the cryptocurrency markets. This makes a lot of commercial sense: There clearly is customer demand for banks to offer services similar to those they offer for...more
6/7/2021
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Banking Sector ,
Bitcoin ,
Blockchain ,
CFTC ,
Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Federal Reserve ,
Volcker Rule
On January 4, 2021, the Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") issued an interpretive letter ("IL 1174") on the permissibility of national banks to use independent node verification networks...more