Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Should Congress Create a New Federal Charter for Non-Bank Payments Companies?
Fintech Focus Podcast | Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Sanctions Compliance: Regulators Set Their Sights on Fintechs
Exploring AI's Potential in Financial Services With John Sun of SpringLabs — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating Regulatory Waters: Recent Enforcement Actions in BaaS — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Have State-Chartered, FDIC-Insured Banks Finally Achieved Interstate Usury Parity with National Banks?
Fintech Focus Podcast | The UK Fintech Investment Landscape
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
2024 State Legislative Review: Key Payment Laws and Their Impacts — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
First Republic Executives Fail in Attempt to Recover Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan Assets
The Future of Bank-Fintech Partnerships and Banking as a Service — The Consumer Finance Podcast
In That Case: Cantero v. Bank of America
Navigating Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Avoiding Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Redlining Complications Caused by Implementation of 2020 Census Tracts
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
How to estimate how your performance will look under the new CRA
Instant Decline, Instant Relief? Unpacking the CFPB's Proposed Rule on NSF Fees — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Are Regulators Dictating Fintech Deal Terms?
The Coming Perfect Storm
Hosted by the Canadian Institute, the 23rd Annual Canadian Forum on Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime returns for another exciting year. The event features carefully curated programming providing practical guidance...more
Once considered non-arbitrable, competition law disputes between private parties are increasingly being resolved by arbitration. Even where competition law issues are not at the heart of the dispute, parties are becoming...more
Global M&A Activity Endures Headwinds in 2023 and Displays Resilience Going Into 2024 - Despite market headwinds, dealmakers have looked to carveouts, spin-offs, joint ventures and other creative deal structures to engage...more
Back by popular demand, ACI’s acclaimed 13th Annual New York Forum on Economic Sanctions returns to NYC this December. Regarded as the must attend conference for legal and compliance professionals working for financial...more
Allen & Overy and international banking group Standard Chartered have today launched the first Guide to Payment Regulations for corporates and fintech customers navigating the evolving payments landscape in eight key markets...more
Changing CEOs is one of the most critical decisions any board faces. In this issue of The Informed Board, we offer tips on how to avoid the mistakes we most often see. We also explain the problems companies could face if the...more
Russia - Former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI New York Counterintelligence Division Charged with Violating U.S. Sanctions on Russia (DOJ) Those involved. Charles McGonigal, former Special Agent in Charge of the FBI...more
The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more
The outlook for inbound mergers and acquisitions opportunities in Japan is bright with the yen at a 20-year low. The yen’s recent plunge to around 135 to the U.S. dollar has made Japanese assets approximately 20% cheaper...more
For months, the Biden administration and the governments of U.S. allies around the world have raised concerns about Russian actions in the region. In the same breath, those governments have warned of massive, coordinated...more
CFPB Shutters LendUp - On December 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a press release stating that the online lender, LendUp Loans (LendUp), headquartered in Oakland, California, has agreed to...more
In early September 2021, the deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China, the central bank of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), announced the impending launch of two new cross-border investment schemes: Wealth...more
The Federal Reserve wrapped its September Open Market Committee meetings on Wednesday with the anticipated news that it would soon start to slowly taper its asset purchasing and is prepared to raise interest rates as early as...more
Senators Inquire about CFPB’s Fintech Agenda - On July 27, 2021, Senator Sherrod Brown, the Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection...more
The Biden administration is signaling significant policy shifts. Business owners and C-Suite executives are encouraged to join us for a series of complimentary webcasts discussing these likely changes and how they will impact...more
For several years, until May 2019, the Export-Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) lacked sufficient directors to field a quorum for approval of any new commitments for transactions other than to approve short-term...more
Congress returns to Washington this week after the Thanksgiving recess to find a feast of leftover legislative items still on the table. Congress has a limited number of days remaining on the 2019 legislative calendar to...more
The United States and China reached the first phase of a trade deal on October 11th, postponing the next round of tariffs that President Trump planned to impose on Chinese goods the following week. Under the trade deal, which...more
SFC outlines new regulatory framework for virtual asset trading platforms, HKMA highlights recent FinTech initiatives, and PBOC discusses China’s forthcoming central bank digital currency. The fourth annual Hong Kong FinTech...more
Under recent Chinese banking regulations, which include the increased regulation of asset and wealth management products, licensed commercial banks must have prior approval and licensing to engage in the marketing and sale of...more
The SEC has taken its first enforcement action against a hedge fund over its cryptocurrency investments—namely, falsely holding itself out as the “first regulated fund in the U.S. focused on crypto assets.” It also targeted a...more
Last week Credit Suisse Group AG (CSAG) and Credit Suisse (Hong Kong) Limited (CSHK), a subsidiary of CSAFG, settled a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement action for just over $77 million for the illegal hiring...more
Credit Suisse Group AG and its Hong Kong subsidiary settled FCPA charges with the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Justice Department announced that Credit Suisse’s Hong Kong subsidiary...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation's Capital - House and Senate Return. Both the House and Senate are back in session this week. The Senate is planning to take a series of judicial nominations as well as a few other...more