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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is a United States federal agency created in 1933 in response to widespread bank failures in the 1920s and early 1930s. The FDIC's mission is to maintain stability and consumer confidence in the United States banking system by insuring deposits, monitoring the health of financial institutions and managing receiverships. less -

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - March 2024

Troutman Pepper on 3/5/2024

To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

Client Alert: How Regulatory Events of 2023 Should Guide Financial Institutions' New Year's Resolutions for 2024

Jenner & Block on 1/12/2024

As consumer-facing financial institutions of all types—from well-established banks to newly-launched fintechs—set their 2024 regulatory compliance goals, they may wonder if their New Year’s resolutions align with those that...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday, December 22 2023

Paul Hastings LLP on 12/22/2023

December 21, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) took another major step in support of U.S. Government efforts to crack down on illicit finance and enhance corporate...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Friday, December 8, 2023

Paul Hastings LLP on 12/8/2023

December 7, 2023- U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Banking Committee Republicans are calling on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin...more

Federal Trade Commission Amends GLBA’s Safeguards Rule

Husch Blackwell LLP on 10/31/2023

Key Point: The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended the Safeguards Rule to require non-banking financial institutions to inform the FTC within 30 days of discovering any unauthorized acquisition of unencrypted customer...more

House subcommittee examines framework for regulating stablecoins

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/27/2023

The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion recently held a hearing to examine stablecoins’ role in the payment system and to discuss proposed legislation for creating a...more

Four Cybersecurity Law Issues for Financial Services to Track in 2023 | Insights

Venable LLP on 2/17/2023

The financial services sector must already contend with a maze of regulations in a variety of areas, and 2023 is poised to usher in new cybersecurity regulations for the industry. Organizations should ensure their security...more

Prudential Regulators Issue New Guidance on Crypto-Assets

WilmerHale on 1/9/2023

On January 3, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (FRB), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a Joint Statement on Crypto-Asset Risks to Banking...more

Daily Financial Regulation Update -- Wednesday, July 13, 2022

Paul Hastings LLP on 7/13/2022

July 12, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a notice seeking public comment regarding potential opportunities and risks presented by developments and adoption of digital assets as part of its work under...more

Analyze This: The NYDFS Sets Clear Crypto Transaction Monitoring Expectations

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 5/5/2022

The past year has seen a flurry of crypto-related activities by the federal financial regulators, including the issuance of reports, guidance, joint statements, and interpretive letters....more

The Impact of Cybersecurity Regulations on the Financial Services Industry in 2022

Holland & Knight LLP on 1/13/2022

Following the SolarWinds and the Colonial Pipeline cyberattacks, the Biden Administration emphasized a shift toward mandatory cybersecurity requirements. Throughout 2021, government agencies issued new cybersecurity guidance,...more

Gearing Up for Climate Disclosure

Troutman Pepper on 10/11/2021

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) matters have become a focal point for investors and regulators. For financial institutions, and other companies, climate risk has become a key component, and an increasingly...more

Financial Services Report - Summer 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/9/2021

As spring turns to summer, climate change is on our minds. A new day, a new story about how financial institutions are addressing climate-related risks. In the past few months, six major banks—Bank of America, JPMorgan...more

SBA Implemented Changes to PPP as a Part of American Rescue Plan Act

Goodwin on 3/25/2021

In this Issue. The federal bank regulatory agencies announced that the temporary change to the supplementary leverage ratio for depository institutions will expire as scheduled on March 31, 2021; the Small Business...more

Federal Financial Regulators Propose Rule Accelerating Cyber Threat Reporting Requirements

Snell & Wilmer on 1/15/2021

In December 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more

OCC Fintech Charter Headed to the Second Circuit

Jones Day on 1/6/2020

The Situation: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") has appealed a decision from the Southern District of New York that concluded that the OCC lacks the authority to grant "Fintech Charters" to nondepository...more

Fintech in Brief: Final Order Entered in New York State Challenge to OCC Fintech Charter

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 10/25/2019

On October 21, 2019, Judge Victor Marrero of the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York issued a final decision and order in New York State’s challenge to the OCC’s statutory authority to grant special...more

Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Marketplace lending

White & Case LLP on 3/14/2019

The CFPB has traditionally not prioritized marketplace lenders in its supervisory and enforcement efforts. As a result, state regulators have increasingly sought to fill any perceived voids left by the Bureau....more

Developments in the Law Affecting Electronic Payments and Financial Services

Womble Bond Dickinson on 1/28/2019

This survey reports on developments in the law relating to electronic payments. Part II addresses legal challenges to federal and state regulation of e-payments products. Part III discusses the amendment (again) of federal...more

Review of Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions Policy and Enforcement

White & Case LLP on 1/22/2019

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

Financial Services Weekly Roundup - September 2018 #2

Goodwin on 9/20/2018

In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) withdrew interpretive guidance pertaining to reliance on voting recommendations of proxy advisory firms in advance of their upcoming Roundtable on the U.S. proxy...more

Financial Services Report – Winter 2017

MoFo Reenforcement on 12/12/2017

EDITOR’S NOTE - The holidays came early for the financial services industry. First, the Senate voted to repeal the CFPB’s rule banning class waivers in arbitration agreements in consumer financial contracts. Then,...more

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

Ballard Spahr LLP on 1/30/2017

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

2017 Resolutions for Community Banks: A Focus on Cybersecurity

Hogan Lovells on 1/13/2017

In December 2016, Thomas Curry, the Comptroller of the Currency, stated that cybersecurity was the single greatest systemic threat to our financial system. He was not being hyperbolic. Cybersecurity should be on...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 1/13/2017

Financial Industry Developments - Prohibition on Dealing or Investing in Industrial or Commercial Metals - On January 3, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") finalized a rule that...more

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