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Allen Matkins

California Court Upholds Daily Transaction Limits On Bitcoin ATMs

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A year ago, Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills,  Assembly Bill 39 and Senate Bill 401, that created the California Digital Financial Assets Law.  SB 401 added Section 3902 to the Financial Code to prohibit an operator of...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Banco de la República analiza beneficios y riesgos de emitir una moneda digital en Colombia

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Con una visión estratégica sobre el futuro del sistema financiero colombiano, el Banco de la República ha publicado un análisis exhaustivo de los beneficios y riesgos asociados a la emisión de una moneda digital de banco...more

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New Amendments to the UAE Banking Law: Enhancing Efficiency and Stability

In recent years, the UAE has continuously updated its legal framework to enhance regulatory oversight and adapt to global financial trends. One significant development is the amended Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the...more

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Navigating New Rules: Challenges for Investors and Banks in UAE Banking Law Amendments

The Federal Decree-Law No. 14/2018 on the Central Bank and the Organisation of Financial Institutions and Activities, along with its recent amendments outlined in Federal Decree-Law No. 54/2023, has introduced significant...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance - April 8th, New York, NY

The 24th National Forum on Prepaid Accounts Compliance will address the latest developments impacting the prepaid industry and provide answers to the most pressing questions and challenges being faced by practitioners in this...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?

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Our special guest is Professor Dan Awrey of Cornell Law School. In July 2023, the Federal Reserve launched FedNow, its instant payments system. After reviewing what FedNow is (and is not), we discuss FedNow’s design features...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, V 4, Issue 1, June 2023

CFPB - Regulators Take Aim at AI to Protect Consumers and Workers - “In the past year, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau said it has fined banks over mismanaged automated systems that resulted in wrongful home...more

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The Federal Reserve’s Rejection of SPDI Custodia Bank’s Applications

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On January 27, 2023, the Federal Reserve rejected Custodia’s August 2021 application to be a Federal Reserve member bank. On the same day, the Kansas City Federal Reserve denied Custodia’s October 2020 application for a...more

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A New “Operation Choke Point”? The Quickly Changing Rules on Crypto Activities for Member Banks

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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

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The Edinburgh Reforms: Big Bang 2.0 or Thoughtful Change?

Following the recently introduced Solvency UK for insurers, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt (the UK finance minister) has announced the Edinburgh Reforms, a further series of reforms aimed at the UK financial...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: Issue 12, December 2022

US Senators Ask SoFi About Its Banking Law Compliance = “Four U.S. senators have signed a letter to SoFi Technologies CEO Anthony Noto expressing concerns about the online personal finance company and online bank’s digital...more

McGlinchey Stafford

OCC Advises “Careful and Cautious” Approach to FinTech-Bank Partnerships

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On Wednesday, September 7, 2022, acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu gave remarks in New York City at the Clearing House + Bank Policy Institute Annual Conference. Hsu’s remarks, “Safeguarding Trust in Banking:...more

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What Institutional Bankers Should Know About Cryptocurrency and Anti-Money Laundering Laws

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For all of its upheaval, cryptocurrency seems like it is here to stay. This presents virtual currency businesses and institutional bankers with a dilemma: Do they capitalize on the increasingly powerful trend, or do they wait...more

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Fed Imposes New Roadblock on Banks’ Crypto Activities

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Today, the Fed announced a new procedural requirement for banks seeking to engage in crypto activities. Going forward, a bank must provide formal notice to its lead supervisory contact at the Fed “prior to engaging in any...more

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FDIC Adopts Rule Prohibiting Misleading Statements About FDIC Insurance that Impacts a Broad Range of Deposit Placement...

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Introduction - On May 17, 2022, the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) adopted a final rule (“Rule”) setting forth its procedures for investigating and enforcing false advertising,...more

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OCC Issues Consent Order Against A Digital Bank

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On April 21, 2022, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a consent order against Anchorage Digital Bank, a digital asset bank based in South Dakota. Notably, Anchorage had previously become the first...more

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European Commission Consults on Potential Digital Euro

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The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation on a possible digital euro. The EU is considering introducing a digital euro for retail payments, which would be available alongside cash. A decision has not yet...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Event] Women in FinTech (“WinFin2022”) - March 31st, Miami, FL

Join Nelson Mullins’s Women in FinTech (“WinFin”) Group for the inaugural WinFin Conference. The panel of nationally recognized thought leaders will share insights on FinTech’s global development. As we celebrate Women's...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: February 2022

Federal Court Rejects Challenges to FDIC’s and OCC’s “Valid When Made” Rules A federal court in two separate but related cases has rejected challenges to the FDIC’s and the OCC’s respective regulations that codified the...more

Hogan Lovells

Financial Institutions Horizons 2022

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At our recent global conference we held in partnership with Global Digital Finance, our keynote speaker suggested that the three major drivers for financial institution regulators and policy makers for the next few years...more

White & Case LLP

UnSound: OCC IL 1179 and Its Backwards Creation of New Law

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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

Hogan Lovells

Global Payments Newsletter, November 2021

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Key developments of interest over the last month include: Nigeria: eNaira digital currency launched United Kingdom: PSR publishes final report on card-acquiring services market review United States: Federal Reserve launches...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Taskforce Proposes New Approach to Financial Regulation in the UK

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A report from the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform provides recommendations for how the UK can “re-imagine” its approach to regulation post-Brexit. On 16 June 2021, the Taskforce on Innovation,...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Cryptocurrency: Wild West or Wall Street? [More with McGlinchey, Ep. 22]

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Every day, the mainstream media and social media are filled with references to cryptocurrency. Depending on who you ask, it’s either simply the next way to spend your money, or it’s a haven for criminal activity. In this...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Talking Custody of Digital Assets

I had the pleasure of presenting at Bank Director Magazine's Inspired By Acquire or Be Acquired: What Officers and Directors Need to Know Now virtual conference, along with Rick Levin, earlier this month. Our...more

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