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Interagency Issuances on Bank-Fintech Partnerships Highlights Risks, Opportunities, Importance of Industry Participant Engagement

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The recent bank regulatory Joint Statement and request for information (RFI) on third-party deposit relationships and bank-fintech partnerships emphasize afresh regulators’ long-standing concern with financial institutions’...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 34: Bank Partnerships and the Implications of DIDMCA Opt-Outs

Not all of our listeners will be familiar with the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980, but pending litigation on state DIDMCA opt outs could upend the bank partnership models employed by...more

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Fintechs, Novel Charters, and Fed Master Accounts - Of Elephants and Mouseholes

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A U.S. District Court recently rejected arguments that banks and institutions with novel charters have a statutory right to obtain a Federal Reserve master account. Master accounts let institutions access key parts of the...more

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Federal Reserve Launches FedNow Real-Time Payment Service

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Consumers and businesses stand to benefit from rapid access to funds at any time when routed through participating financial institutions. On July 20, 2023, the Federal Reserve announced the long-awaited launch of its...more

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US House Financial Services Committee Wrangles Over Stablecoins

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Congress will be “starting from scratch” in attempting to establish a regulatory framework for stablecoins — an issue that many believe is the top digital asset legislative priority. On April 15, 2023, the US House...more

Hogan Lovells

Learning from Silicon Valley Bank - Never let a good crisis go to waste – so how could you use recent events in California to take...

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Many lessons will be learned from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank last weekend. The full story is unlikely to emerge for some time, but commentators have quickly reached a consensus on the likely causes. The central...more

Goodwin

Fed Proposes Guidelines for Access to Master Accounts and Payment Services

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In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), in response to an increased number of inquiries and access requests from companies with fintech and other narrow purpose charters, invited...more

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

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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

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OCC Finalizes “True Lender” Rule

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In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...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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Wyoming, the “Equality State,” Seeks to Level the Playing Field for Digital Assets Businesses

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In its continued effort to establish itself as the go-to jurisdiction for digital asset businesses, Wyoming, through its Department of Audit, Division of Banking, recently published a digital asset custody regime for its...more

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