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August 9, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading...more
April 26, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) hosted the 2024 International Forum of Terrorism Risk (Re)Insurance Pools (IFTRIP) Annual Conference....more
In 2023, the digital asset industry demonstrated remarkable resilience amidst significant challenges, including the dissolution of several digital asset financial services companies, numerous bank failures, and a $4.7 billion...more
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
January 10, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion held a hearing entitled, "Regulatory Whiplash: Examining the Impact of FSOC's...more
On December 8, participants in the EU-U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum met, including officials from the Treasury Department, Fed, CFTC, FDIC, SEC, and OCC, and issued a joint statement. The statement regarded ongoing...more
December 14, 2023 - FSOC Issues Annual Report- The Financial Stability Oversight Council released its 2023 annual report reviewing financial market developments, describing potential emerging threats to U.S. financial...more
Editor's Note - The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency,...more
Headlines 1. Recent Bank Failures The FDIC has issued a final rule that will impose special assessments to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (Fund) arising from the systemic risk determination announced on March...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
September 19, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the SEC's Division of Investment Management."...more
June 27, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office Economic Policy released an analysis of the surge in construction spending for manufacturing in the United States....more
To help you keep abreast of relevant activities, below find a breakdown of some of the biggest events at the federal and state levels to impact the Consumer Finance Services industry this past week...more
The failure of two large banks in California and New York and the historic fallout has left a quagmire of unanswered questions and crises for businesses who had worked with them—and those who may feel the ricocheting effects...more
In an extraordinary joint statement, the Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC announced measures today to strengthen confidence in the U.S. banking system following the closure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)....more
February 24, 2023- The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), introduced the Data Privacy Act of 2023. February 24, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign...more
December 27, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released initial guidance on two key tax provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act, the Corporate Alternative Minimum Tax and the excise tax on stock buybacks....more
December 13, 2022- State bank supervisors have appointed New York State Department of Financial Services Superintendent Adrienne A. Harris to serve as the state banking supervisor's representative on the Financial Stability...more
On November 16, 2022, the Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a report titled “Assessing the Impact of New Entrant Non-bank Firms on Competition in Consumer Finance Markets” (“Treasury Report”), which, among other...more
November 3, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued three additional notices requesting public input on key climate and clean energy tax incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act....more
October 24, 2022- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen gave remarks at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's Annual Meeting concerning, among other things, regulators' actions to address high...more
October 18, 2022- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation adopted a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rate schedules uniformly by 2 basis points beginning in the first quarterly assessment...more
October 4, 2022- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen announced the 25 inaugural members of the Treasury Advisory Committee on Racial Equity....more
October 3, 2022- The Financial Stability Oversight Council held a meeting on October 3, 2022 where it unanimously approved its Report on Digital Asset Financial Stability Risks and Regulation....more