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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") will establish an Office of Innovation.

In its Semiannual Risk Perspective for Spring 2019, the OCC described the condition of banks as "strong" as far as capital, leverage and short-term performance

In its Semiannual Risk Perspective for Spring 2019, the OCC described banks as being in generally good shape as far as capital, leverage and short-term performance.

In a recent Bloomberg BNA article, Nikiforos Mathews gave his take on J. Christopher Giancarlo's, the acting chairman of the CFTC, position on helping incubate financial technology...

On February 12th, the White House announced numerous nominations to be sent to the Senate. The large list of nominations included three nominations for financial regulators.

In a January 18 letter to two of the fund industry's leading advocacy groups, the staff of the SEC's Division of Investment Management advised fund sponsors not to initiate registration ...

On February 6, 2018, the Washington State Department of Financial Institutions (DFI) announced that it has entered into a multi-state Agreement with Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Tennessee and Texas to create a shared licensing process for money service businesses.

The OCC published a paper discussing the issues and conditions that the agency will consider in granting special purpose national bank charters.

State attorneys General (AGs) continue to emerge as major regulators of financial services and show little sign of being cowed by their federal counterparts….or efforts to preempt state authority

On October 16, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) published the enforcement priorities for state securities regulators. Key highlights of the 2025 NASAA Enforcement Report are the following...

Amid a growing influence of digital assets on Capitol Hill, partner James Burnham joined the hosts of CoinDesk TV's "First Mover" to discuss the potential problems of a crypto turf war brewing...

The CFTC Settlements Timeline serves as an interactive compilation of select CFTC guidance, enforcement actions, and speeches relating to the application of the federal securities laws to digital assets.

On February 7, 2018, the New York State Department of Financial Services' Superintendent issued guidance reminding cryptocurrency companies licensed in New York that are required to implement anti-fraud measures...

Despite growing pains, digital currencies and blockchain may be the future of payments and global finance.

Visa has significantly revised its rules governing surcharge programs. Payment providers who offer surcharge or other cost-shifting programs to merchants...

A new version of the BSA/AML Manual, which governs how financial institutions and non-financial institutions in the U.S. are supposed to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act when creating compliance...

As with other rapidly-evolving technologies, the blockchain space is experiencing a frenzy of patent activity. The data shows that there are 3-4 times as many published applications as there are issued patents for these concepts.

In a recent episode of the Emerging Litigation Podcast, Marshall Gerstein Partner Cameron Pick sits down with host Tom Hagy to talk about the latest developments in NFTs...