ArticleCFTC Crypto Chess?Acting Chairman Behnam put the CFTC front and center in the crypto conversation during his nomination hearing today before the Senate Agriculture Committee. United StatesFinance and BankingKatten
ArticleCFTC Launches Innovation Task Force Focused On Emerging Derivatives IssuesOn March 24, 2026, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig announced the formation of the Innovation Task Force...United StatesFinance and BankingSheppard
ArticleDFPI Issues Consent Order To Auto Title LenderOn December 14, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it entered into a consent order with an LA-based auto title lender to resolve allegations that the company...United StatesFinance and BankingSheppard
ArticleFDIC Signals Openness To Digital Asset Banking With Augustus ApprovalIn August, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved the deposit insurance application of Augustus National Bank, N.A., a newly chartered national bank that focuses on deposit and lending products for digital asset companies, technology companies, and artificial intelligence companies, as well as offering virtual currency, payment, and treasury services. United StatesFinance and BankingGoodwin Procter LLP
ArticleFinancial Services Regulations For The Fintech EntrepreneurPartner Nathan Greene and associate Justin Reda (both New York-Investment Funds) have published a two-part article titled "Financial Services Regulation for Fintech Companies"United StatesFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleGovernor Newsom Nixes Digital Financial Assets Licensing BillLast week, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 2269 (Grayson) which would have created a "Digital Financial Assets Law" to be administered by the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. United StatesFinance and BankingAllen Matkins Leck Gamble Mallory & Natsis LLP
ArticleHow Banks Can Manage Risk As AI Adoption ExpandsIn an article published in Law360, Partner Michael Dawson, Senior Counsel Julie Williams and Senior Associate Amy Gopinathan discuss the shift in government attitudes towards AI in financial...United StatesFinance and BankingWilmerHale
ArticleLes prestataires de services sur actifs numériques de la loi PACTEParis partner Hubert de Vauplane authored an article titled "Les prestataires de services sur actifs numériques de la loi PACTEUnited StatesFinance and BankingHerbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP
ArticleMassachusetts Division Of Banks Resolves Alleged Unlicensed Loan Servicing ActivityOn May 5, 2026, the Massachusetts Division of Banks announced a settlement resolving allegations that a fintech company engaged in third-party loan servicing activity in Massachusetts...United StatesFinance and BankingSheppard
ArticleMilbank's Douglas Landy To Speak On LSTA Webinar "Automated Revolving Credit Facility: Deciphered, Decoded, And Decrypted"Milbank Financial Institutions Regulatory partner Douglas Landy will be a speaker during the LSTA's webinar titled "Automated Revolving Credit Facility: Deciphered, Decoded, and Decrypted" on May 10. United StatesFinance and BankingMilbank
ArticleOCC Confirms Bank Authority To Hold Crypto-Assets As Principal For Paying Network FeesOn November 18, the OCC issued Interpretive Letter 1186 confirming that a national bank may, as an activity incidental to the business of banking, pay crypto-asset network fees to support otherwise permissible banking activities.United StatesFinance and BankingSheppard
ArticlePrivate Financial Sector Report Criticizes CBDCsThe head of policy for stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial is quoted in the report as calling CBDCs a "preposterous idea." United StatesFinance and BankingBakerHostetler
ArticleSEC And CFTC Open Door To Tokenized Markets After Clarity Fails To AdvanceThe SEC and CFTC have issued coordinated regulatory relief measures that significantly advance crypto-based trading infrastructure in US markets, bypassing Congressional gridlock on the CLARITY Act. These orders establish new frameworks for tokenized securities venues and passive software providers, potentially reshaping how digital assets are traded and accessed in regulated markets. United StatesFinance and BankingK&L Gates
ArticleSEC Suspends Trading In Three Companies Over Cryptocurrency-Related ClaimsThe SEC suspended trading in the securities of three penny stock companies (Cherubim Interests, Inc., PDX Partners, Inc., and Victura Construction Group, Inc.) ...United StatesFinance and BankingHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleThe Wait Is Over: SEC Approves Generic Listing Standards Benefitting Commodity-Based ETPsMarking a monumental step forward for the launch of crypto asset exchange-traded products (ETPs), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved rule changes...United StatesFinance and BankingK&L Gates
ArticleTreasury Roundtable Focuses On Responsible And Equitable InnovationTreasury Roundtable Focuses on Responsible and Equitable Innovation.United StatesFinance and BankingHogan Lovells Cadwalader
ArticleUS Securities And Exchange Chairman Jay Clayton Raises Concerns About Virtual Currency OfferingsOn November 8, 2017, US Securities and Exchange Chairman Jay Clayton raised concerns about virtual currency offerings or so-called initial coin offerings.United StatesFinance and BankingA&O Shearman
ArticleNew Podcast | Protecting Your Tech: IP Considerations In Digital HealthDigital health companies are producing innovative products at a rapidly accelerating pace and experiencing a boom in investments and demand as the regulatory environmentUnited StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesMcDermott Will & Emery
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