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For almost three years, Staff Accounting Bulletin 121 of the Securities and Exchange Commission effectively prevented banks from holding crypto...

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Partners Brian Mahanna, Tiffany J. Smith and Zachary Goldman, Senior Counsel Eric Lesser, Counsel Isabel Dai, and Senior Associate Zachary Kessler penned an article for The Investment Lawyer...

On June 2, 2016, ESMA published a discussion paper on how distributed ledger technology (including, for example, "blockchains") applies to the securities markets.

The European Securities and Markets Authority ("ESMA") published today a Discussion Paper on the application of "distributed ledger technologies" ("DLT") to securities markets.

On March 8, 2017, the European Commission (EC) published a speech that considered the challenges currently faced by the financial services sector in the EU, with a particular emphasis on FinTech.

On May 17, 2017, the European Parliament voted in plenary to adopt a resolution on FinTech and the influence of technology on the future of the financial sector.

Sidhardha "Sid" Kamaraju, a Partner in Pryor Cashman's White Collar Defense + Investigations, Financial Institutions, and Litigation Groups, co-authored an article with Paul Hinton...

Early this week, a New York-based regulated financial institution announced plans to launch a blockchain-based settlement platform for a limited number of U.S. equities.

An Illinois man pled guilty this week to using the dark web and cryptocurrencies to pedal at least 4.3 million counterfeit Xanax pills throughout the United States between March 2017...

This week, Bitspark, a Hong Kong-based money transfer platform, reportedly launched the first stablecoin, Sparkdex HKD, pegged to the Hong Kong dollar.

Last month, a U.S. patent was reportedly granted to a major U.S. cryptocurrency exchange for a new system that would allow users to make bitcoin payments with email addresses...

On April 22, the CFPB issued a final rule revising Regulation B under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). The rule eliminates disparate impact liability from the Bureau’s ECOA enforcement framework...

On April 28, Maryland enacted SB 94, which revises the state’s earned wage access (EWA) framework and amends tipping provisions under Maryland’s Consumer Loan Law...

On April 22, the NYDFS issued an industry letter reminding entities regulated under the New York Banking Law of their obligations under Section 296-a of the New York Executive Law...

The Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") expanded the Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") Liquidity Facility ("PPPLF") to program lenders approved by the Small Business Administration ("SBA").

Kelley Howes joins Richard Levick on the In House Warror Podcast to discuss some of the changes being introduced by SEC Chairman Gary Gensler including: ESG, crypto and blockchain...