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On November 1, the OCC issued Bulletin 2023-34 addressing the topic of "venture lending," referred to as "commercial loans to early-, expansion-, and late-stage companies."

From July 24 through 26, 2017, the Office of Innovation of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") will host "Office Hours" in order to meet with banks and FinTech companies...

On February 17, the OCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to establish a revised regulatory framework governing appeals...

On March 15, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency ("OCC") issued a "Draft Licensing Manual Supplement for Evaluating Charter Applications from Financial Technology Companies."

According to a recent press release, a well-known U.S. payments and financial technology company announced that it will allow its United States merchants to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrency directly from their business accounts with the company.

Post-election, securities industry professionals are pondering the new administration's impact on the regulatory environment and their businesses.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed budget legislation that would amend the New York Licensed Lenders Law and give the Department of Financial Services increased authority...

The new Trump administration has issued nearly 150 executive orders, including a number impacting consumer finance and digital assets. As a result, agencies such as the CFPB, OCC, SEC, CFTC, Treasury, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors are all undergoing significant shifts in policy and approach in these areas.

The Securities and Exchange Commission recently announced settled charges against two entities for fraudulent and unregistered sales of investment contracts involving TUSD, a purported stablecoin.

On the heels of the House Financial Services Committee's introduction of the CLARITY Act, Republican senators who serve on the Senate Banking Committee introduced their "Crypto Market Structure Principles"...

ATLANTA—Womble Bond Dickinson attorney Steve Middlebrook will take part in a webinar on "Application of CFPB's Prepaid Rule to Digital Wallets and Peer-to-Peer Payments" on Dec. 5.

On 17 July 2025, the US House of Representatives passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for US Stablecoins of 2025, or the GENIUS Act of 2025.

Adam Maarec and fintech thought leader Simon Taylor explore the rapidly evolving intersection of AI, payments, and banking innovation in this engaging fireside chat.

In testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Finance, Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin highlighted successful economic initiatives from the previous year.

The Senate's failure to achieve the 60-vote threshold on the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act leaves the timeline for comprehensive federal cryptocurrency regulation uncertain. Two key obstacles emerged: concerns over ethics provisions designed to prevent senior officials from profiting from digital ventures, and unresolved disputes over activity-based rewards and yield payments on stablecoins that banking groups warn could drain deposits from community banks.

Banks are increasingly favoring tokenized deposits over stablecoins as a method for blockchain-based payments, as they maintain traditional regulatory frameworks while enabling digital commerce innovation.

FIA highlighted key priorities and encouraged President Biden to take action to promote global market access, regulatory harmonization, smart innovation and sustainability.

FinCEN Acting Director Him Das highlighted new threats, new innovation and public-private partnerships in the transformation of the AML/Counter-Terrorist Financing regulatory regime.