3/12/2025 8:22:28 PM Trump 2.0: OCC Re-Opens the Door to Crypto-Related Activities By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Chris DeCresce Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +4 more... Show less As had been widely anticipated, on March 7, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) fired the first salvo in what is...
2/12/2025 3:08:01 PM Digital Assets Under Trump 2.0: The Emerging View from Capitol Hill By David Sewell Chris DeCresce Erik Gerding Alison Hashmall Melissa Hodgman Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +4 more... Show less Since President Trump’s second inauguration, few issues in the financial services space have received as much attention in Washington as...
2/5/2025 6:48:15 PM Trump 2.0: Administration’s Approach to Digital Asset Regulation Begins to Take Shape By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Chris DeCresce Erik Gerding Melissa Hodgman Abby Shamray +3 more... Show less Barely three weeks into his second term, President Trump has wasted no time signaling plans to deliver on a campaign pledge to make the...
1/6/2025 2:08:46 PM M&A Predictions and Guidance for 2025 By Ethan Klingsberg 1. No private equity M&A boom in 2025, but…. Thousands of private equity portfolio companies are past their “sell by” dates and private...
11/11/2024 4:19:46 PM Take Two: What could a second Trump Administration mean for bank regulation in the U.S.? By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Bank stocks surged the day after Donald J. Trump won election to a second presidential term, recording double-digit gains on a widespread...
9/9/2024 3:56:35 PM FinCEN Adopts Rule Extending AML/CFT Requirements to RIAs and ERAs, Further Increasing Regulatory Obligations on Investment Advisers By David Sewell Timothy Clark Ivet Bell David Nicolardi Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +3 more... Show less On August 28, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) adopted a final rule that extends anti-money laundering (AML) and...
7/30/2024 2:56:14 PM Banking Agencies Signal Increased Scrutiny of Bank-Fintech Partnerships By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +1 more... Show less On July 25, 2024, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and...
6/3/2024 5:10:21 PM Reenergized CFPB Poised to Rev Up Rulemaking and Enforcement By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk Nariné Atamian +1 more... Show less On May 16, 2024, the Supreme Court handed a major victory to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB” or the “Bureau”), holding...
5/29/2024 8:31:30 PM Federal Agencies Propose Customer Identification Program Requirements for Investment Advisers: Another Step Toward Comprehensive AML/CFT Regulation By David Sewell Timothy Clark Nariné Atamian Daniel Klingenbrunn Nathaniel Balk +2 more... Show less On May 13, 2024, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) took another...
5/17/2024 1:38:22 PM Third Time’s the Charm? FDIC, OCC, and FHFA Re-Propose Incentive-Based Compensation Rule By Nicole Foster Lori Goodman Alison Hashmall David Sewell Jordan Salzman Nariné Atamian Daniel Klingenbrunn +4 more... Show less On May 6, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), and Federal Housing...
4/29/2024 8:40:55 PM Proposed Legislation Would Add Ransomware Reporting and Compliance Obligations for Covered U.S. Financial Institutions By Brock Dahl David Sewell Nathaniel Balk David Benger +1 more... Show less On April 11, 2024, U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (D-CO) and Patrick McHenry (R-NC) introduced the “Ransomware and Financial...
4/22/2024 7:01:23 PM FDIC Releases Report Describing How It Would Resolve a U.S. GSIB By Alison Hashmall Nathaniel Balk Ellen Lawrence Earlier this month, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a report[1] describing how and when the agency would exercise...