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...
3/28/2024 4:24:36 PM With The Fintech Sector's Return to Explosive Growth, Here Are Top U.S. Legal Issues to Watch By Jamillia Ferris Vinita Kailasanath Christine Lyon Jan Rybnicek David Sewell Nathaniel Balk Christine Chong Sora Park Emily Strickland +6 more... Show less Freshfields recently hosted a U.S. Fintech Hot Topics Webinar to highlight on-the-ground insights from our Antitrust and Competition,...