9/10/2025 2:57:36 PM Chartering a New Path Toward Banking: How the Rise of Novel Charters is Reshaping the Regulatory Perimeter for Fintechs, Payments Companies, and Others By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Trends converging in recent months have the potential to reshape the operating environment for fintechs, digital asset and payments...
8/8/2025 5:40:40 PM Executive Order Targets “Politicized” Financial Services By Austin Evers Andrew Dockham Melissa Hodgman David Sewell Alison Hashmall Jennifer Loeb Nina Frant Nariné Atamian +5 more... Show less On Thursday, August 7, 2025, President Trump issued a new Executive Order (EO), “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” that...
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...
3/7/2025 2:31:58 PM Crypto Platform Faces Anti-Terrorism Act Claims By Timothy Harkness Peter Linken Taylor Jachman Miguel Serrano +1 more... Show less A recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York shows that crypto and other financial services...
3/4/2025 3:52:20 PM Morrison No More: SEC Deploys Antifraud Provisions to Extraterritorial Conduct By Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard David Livshiz Kimberly Zelnick Jacob Johnston Sruthi Rao +3 more... Show less A recent Southern District of New York decision issued by Judge Gregory H. Woods is the first in the Second Circuit since Morrison v....
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...
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...
10/24/2024 1:18:51 PM Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends report By Christine Lyon Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister We’re excited to share our latest report, Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends. Data now impacts all aspects of businesses, from...
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...