The Banking Group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP has revised the name and expanded the scope of its blog, now titled “The Debevoise FinReg and FinTech Blog.” The revamped client…
As previewed in our client update from April 26, 2023, three government agencies released reports reviewing the failures of SVB Financial Group (“SVBFG”) and Signature Bank (“SBNY”) on Friday. Specifically:…
The Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank (“Signature”) failures (together, the “March Failures”) were the second- and third-largest commercial bank failures in U.S. history. Six weeks after the March…
In a further response to the events over the past several months that have rattled the crypto industry, on February 23, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance…
In response to “significant volatility and exposure of vulnerabilities in the crypto-asset sector” throughout 2022, on January 3, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and…
On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the New York Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) released a letter (the “Guidance”) outlining the pre-approval application and evaluation process for New York regulated banking…
As we approach the end of the year, here are the Top 10 posts on the Debevoise Fintech Blog in 2022. If you are not already a Blog subscriber, click…
The Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) has approved final guidelines (“Final Guidelines”) for Federal Reserve Banks (“Reserve Banks”) to use in evaluating requests for master accounts and access to Reserve Bank…
On March 8, 2022, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) issued for public comment proposed supplemental guidelines (“Supplemental Proposed Guidelines”) for Federal Reserve Banks (“Reserve Banks”) to use in evaluating requests…
In response to ongoing Russian military action in Ukraine, U.S. authorities have imposed several tranches of new sanctions against Russia, particularly against Russia’s financial industry, including its major banks and…