At the end of April, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (“FSOC”) published for public comment two proposals that would make it easier for FSOC to designate nonbanks as systemically important…
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…
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…
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…
One of the biggest regulatory barriers facing cryptocurrency and fintech companies is inconsistency across regimes. In September 2021, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (“CSBS”) attempted to remove one of…
The Banking Group of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP would like to welcome you to its newest client tool, the Debevoise Fintech Blog. The goal of the blog is to help…
On November 21, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published a letter “clarifying” that certain cryptocurrency, distributed ledger and stablecoin activities addressed in three prior interpretive…