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…
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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…
In a Bloomberg article originally published October 12, 2022, Courtney M. Dankworth, Jehan Patterson and Zila R. Acosta-Grimes caution financial technology companies that recent actions by the Consumer Financial Protection…
On June 1, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”) and the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (“FBI”) unsealed an…
Concerns over the environmental impact of proof-of-work mining have recently led to increased focus by legislative bodies in Europe and the United States. The use of proof-of-work consensus mechanisms, by…
On April 28, 2022, a bipartisan group of legislators in the House of Representatives re-introduced and updated a bill regarding proposed regulatory oversight by the CFTC of crypto exchanges on…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced on Monday it is planning to use a dormant statutory authority, section 1024(a)(1)(C) of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), to conduct examinations of…
On March 16, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced that it would combat perceived discrimination in the consumer financial marketplace by expanding its authority to target unfair, deceptive…
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…
On March 15, 2022, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) announced a proposed consent order in resolution of an administrative complaint filed against payment processor Electronic Payment Systems (“EPS”) and its…
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have exploded in popularity and caught the public’s attention in the last year or two. But what is the hype all about, and what risks do participants…