8/14/2026 4:48:07 PM Key Takeaways from the OCC and FDIC CSI Proposals By Alison Hashmall David Sewell Nariné Atamian Taylor Richards +1 more... Show less Two of the three federal banking agencies—the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the...
8/11/2026 4:12:06 PM FINRA's Enforcement Review: What It Means for Broker-Dealers, Public Companies, and Institutional Investors By Melissa Hodgman Agnès Dunogué Nicholas Caselli Adam Rosenfeld +1 more... Show less FINRA's recent review of its Enforcement Program may prove to be one of the most consequential developments in securities enforcement...
7/28/2026 3:27:07 PM FDIC Proposes Sweeping Changes to Bank Resolution Planning Requirements By Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) has moved to sharply scale back the insured depository institution (“IDI”) resolution...
7/10/2026 3:12:07 PM Federal Banking Regulators and FinCEN Propose New Customer Identification and BSA/Sanctions Compliance Standards for Payment Stablecoin Issuers By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian On June 22, 2026, federal regulators released two additional notices of proposed rulemaking that would further build out the Bank Secrecy...
6/9/2026 6:57:10 PM FinCEN's Whistleblower Program Takes Shape: What Companies Need to Know By Alessio Evangelista Eric Bruce Melissa Hodgman Timothy Howard Raisa Shah +2 more... Show less On April 1, 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal...
6/1/2026 9:21:37 PM Knocking at the Fed’s Door: Recent Executive Order and Regulatory Proposals Signal Broader Payment Systems Access for Fintechs and Payment Companies By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Taylor Richards +1 more... Show less Direct access to the Federal Reserve’s payment systems has long been the holy grail for nonbank financial institutions and fintech...
5/29/2026 3:31:07 PM Reg BI in the Real World: What the David Lerner Case Actually Tells You By Melissa Hodgman If you want a clear picture of where Reg BI is right now, the David Lerner Associates case is it. This isn’t a “new rule” story...
4/21/2026 7:36:08 PM Treasury and Federal Banking Agencies Propose Sweeping Changes to the AML/CFT Compliance Framework By David Sewell Eric Bruce Alison Hashmall Justin Simeone Nariné Atamian Charlotte Laurence +3 more... Show less The first week of April 2026 produced a series of proposed federal rules that, if finalized, would meaningfully reshape the U.S....
4/14/2026 1:36:37 PM FDIC and Treasury Unveil Proposed Stablecoin Rules to Advance the GENIUS Act Framework By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray Katarina Leskovar +2 more... Show less With the statutory deadline for implementing regulations approaching on July 18, 2026, federal agencies seem to be moving in rapid...
3/23/2026 2:59:17 PM Basel III Endgame, Take Two: 8 Key Takeaways from the Federal Banking Agencies’ Capital Re-Proposals By Alison Hashmall David Sewell Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +1 more... Show less After nearly three years of controversy, the long-awaited U.S. implementation of Basel III endgame is getting a do-over. On March 19,...
3/16/2026 2:39:56 PM Distressed Financing Pitfalls: When Execution Goes Off Track (Part 5) By Samantha Braunstein We know you missed us, so we are back to examine some more pitfalls that may be unidentified or ignored until they are those monsters...
3/3/2026 4:15:07 PM OCC Proposes Framework for Stablecoins: A New Era for Digital Assets By David Sewell Alison Hashmall Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +1 more... Show less On February 25, 2026, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) took an important step towards establishing a federal...
12/23/2025 4:25:30 PM 2025 Bank Regulatory Roundup and What to Look for in 2026 By Alison Hashmall David Sewell Nariné Atamian Abby Shamray +1 more... Show less U.S. banking regulation underwent a material reset in 2025. With new leadership at the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC, the second...
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...
8/14/2025 7:13:20 PM Opening the 401(k) Gates: The Potential Promise and Perils of Alternative Investments in Retirement Plans By Timothy Clark Melissa Hodgman David Nicolardi Executive Summary On August 7, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order, “Democratizing Access to Alternative Assets for 401(k)...
8/8/2025 6:39:37 PM Major Court Victory for International Banks: What You Need to Know By Timothy Harkness Kimberly Zelnick Rob McCallum Matthew Haggans Peter Linken Matthew Rublin +3 more... Show less International banks recently won a significant legal battle that could reshape the scope of potential liability in terrorism-related...