Banking organizations must ensure that a tokenized security confers identical legal rights as its non-tokenized counterpart to qualify for the same capital treatment as the non-tokenized ...
The OCC finalized a rule clarifying that national trust banks may engage in non-fiduciary activities but left open the question of whether a national trust bank must engage in a minimum a...
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that would change its supervisory appeals process. We compare the OCC proposal with the recently final...
The OCC proposed a rule that would eliminate any uncertainty as to whether national trust banks can engage in non-fiduciary activities. If adopted, the proposal would align language in th...
The Federal Reserve and FDIC took actions last week designed to facilitate crypto-related activities. The Federal Reserve rescinded its anti-crypto 2023 policy statement and replaced it w...
The FDIC and OCC propose to codify safety and soundness and reputational risk. This update contains our key takeaways, views on immediate steps banks should consider and a summary of the ...
The President has signed the bipartisan GENIUS Act – a landmark stablecoin bill – into law. Our client update breaks down the key provisions of the GENIUS Act and includes charts summ...
The Senate just passed the bipartisan GENIUS Act, a landmark stablecoin bill, by a 68-30 vote. Attention now turns to whether and how the House of Representatives will advance its version...
The OCC has reversed recent changes to its bank merger policies through an interim final rule. Our client update is a refresher on the new state of play for Bank Merger Act applications t...
