3/14/2023 4:01:34 PM SVB Failure Spurs Fed Soul-Searching, Political Blame Game By A&O Shearman The Monday after Silicon Valley Bank's implosion saw the Federal Reserve pledging to look inward, President Joe Biden calling for tougher...
11/30/2021 4:19:00 PM Webinar: What A FinTech Needs To Know About Becoming A Bank By A&O Shearman Recently, there has been a significant increase in applications for new bank charters, particularly from FinTechs and payment-related...
11/12/2021 2:41:08 PM U.S. Stablecoin Regulation: Bringing Stablecoins Into The Regulatory Fold By Donna Parisi On November 1, 2021, the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets (“PWG”), joined by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...
10/22/2021 12:00:00 AM NY FinTech Week Recap and Digital Diary By A&O Shearman This week was New York FinTech Week, bringing together hundreds of professionals from across the sector for a series of panel...
10/20/2021 12:00:00 AM Crypto Regulation, Trends in Blockchain, and Diversity and Women in Fintech: Donna Parisi Interviewed on Nasdaq Trade Talks By A&O Shearman Shearman & Sterling partner and Head of Financial Services and FinTech, Donna Parisi, was interviewed on Nasdaq Trade Talks during New...
9/10/2021 5:02:57 PM State of Harmony? Money Transmitter Regulators Move to Create Uniformity Across State Lines By A&O Shearman The Board of Directors of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (the "CSBS") recently approved the Uniform Money Transmission...
8/18/2021 8:49:55 PM Crypto Regulation in the Spotlight By A&O Shearman The U.S. regulatory landscape for crypto and digital assets is complex, and recent high-profile federal enforcement actions and a slew of...
6/17/2021 1:57:21 PM Who’s in charge? An overview of U.S. digital asset regulation By A&O Shearman It is almost impossible to scan the news without seeing multiple headlines relating to cryptocurrency and other digital assets. Perhaps...
11/16/2020 12:00:00 AM DOJ Seeks to Block Visa’s $5.3 Billion Acquisition of FinTech Start-up Plaid Due to Antitrust concerns over Nascent Competition By A&O Shearman On November 5, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a civil antitrust lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District...
2/10/2020 12:00:00 AM FDIC Approves Varo Money to Offer Deposit Insurance By A&O Shearman On February 10, 2020, mobile banking company Varo Money, Inc. announced that it has received approval from the Federal Deposit Insurance...
11/4/2019 12:00:00 AM Shearman & Sterling and the Global Blockchain Business Council Convene Panel on Stablecoins By A&O Shearman Shearman & Sterling and the Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) convened a panel on Monday to discuss the world’s most talked about...
11/1/2019 12:00:00 AM Jay Baris Authors Chapter in Global Legal Insights: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Regulation 2020 By A&O Shearman Partner Jay Baris (New York-Investment Funds) authored a chapter titled "The custody of digital assets – 2020" in the latest Global Legal...