2022-9-16 13:45 |
The guidance suggests that customers' crypto assets should be treated as liabilities by lenders, which could be "prohibitively costly" for banks. origin »
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The Federal Reserve published guidance detailing how crypto banks can secure master account access, something several have wanted for over a year. While the guidance stops short of true transparency, potential applicants now have a roadmap of sorts they can follow, while the Fed has indicated that it is indeed open to letting crypto companies (and other novel entities) access global payments rails.
2022-8-24 18:30 | |
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The Federal Reserve announced it was publishing its final guidance for novel financial institutions, such as Wyoming trust entities, to access its "master accounts," something these firms need to participate in the global payment system.
2022-8-15 21:50 | |
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In an open letter dated August 10, three Democratic Senators led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts asked the acting Comptroller, Michael Hsu of the Currency, to revoke guidance allowing National banks to engage in cryptocurrency activities.
2022-8-12 23:30 | |
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U.S Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) asked the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to rescind interpretative letters allowing banks to engage in crypto activities, and explain how involved banks are becoming in crypto.
2022-8-11 20:19 | |
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Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass. ) is circulating a letter among her Senate colleagues that would withdraw legal guidance for banks holding and trading cryptocurrencies, Bloomberg News reported August 4.
2022-8-5 23:00 | |
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Indian banks have approached the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), the body in charge of the country’s digital payment and settlement system, to get clear instructions on using the Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for crypto transactions.
2022-4-27 04:00 | |
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Open banking is poised to transform business operations and payments transactions across North America. As fintechs and banks explore alternatives to debit and credit card transactions and lean into account-to-account payment networking, education and additional regulatory guidance around open banking will help usher in this new paradigm.
2022-2-15 21:30 | |
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FDIC's acting chairman stated that the work on crypto-related guidance for U.S. banks is underway.
2022-2-8 19:15 | |
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The Central Bank of Nigeria has sent a detailed document regarding central bank digital currency (CBDC) guidance to financial institutions in the country. The document covers the testing and implementation of the e-Naira.
2021-8-31 13:01 | |
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Banks face a stablecoin conundrum: Build their own projects, with all the overhead that implies, or work with well-placed existing providers.
2021-2-12 20:07 | |
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The guidance is apt to chafe privacy advocates, inside and outside the crypto space, who are already uneasy about the honeypot that FinCEN’s suspicious activity report database has become.
2020-12-14 01:15 | |
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The head of the House Financial Services Committee wants President-elect Biden to to rescind guidance by the OCC that national banks may hold stablecoin reserves as a service to bank customers.
2020-12-5 02:46 | |
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The head of the House Financial Services Committee wants President-elect Biden to to rescind guidance by the OCC that national banks may hold stablecoin reserves as a service to bank customers.
2020-12-6 02:46 | |
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The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued new guidance regarding stablecoins on Monday. “National banks and federal savings associations currently engage in stablecoin-related activities involving billions of dollars each day,” said Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian P.
2020-9-23 17:06 | |
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Stablecoin issuers now have a strong tailwind from US regulators. Banks finally have some guidance on how to treat coins like Tether, Gemini Dollar, USD Coin and others that are pegged to fiat money.
2020-9-22 03:07 | |
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U. S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a stablecoin guidance on Monday for U. S national banks and federal savings associations to hThe post U.
2020-9-22 01:35 | |
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One of the main regulatory agencies of South Korea under the command of the Financial Services Commission (FSC), the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), has recently decided that the cryptocurrency exchanges of the country would start to be under its guidance.
2019-8-8 22:15 | |
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The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the regulatory body tasked with overseeing the country’s financial markets, has clarified its stance on crypto assets, stating which tokens it’s responsible for.
2019-7-31 16:12 | |
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On May 9, 2019, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), issued new “interpretive guidance” about how its regulations apply to businesses that conduct money transmissions in virtual currencies.
2019-5-11 21:34 | |
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I had the opportunity to participate on a legal panel with David Silver at the Unconfiscatable: Bitcoin Not Blockchain Conference put on by Tone Vays in Las Vegas.
2019-2-7 20:39 | |
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For nearly a decade, participants in the blockchain and cryptocurrency space have operated in a regulatory compliance gray zone. Recent developments — at both the federal and international levels — signal that the time for plausible deniability or unregulated freedom is coming to an end and more traditional regulations are moving to the forefront.
2018-12-3 19:20 | |
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The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) is giving tough guidance to banks wanting to trade in crypto assets, a report indicates.
2018-11-6 21:00 | |
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank have weighed in on sovereign considerations and global implications of blockchain and other financial services technologies.
2018-10-15 19:01 | |
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Seba Crypto AG (SEBA) has raised 100 million Swiss francs ($103 million) for the creation of a regulated bank that lets customers trade fiat for digital currency. The Zug-based startup is headed by former UBS managers Guido Buehler, who serves as CEO, and Andreas Amschwand, who serves as chairman.
2018-9-27 22:14 | |
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The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued guidance for banks on how to handle the risks associated with “crypto assets”, according to a letter posted on the FCA’s website June 11. Per the statement issued by Executive Directors of Supervision Jonathan Davidson and Megan Butler, banks should apply a highly individual approach to clients
2018-6-12 05:55 | |
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The Labour government said the bill will give owners of bitcoin and other digital assets greater legal protection.
U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appointed Tulip Siddiq as the City Minister, a role that oversees financial services including crypto.
Taiwan's crypto advocacy body, the Taiwan Virtual Asset Service Provider Association, has been formally established and the founding meeting held with 24 cryptocurrency-related entities.
The exchange could return as a FIU-registered firm after paying the fine, the report added.
This is the third test for the Province's new tool to combat money laundering.
The Federal Reserve continues to pilot a central bank digital currency, but will not issue one without executive branch and Congressional support, the report said.
India's most controversial crypto tax, the 1% TDS levy deducted at source, should be lowered to 0.01%, according to the findings of a new study.
