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Mastercard Launches Accreditation Program for UK FinTech Sponsors
Wednesday 28th January - 3:47 pm
Mastercard has introduced a new accreditation framework designed to streamline market entry for financial-technology startups ...FinTechs and Automakers Pursue Bank Charters to Expand Lending
Monday 26th January - 6:01 pm
The 21st century has seen a shift in how nonbanks enter the financial system. During 2025, ...Bank of London Reports Loss as Regulatory Oversight Continues
Monday 26th January - 10:59 am
Bank of London is still under investigation by U.K. regulators amid ongoing losses. The clearing bank recorded ...OCC Says Reducing Regulatory Burden Will Help Banks Compete With Private Credit
Friday 23rd January - 7:50 pm
Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould reportedly said that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) work ...House Panel Moves to Ease Rules on Small Credit Unions
Friday 23rd January - 6:01 pm
A bill advanced to the House of Representatives by the House Financial Services Committee aims ...Senate Crypto Bill Now on Hold Until Late February
Thursday 22nd January - 8:37 am
A major crypto market bill could reportedly be delayed for weeks in the U.S. Senate. The ...Prediction Market Insider Trading Drawing Increased Scrutiny
Wednesday 21st January - 8:22 am
The effort to uncover insider trading within prediction markets is reportedly gaining steam. That’s according to ...WalletConnect Pay CEO Bets Crypto Payments Can Finally Scale at Checkout
Monday 19th January - 4:03 am
Watch more: The Digital Shift: WalletConnect’s Jess Houlgrave Cryptocurrency payments have spent years hovering at the ...Regulators Rewrite How Blockchain Gets Built
Monday 19th January - 4:01 am
For much of blockchain’s commercial life, regulation functioned as a question mark rather than a ...This Week in Stablecoins: Card Payments, Crypto Policies and Bank Pushback
Friday 16th January - 11:43 am
Stablecoins are no longer knocking on the door of mainstream finance. As the headlines this week ...Visa, Mastercard and Revolut Lose UK Battle Over Interchange Fees
Thursday 15th January - 11:35 am
Visa, Mastercard and Revolut lost a fight over a proposed transaction fee cap in the ...Ripple Clears Cross-Border Payments Hurdle With EU Approval
Wednesday 14th January - 11:04 am
Ripple says it has secured an electronic money institution license in Luxembourg. The cryptocurrency company announced the approval Wednesday ...Legal Expert Says Bank Charters Are Crypto’s Credibility Play
Wednesday 14th January - 4:01 am
Watch more: TechReg Talks: Davis Wright Tremaine’s Steve Gannon The pursuit of bank charters by FinTechs ...Card Program Complexity Puts Scale-or-Stall Pressure on Issuers
Wednesday 14th January - 4:00 am
Card programs have become tools in modern payments, enabling banks, FinTechs and non-financial brands to ...CFPB and DOJ Say Creditors Can Consider Borrowers’ Citizenship Status
Monday 12th January - 2:59 pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and the Department of Justice withdrew a 2023 joint statement ...UK’s FCA Helps Crypto Firms Prepare for New Regulatory Regime
Friday 9th January - 6:04 pm
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority posted information for firms that want to offer crypto ...Ripple Secures Electronic Money Institution License and Crypto Asset Registration in UK
Friday 9th January - 5:12 pm
Ripple received permissions that allow it to scale Ripple Payments, its cross-border payment solution that ...Senate Sets Dueling Markups for High-Stakes Crypto Market Regulation
Friday 9th January - 11:08 am
This January is crunch time for the Senate on cryptocurrency market regulation efforts. After years of ...Congress Targets Regulation to Jumpstart New Community Banks
Thursday 8th January - 12:47 pm
A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday (Jan. 7) aims to support ...Meta’s $2 Billion Manus Deal Meets Regulatory Scrutiny in China
Thursday 8th January - 12:11 pm
Chinese regulators are investigating Meta’s $2 billion purchase of artificial intelligence startup Manus, CNBC reported ...Fed Draws a Hard Line Between Payments and Banks
Tuesday 6th January - 12:11 pm
Connection to the Federal Reserve has always meant more than mere plumbing. It is the difference ...Former OCC Chief Says Bank Charters Help Keep Crypto Compliant
Tuesday 6th January - 4:02 am
Watch more: TechReg Talks with Rodney Hood The U.S. banking charter, as the name implies, has ...DOT Looks to Loosen Airline Consumer Protection Rules
Monday 5th January - 5:14 pm
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) is pivoting away from aggressive regulatory oversight of the ...Goldman Says Crypto Rules Will Promote Institutional Adoption
Monday 5th January - 4:02 pm
Goldman Sachs reportedly sees more cryptocurrency adoption happening as regulations improve and new usages emerge. A ...Compliance Is Crypto’s New Cost of Doing Business
Friday 2nd January - 11:25 am
The cryptocurrency industry is turning over a new leaf in the New Year. And this ...Busy Year in Big Tech Regulation May Have Been a Warm Up for 2026
Thursday 1st January - 4:02 am
A new presidential administration in the United States and a new executive commission in the ...Money Laundering and Sanction Fines Fall 61% Amid US Deregulation
Wednesday 31st December - 2:08 pm
American regulators collected 61% less in money laundering/sanction breach fines in 2025. That’s according to a report Wednesday ...US Bill Takes Fresh Look at Bank-FinTech Partnerships
Tuesday 30th December - 11:45 am
For many financial institutions, particularly small banks and credit unions, collaborating with FinTechs has become ...FDIC Support Clears a Path for Tokenized Deposits to Scale
Monday 29th December - 5:59 pm
Tokenization is steadily reshaping how financial assets are recorded and moved, and support from regulators ...Cantor Fitzgerald Expects Institutional Adoption of Crypto to Continue in 2026
Monday 29th December - 3:59 pm
Cantor Fitzgerald reportedly expects institutional adoption of cryptocurrency to continue in 2026, even as the ...CFPB Drops High-Profile Cases and Signals a Narrower Agenda
Monday 29th December - 11:48 am
Once sharply focused on an expansive enforcement agenda, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has ...FASB to Consider Digital Assets Standards in 2026
Monday 29th December - 10:47 am
Two digital assets-related topics were reportedly among the first issues added to the Financial Accounting ...Looser Regs Boost Worldwide M&A Value 50% in 2025
Friday 26th December - 12:16 pm
The value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) announced worldwide in 2025 was reportedly the highest ...Payments Leaders Get Candid: The Boundaries That Defined 2025
Wednesday 24th December - 4:02 am
If 2025 felt like the year the future stopped “arriving” and started showing up in ...Crypto Loses the Hype but Wins the Banks
Wednesday 24th December - 4:00 am
For cryptocurrency markets, 2025 was a year that went full circle. Digital assets are ending the ...Generative AI Forces Copyright and Antitrust to Collide
Tuesday 23rd December - 4:00 am
Watch more: TechReg Talks: Penn State’s Daryl Lim Copyright and antitrust have long operated in parallel, ...Monzo Set to Expand to Ireland After Securing Full European Banking License
Monday 22nd December - 4:01 pm
Digital bank Monzo is set to expand to Ireland and other European markets after securing ...CFPB Says Earned Wage Access Products Are Not Loans
Monday 22nd December - 3:06 pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said Monday (Dec. 22) that certain earned wage access (EWA) products ...UK Allows Firms to Set Their Own Limits for Contactless Payments
Friday 19th December - 12:56 pm
The United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said rule changes that will take effect in ...OCC Reduces Regulatory Mandate Covering Citi’s Risk Management Systems
Thursday 18th December - 5:48 pm
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency terminated a July 2024 amendment to an ...Crypto Industry Leaders Discuss Market Structure Bill With Lawmakers
Wednesday 17th December - 4:06 pm
Cryptocurrency industry leaders and lobbyists are reportedly meeting with Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina ...Nuvei Gets OK to Offer Crypto Services in EU
Wednesday 17th December - 3:12 pm
Nuvei received approval to operate under the European Union’s new regulatory framework for cryptocurrency. The Canadian ...FDIC Proposes Rule for Banks Seeking to Issue Stablecoin Payments
Tuesday 16th December - 4:47 pm
In its first action to implement the GENIUS Act, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is considering ...SEC Signals Green Light for Finance’s Shift Toward Tokenization
Tuesday 16th December - 10:56 am
When it comes to cryptocurrency, the Securities and Exchange Commission is increasingly trading in its ...Bank of America Sees Payments Moving On-Chain as Regulators OK Stablecoins
Monday 15th December - 4:14 pm
Bank of America reportedly found that United States regulators are mapping out a plan for ...Cross-Border Payments Become a Strategic Chessboard for CFOs
Monday 15th December - 11:23 am
Digital wallets, compliance tooling and payment innovations are helping chief financial officers move from checkers ...UK Eyes Rules to Keep ‘Dodgy Actors’ Out of Crypto
Monday 15th December - 9:31 am
The United Kingdom is reportedly set to begin regulating cryptocurrencies starting in October 2027. The goal ...EU Finance Ministers Set to Call for Simpler Financial Services Regulations
Wednesday 10th December - 3:16 pm
European Union finance ministers will reportedly press for simplification of the bloc’s financial services laws ...Fed Signals Shift as Washington Targets Paper Checks
Wednesday 10th December - 11:37 am
Check usage continues to decline each year as consumers and businesses shift toward digital tools. ...OCC Reframes Crypto as Standard Banking Activity
Wednesday 10th December - 10:54 am
U.S. banking regulators are warming up to cryptocurrency in a way never seen before. For much ...Google’s AI Tools Face EU Antitrust Investigation
Tuesday 9th December - 8:38 am
Google is facing an antitrust investigation in Europe tied to its artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The European Commission (EC) announced Tuesday ...Meta Agrees to Give EU Users More Personalized Ad Choice
Monday 8th December - 10:57 am
Meta has agreed to offer users in Europe more choice about seeing personalized ads. The European Commission (EC) announced that agreement ...Trump to Sign Executive Order Preventing States From Regulating AI
Monday 8th December - 10:35 am
President Donald Trump said Monday (Dec. 8) that he will sign an executive order giving ...CFPB Workers in Limbo Following New White House Cutbacks
Sunday 7th December - 8:33 pm
It’s been almost a year since the White House began cutbacks at the Consumer Financial ...European Commission Fines X $140M, Alleging Digital Services Act Violations
Friday 5th December - 3:44 pm
The European Commission fined social platform X 120 million euros (about $140 million), saying it ...CFTC Says Listed Spot Crypto Products Will Begin Trading in Regulated Markets
Thursday 4th December - 4:55 pm
Listed spot cryptocurrency products will begin trading for the first time in U.S. federally regulated ...Citadel Under Attack for SEC Comments on Crypto Rules
Thursday 4th December - 12:14 pm
Citadel Securities wants American regulators to exercise caution when it comes to decentralized finance (DeFi). Writing to the U.S. ...European Central Bank to Propose Ways to Streamline Regulations
Wednesday 3rd December - 5:41 pm
The European Central Bank is reportedly set to announce proposals to simplify some of its ...Propel Holdings Gets OK to Launch Banking Services
Tuesday 2nd December - 12:54 pm
FinTech Propel Holdings received regulatory permission to launch its own bank. The approval came from the ...Economist Michael Noel Challenges How Regulators Police Big Tech
Tuesday 2nd December - 4:01 am
Consolidation reshapes industries of every size, from manufacturing to retail to digital markets. For the past ...FinCEN Urges Money Services to Be Extra Vigilant in Cross-Border Remittances
Friday 28th November - 6:40 pm
The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an alert Friday (Nov. 28) reminding ...Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Gains Approval From Abu Dhabi Regulator
Friday 28th November - 5:37 pm
Ripple said Thursday (Nov. 27) that its Ripple USD (RLUSD) stablecoin is positioned for further ...EU Wants PSPs and Online Platforms to Cover Fraud Losses
Friday 28th November - 4:03 pm
The European Parliament and the European Council advanced rules that they said would provide consumers ...FDIC Terminates AML Consent Orders Against Two Banks
Friday 28th November - 1:00 pm
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. terminated consent orders against New York-based Israel Discount Bank of ...Crypto Pushes Yield Boundaries With GENIUS Act Stalled
Wednesday 26th November - 11:48 am
The GENIUS Act, which aims to regulate stablecoins in the United States, was enacted on ...Bank Policy Institute Leads Opposition to Stripe Banking Charter
Monday 24th November - 4:55 pm
Four organizations submitted comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency opposing the ...Lenders Brace for CFPB’s Underwriting Shakeup
Monday 24th November - 4:32 pm
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Nov. 13 proposal to revise small business lending requirements under ...FDIC Capital Rules May Push Banks to Rethink FinTech Partnerships
Monday 24th November - 11:52 amThe Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s latest board agenda reads like a preview of the next ...European Central Bank Says Stablecoins Present Stability Concerns
Monday 24th November - 8:57 am
The European Central Bank (ECB) is calling for close oversight of stablecoins in its region. Use of the ...Lawmakers Encourage CFPB to Protect Consumer Choice While Rewriting Rule 1033
Friday 21st November - 5:14 pm
The chairman and vice chairman of the House Financial Services Committee are encouraging the Consumer ...Reserve Bank of India Has Reservations About Stablecoins
Thursday 20th November - 9:52 am
India’s central bank is reportedly taking a cautious stance on stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies. “Stablecoins, cryptos, ...Block Calls for $600 Tax Exemption to Bridge Bitcoin’s Usability Gap
Tuesday 18th November - 2:32 pm
The idea that bitcoin could be used to buy a cup of coffee has been ...Nebraska Opens Digital Asset Bank Charters Gate as Challenges Remain
Monday 17th November - 1:02 pm
Digital asset banking refers to depository institutions offering services built around tokenized or blockchain-native assets, ...SEC to Propose Corporate Governance Rules to Stop ‘Weaponization of Shareholder Proposals’
Friday 14th November - 3:29 pmThe Securities and Exchange Commission will be coming out with proposed rules and clarifications for ...CFPB Redraws Small Business Line at $1 Million in Revenue
Wednesday 12th November - 6:13 pm
America’s consumer finance watchdog wants to pare back and slow its small‑business lending data rule. The ...
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