Through the past several weeks and months, the drumbeat’s grown louder for regulations at the federal level to govern nonbanks — especially FinTechs, neobanks and Big Tech. And while the goal may be uniformity, there’s still a lack of concrete detail about who would be...
Larger financial institutions have an edge over smaller ones in AI-related fraud prevention. That’s according to a new report from the U.S. Treasury on dealing with artificial intelligence (AI)-centered risks in the financial sector. “As more firms deploy AI, a gap exists in the data available to financial institutions for...
Federal officials are reportedly examining ways to expand deposit protections to halt a possible financial meltdown. As Bloomberg News reported Monday (Mar. 20), staff members at the Treasury Department are studying whether regulators have the authority to temporarily insure deposits above the traditional $250,000 limit...
The U.S. Department of Treasury is asking for public comment on any risks that digital assets pose in terms of illicit finance and national security. This Request for Comment (RFC) will be open through Nov. 3. It follows President Joe Biden’s executive order, “Ensuring Responsible...
March 27, 2024
Larger financial institutions have an edge over smaller ones in AI-related fraud prevention. That’s according to a new report from the U.S. Treasury on dealing with artificial intelligence (AI)-centered risks in the financial sector. “As more firms deploy AI, a gap exists in the data available to financial institutions for training models,” the department said in a press release accompanying […]
March 21, 2023
Federal officials are reportedly examining ways to expand deposit protections to halt a possible financial meltdown. As Bloomberg News reported Monday (Mar. 20), staff members at the Treasury Department are...
September 19, 2022
The U.S. Department of Treasury is asking for public comment on any risks that digital assets pose in terms of illicit finance and national security. This Request for Comment (RFC)...
September 08, 2022
The U.S. Treasury Department plans to advise the federal government to issue a digital dollar, though it will only officially sign off if there’s a government signal that it’s “in...