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White House Reportedly Plans Crypto and Prediction Markets Gathering, SEC Postpones Regulation Crypto Vote, SEC Staff Issues No-Action Letter on Tokenized Fund... jdsupra.com/legalnews/white-…
White House Reportedly Plans Crypto and Prediction Markets Gathering, SEC Postpones Regulation...

White House Reportedly Plans Crypto and Prediction Markets Gathering, SEC Postpones Regulation...

The White House is reportedly planning a gathering of crypto and prediction market executives for Aug. 19, one day before the CFTC’s new Innovation Advisory Committee holds its first meeting. The...

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FDIC Considers Industry Standard-Setting Organization for Third-Party Service Providers jdsupra.com/legalnews/fdic-c…
FDIC Considers Industry Standard-Setting Organization for Third-Party Service Providers

FDIC Considers Industry Standard-Setting Organization for Third-Party Service Providers

According to an exclusive Bloomberg Law report, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is considering plans to work with banking and financial technology industry groups to establish a new...

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Weekly Blockchain Blog - August 2026 #3 jdsupra.com/legalnews/weekly…
Weekly Blockchain Blog - August 2026 #3

Weekly Blockchain Blog - August 2026 #3

U.S. Companies Expand Digital Asset Networks, Seek OCC Trust Charters - A major U.S. and international payments company recently announced that “Ramps,” its “global cash and digital...

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FDIC requests comment on GENIUS Act Forms jdsupra.com/legalnews/fdic-r…
FDIC requests comment on GENIUS Act Forms

FDIC requests comment on GENIUS Act Forms

On July 17th, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) put out a request for comment on “Reporting Forms and Instructions Associated with FDIC-Supervised Permitted Payment Stablecoin...

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Navigating China's regulatory landscape for AI applications in the financial industry jdsupra.com/legalnews/naviga…
Navigating China's regulatory landscape for AI applications in the financial industry

Navigating China's regulatory landscape for AI applications in the financial industry

In China, financial institutions are already subject to a multi-layered regulatory framework governing data security and AI technologies, comprising:: (i) horizontal AI and data rules (for...

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FATF Report On Regulatory Challenges From Decentralised Finance jdsupra.com/legalnews/fatf-r…
FATF Report On Regulatory Challenges From Decentralised Finance

FATF Report On Regulatory Challenges From Decentralised Finance

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has published a targeted report on the regulatory challenges posed by decentralised finance (DeFi). The report highlights the rapid growth of DeFi and its...

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Digital Risk Report, August 2026 jdsupra.com/legalnews/digita…
Digital Risk Report, August 2026

Digital Risk Report, August 2026

The August edition of the Digital Risk Report covers a dynamic mix of legal developments at the intersection of technology, privacy, and financial regulation. This month, we examine the latest...

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OCC Seeks Comment on Payment Stablecoin Licensing and Registration Applications jdsupra.com/legalnews/occ-se…
OCC Seeks Comment on Payment Stablecoin Licensing and Registration Applications

OCC Seeks Comment on Payment Stablecoin Licensing and Registration Applications

On July 27, the OCC requested public comment on the forms entities would file to apply to issue payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act, and the forms foreign issuers would file to register....

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OCC's Recent Charter Approvals Signal Momentum for Digital-Asset Bank Charters jdsupra.com/legalnews/occ-s-…
OCC's Recent Charter Approvals Signal Momentum for Digital-Asset Bank Charters

OCC's Recent Charter Approvals Signal Momentum for Digital-Asset Bank Charters

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's (OCC) conditional approvals for digital-asset national trust bank charters reflect accelerating momentum in this area. National...

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Payment Service or Ancillary Service? Clarifying the Scope of PSD2 jdsupra.com/legalnews/paymen…
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CLARITY’s Crunch Time: Senate Draft Seeks To Settle Familiar Fights jdsupra.com/legalnews/clarit…
CLARITY’s Crunch Time: Senate Draft Seeks To Settle Familiar Fights

CLARITY’s Crunch Time: Senate Draft Seeks To Settle Familiar Fights

Activity-based rewards survive, but deposit-like yield does not. Section 10404 would ban interest or yield on stablecoin balances while preserving genuine activity-based and transaction-based...

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Financial Services Snapshots - August 2026 jdsupra.com/legalnews/financ…
Financial Services Snapshots - August 2026

Financial Services Snapshots - August 2026

On 23 July 2026, ASIC announced that it is inviting industry feedback on its proposal to remake a legislative instrument which exempts low-volume financial markets from the requirement to hold an...

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Bermuda: nurturing digital development jdsupra.com/legalnews/bermud…
Bermuda: nurturing digital development

Bermuda: nurturing digital development

The business, investment and security landscape is being impacted by accelerating implementation of digital technologies and artificial intelligence. In this article, Carey Olsen Bermuda partner...

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NYDFS Proposes Rules to Enact Buy Now, Pay Later Statute jdsupra.com/legalnews/nydfs-…

NYDFS Proposes Rules to Enact Buy Now, Pay Later Statute

On July 15, 2026, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued a formal notice of proposed rulemaking to implement the New York Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act (BNPLA), enacted in May 2025.

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Financial Services AI Adoption Plan jdsupra.com/legalnews/financ…
Financial Services AI Adoption Plan

Financial Services AI Adoption Plan

HM Treasury (HMT) has published the financial services AI adoption plan, setting out next steps to accelerate safe AI adoption and innovation in the sector. The plan describes the UK's existing...

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Final Rules For New UK Crypto Regime: Stablecoin Issuance jdsupra.com/legalnews/final-…
Final Rules For New UK Crypto Regime: Stablecoin Issuance

Final Rules For New UK Crypto Regime: Stablecoin Issuance

On June 30, 2026, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a package confirming its final policy position for the new UK cryptoasset regime and areas subject to further consultation....

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California DFPI Appeals Trial Court Decision Rejecting Its “True Lender” Theory in OppFi Case jdsupra.com/legalnews/califo…
California DFPI Appeals Trial Court Decision Rejecting Its “True Lender” Theory in OppFi Case

California DFPI Appeals Trial Court Decision Rejecting Its “True Lender” Theory in OppFi Case

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has taken the next step in its challenge to a bank-fintech lending program by appealing the Los Angeles County Superior...

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Further, Faster, And Action: UK Wholesale Markets Digital Champion's Catalytic Plan jdsupra.com/legalnews/furthe…
Further, Faster, And Action: UK Wholesale Markets Digital Champion's Catalytic Plan

Further, Faster, And Action: UK Wholesale Markets Digital Champion's Catalytic Plan

There has been a notable mindset shift by UK policymakers and regulators (from the beginnings of 2025's thaw, to the regulators' watershed 2026 tokenisation joint vision reset). Tokenisation and...

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MoFo’s Financial Markets & Innovation # 24 jdsupra.com/legalnews/mofo-s…
MoFo’s Financial Markets & Innovation # 24

MoFo’s Financial Markets & Innovation # 24

Pennsylvania Rep. Proposes Prediction Market Framework - On July 22, a Pennsylvania representative introduced a bipartisan bill that would create a regulatory framework for...

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Colorado reaches settlement with rent payment processor over alleged unlawful card fees jdsupra.com/legalnews/colora…
Colorado reaches settlement with rent payment processor over alleged unlawful card fees

Colorado reaches settlement with rent payment processor over alleged unlawful card fees

On July 29, the Colorado attorney general (AG) announced that a rent payment processing company entered into a settlement resolving allegations that it violated the state’s surcharge and “junk...

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