Pia Naib
Latham & Watkins LLP
Articles
The Systemic Importance of Cloud-Based Service Providers to Banks
USA - September 5 2019 US lawmakers urge FSOC to designate cloud-based storage systems used by major banks as systemically important financial market utilities. In an…
OCC’s New Comptroller Announces Innovative Fintech Initiatives
USA - July 30 2020 A new Payments Charter could enable entities to engage in payments-related activities on a nationwide basis, rather than by state…
Alan W Avery, Todd Beauchamp, Loyal T. Horsley, Charles Weinstein
Virtual Currencies: Court Rules that Selling Bitcoin Is Not Money Transmitting and Selling Bitcoin to Criminals Is Not a Crime
USA - August 31 2016 In State of Florida v. Espinoza, a trial court in Miami recently dismissed all charges against an individual Bitcoin exchanger, who was arrested in a…
Virtual currencies: New York State Department of Financial Services releases proposed regulations
USA - August 1 2014 On July 23, 2014, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYSDFS), the governmental agency that regulates the financial services and…
Responsible Financial Innovation Act Offers Clarity, Safeguards for Digital Assets — Banking and Payment Stablecoins
USA - July 7 2022 The RFIA could make it easier for FinTechs dealing in digital assets and stablecoins to access Federal Reserve Bank services…
