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• Distilling U.S. Regulatory Environment and Market Access Considerations for Growing FinTechs

  10/22/2019
  The rise of global FinTech has brought markets together and enabled cross-border business formation and innovation, but local regulations still prevail worldwide. The United States, with its developed capital markets, solid investor base and deep pool of talent within the finance and technology sectors, is a desirable location for FinTech businesses to expand or launch operations. But it’s also home to one of the most complex and sophisticated regulatory regimes in the world.
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  Shearman & Sterling’s Fintech Foundry, this week, launched Entering the U.S. Market: A Guide for Fintech Firms, a demystifying overview of the issues, regulations and resources that FinTechs from the United Kingdom and around the world will want to be aware of before they expand into the U.S.
  CATEGORIES: Big Data, Blockchain, CFTC, Cryptocurrencies/Virtual Currencies, Financial Services, FinTech Regulation, International FinTech, SEC, State Regulation, US Federal Regulation, EU, UK, Federal Reserve
• Federal Reserve Board Governor Speaks on Cryptocurrencies, Digital Currencies, and Distributed Ledger Technologies
  5/18/2018
  On May 15, 2018, Federal Reserve Board Governor Lael Brainard delivered a speech at the Decoding Digital Currency Conference, sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, outlining some of her own thoughts on cryptocurrencies, digital currencies, and distributed ledger technologies. 
  
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  CATEGORIES: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies/Virtual Currencies, Federal Regulation, Financial Services, FinTech Regulation, ICOs, US Federal Regulation, Federal Reserve