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Fintech Bank Charters Back in the Spotlight
The debate over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granting specialty limited bank charters for financial technology companies is back, now with the addition of cryptocurrency and a new regulatory approach....By: Loeb & Loeb LLP
Plenty at Stake in a Budget of Two Halves
As part of the UK Budget measures on 26 November 2025, two announcements were made by the UK Government concerning, respectively, the tax reporting of cryptoassets and the taxation of decentralised finance (“DeFi”) involving the lending and staking of cryptoassets....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Top International Tax Law Insights of 2025: The Most-Read HMLLP Articles of the Year
From evolving cross-border tax rules to new opportunities in global business planning, 2025 brought significant developments affecting individuals, entrepreneurs, and companies operating internationally....By: Hone Maxwell
SFDR 2.0: EU Commission Proposes Overhaul of SFDR Regime
The European Commission has released a legislative proposal for the overhaul of the current Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation regime (SFDR 1.0), the EU’s disclosure framework for funds and other financial products integrating environmental and/or social aims....By: Morgan Lewis
UK FCA Discusses Possible Changes to Its Rules Regarding Consumer Access to Investments
The FCA has published a discussion paper in which it considers possible changes to its rules regarding consumer access to investments and invites feedback from consumers and the industry to help it formulate future policy. In doing so, the FCA has given a helpful indication of which specific issues and investment types it is concerned about and the possible future direction of regulatory travel....By: Hogan Lovells
Treasury Places Kiddie IRA Accounts Under the Christmas Tree
The 2025 legislation, commonly referred to as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (the “OBBBA”), established a new form of individual retirement accounts (“IRAs”) for individuals under 18 (“Child IRAs”). On December 2, 2025, the IRS published Notice 2025-68 (the “Notice”), describing the mechanics of these Child IRAs and announcing its intent to publish proposed regulations....By: Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP
Targeted Support Update – FCA Publishes Near-Final Rules on New Form of Advice
On 11 December 2025, the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published PS25/22, which contains its near final rules on the new concept of “targeted support” which firms can use to help consumers make their investment decisions. Targeted support will be available for investment products and pensions only....By: Hogan Lovells
The Payments Newsletter Including Digital Assets & Blockchain, December 2025
Key developments of interest over the last month include: China and Vietnam launching a cross-border QR code payment system to strengthen regional payment connectivity; Banks and EMIs facing detailed new information and account direct deduction obligations as the Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 receives Royal Assent; the Council of the EU and the European Parliament reaching provisional political agreement on the texts of the proposed PSD3 and Payment Services Regulation;...By: Hogan Lovells
DCP+ Podcast Episode 4: Georgina Merhom on How Quality Data Can Transform Financial Services, Part 1
In this episode, hosts Kaylee Cox Bankston and Boris Segalis discuss their latest favorite uses of AI and the new CCPA developments before sitting down with Georgina Merhom, data scientist and founder of Solo, for the first installment of a two-part conversation exploring the foundations of trustworthy data and AI in financial services....By: Morrison & Foerster LLP
[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Building Lasting Value with KPS Capital Partners’ Michael Psaros
How do you build a top-performing private equity firm that thrives across industrial, financial and economic cycles? In this episode of Private Market Talks, Michael Psaros, Co-Founder and Co-Managing Partner of KPS Capital Partners, joins partner Howard Beber to discuss KPS’ investment model focused on price discipline, operational transformation and partnership with management teams. Michael explains how KPS identifies value where others don’t and how his team consistently delivers returns...By: Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast
California climate disclosure laws: CARB issues draft regulations
On December 9th, the California Air Resources Board ("CARB") issued draft regulations implementing SB 253 (the Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act) and SB 261 (the Climate-related Financial Risk Act) (the "Regulations"). CARB also issued a staff report outlining CARB's rationale for the Regulations and a notice of public hearing to consider approval of the Regulations....By: White & Case LLP
Trump accounts: The basics
On December 2, 2025, the Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the new “Trump accounts,” which were created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The following questions and answers provide some of the basics of these new Trump accounts......By: McAfee & Taft
The Impact of the ASC 842 Lease Accounting Standards on a Toll Agreement for Stand-Alone BESS
The Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) recent lease accounting standards (ASC 842) are impacting toll agreements for stand-alone battery energy storage systems (BESS). These standards require offtakers (lessees) to recognize assets and liabilities arising from an operating lease with a term greater than 12 months, which affects the lessees’ initial measurement of the lease liability....By: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
New Mandatory Trainings for Local Government Elected Officials, Appointees and Certain Staff
The following training requirements are triggered on January 1, 2026: Department heads and certain staff must take a minimum of two hours of ethics training every two years (commonly known as “AB 1234 ethics training”); Elected officials, certain appointees and department heads (and equivalent staff positions) must take two hours of fiscal and financial training every two years....By: Best Best & Krieger LLP
OCC Conditionally Approves National Trust Bank Charter Applications and Issues Interpretive Letter 1188, SEC Issues Tokenization No-Action Letter and House Passes INVEST Act
Last week, federal regulators took several notable steps affecting digital asset markets. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced conditional approval of five national trust bank charter applications. It also issued Interpretive Letter 1188, confirming that national banks may engage in riskless principal crypto-asset transactions, intermediary transactions in which a bank purchases an asset from one counterparty for immediate resale to another. The OCC also reiterated its...By: Paul Hastings LLP
The Ohio SALT Chronicle - Issue 5
The nation recently slid past Black Friday and now is bounding through the busy holiday retail season. Retailers should be preparing for a unique challenge that awaits in the New Year....By: Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Spreading the wealth: Sovereign funds step up their deal activity
For years, sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) were viewed as discreet operators, circling the edges of global M&A. They quietly diversified away from domestic markets, largely by committing capital to PE funds. Recently, however, sovereign investors have emerged as one of the most assertive forces in global dealmaking....By: White & Case LLP
Northern dealmaking heats up: Nordic M&A and PE activity on the rise in 2025
Economies across the Nordic region are posting steady growth despite geopolitical headwinds. Denmark has had a relatively strong year, with its economy set to grow 2 percent in 2025. Underlying factors such as healthy industrial production, renewed North Sea gas extraction and demand for pharmaceutical exports are all contributing to this expansion....By: White & Case LLP
Strategic Planning for Protecting Your Intellectual Property Rights Before Seeking Investment in the US: A Playbook for Foreign Investors
Executive Summary - Foreign investors entering the U.S. market face compressed timelines, intense competition, and exacting diligence. Intellectual property — patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyrights — is a core asset of a foreign investor’s business in the U.S. that increases valuation of the U.S. entity. Yet, many foreign investors prioritize setting up a U.S. entity or other structures, selecting the physical location of a U.S. office or manufacturing site, or applying for work...By: Troutman Pepper Locke
IRS Continues to Tighten its Focus on U.S. Cryptocurrency Investors
2025 has brought substantial new challenges as the IRS continues to tighten its focus on U.S. cryptocurrency investors. Cryptocurrency brokerages are required to report gross proceeds for each digital asset transaction they manage on IRS Form 1099-DA. This requirement applies to all digital currency transactions on or after January 1st of this year (2025)....By: Allen Barron, Inc.
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