As scrutiny of Buy Now Pay Later increases, so too do satisfaction scores among customers using the short-term financing mechanism structured like an installment loan.
New regulations for peer-to-peer lending in Thailand are scheduled for approval by the end of the year; the new regulations will be formulated from an open comment, public hearing which ended on October 15; a licensing process is also expected to follow in 2017. Source
Representative Patrick McHenry says Dodd-Frank reform is not likely to make it to the House of Representatives until June or July; he is confident in major changes for the regulation from the House of Representatives however he foresees opposition from Senate democrats; in an interview with WSJ Pro Financial Regulation he also provided his insight on a range of regulatory aspects which could be integrated into legislation in various ways. Source
PeerIQ's weekly newsletter provides insight from a week in Washington, D.C. beginning with the SEC's Fintech Forum on Monday, November 14; Ram Ahluwalia participated as a panelist providing an industry perspective on the "Capital Formation" panel; newsletter also provides details on potential terms from the OCC in their fintech charter and highlights three bills affecting fintech; PeerIQ also discusses the effect of capital and liquidity rules on asset-backed securities from banks. Source
Last week with little fanfare or media coverage a House subcommittee met to discuss crowdfunding. The purpose of the meeting...
Preserving singleness of money as stablecoins are introduced are just one of the challenges UK regulators will face in ongoing regulation.
It was the 19th century German leader Otto von Bismarck who said, “Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to...
Proposed regulations recently released by the Treasury Department help bring added clarity to participants in the digital asset economy. But the process is far from over. Investors, centralized crypto exchanges, payment processors, some hosted wallet providers, and some decentralized exchanges are the most affected. Miners, stakers and developers are not impacted.
Regulators have traditionally responded to bad actors in financial innovation by attacking the underlying technology versus those wielding it as a weapon.
A new report by NextGen Crowdfunding documents increasing use of Reg. A+ as the regulatory umbrella for real estate crowdfunding and other financial offerings; Reg. A+ was finalized in June 2015 as a means for non-accredited investors to access private offerings; companies can raise up to $50 million per year under Reg. A+; across all sectors, 131 companies to date have filed under Reg. A+, with 38% of these filings being by real estate and financial services platforms and many others being IT startups; roughly half of the filers are using "Tier 1" rules for Reg. A+, meaning they will continue to register in individual states as well as at the federal level, and half are filing "Tier 2", seeking national fundraising scope while avoiding the added prudence of vetting against state rules. Source