FinTalk, published by Crowell & Moring LLP, focuses on legal developments and regulatory issues in financial services and related sectors. The blog covers topics such as management service organizations (MSOs) in law firms, third-party litigation funding and its regulatory frameworks in the US and UK, transparency and disclosure requirements for limited liability companies, and regulatory actions by financial authorities including FinCEN. It also addresses emerging areas like crypto-asset disputes and fintech regulatory challenges. The content includes analysis of legislative changes, compliance obligations, and enforcement actions affecting financial institutions, law firms, and investors.
For many asset-based lenders (“ABLs”) that do not take deposits, CRD VI’s branch requirements will not apply directly — but reliance on the non-bank carve-out requires careful, structure-specific analysis, and does not eliminate all regulatory risk.
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On June 4, 2026, Crowell partners Caroline Brown and Anand Sithian hosted the ACSS New York Chapter at the firm’s New York office for a panel discussion titled “Renewed Focus on Cartels, Transnational Criminal Organizations, and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Compliance…
Crowell was proud to serve as a sponsor of the recent New York University School of Law symposium on “Charting the Future of Litigation Finance.” The symposium brought together over 200 leading lawyers, academics, policymakers, and judges for an engaging…
Crowell is proud to serve as a sponsor of and speaker at the American Conference Institute (ACI) 20th annual flagship conference on economic sanctions enforcement and compliance over April 29-30, 2026. Crowell partner and co-chair of the Financial Services group,…
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Crowell was proud to serve as a sponsor of and speaker at the recent Association of Certified Sanctions Specialists (ACSS) annual U.S. conference on global sanctions and export controls. Crowell partners Anand Sithian and Caroline Brown spoke at the conference.…
Crowell was pleased to host and sponsor Opus Connect’s recent NYC Private Debt Roundtable. The event drew a group of private debt leaders for engaging and thoughtful discussion around some of the key challenges private debt firms face today, and…
Crowell was proud to serve as a sponsor of the recent Drinks & Discussion hosted by the International Legal Finance Association (ILFA). The event on April 16 brought together over 150 leading practitioners, funders, and professionals from across the legal…
On April 14, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued Venezuela General License 56, “Authorizing Commercial-Related Negotiations of Contingent Contracts with the Government of Venezuela” (GL 56), and Venezuela General License 57…
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