Financial Services
The Future of Digital Asset Regulation (U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit)
Hearing The Future of Digital Asset Regulation Committee U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit Date June 23, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Regulation of Digital Assets: Subcommittee Members and the hearing’s witnesses remarked that the growing popularity and increasing volatility of digital assets necessitated that the assets receive more robust […]
Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending (U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations)
Hearing Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending Committee U.S. House Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Date July 13, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Small Business Lending by Financial Technology (FinTech) Companies: The hearing mainly focused on how small businesses were turning to FinTech companies to access capital. Subcommittee Members and […]
Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms (U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism)
Hearing Decriminalizing Cannabis at the Federal Level: Necessary Steps to Address Past Harms Committee U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism Date July 26, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Current Federal Prohibition of Cannabis: The hearing largely focused on the federal government’s current prohibition of cannabis and its impacts on […]
Protecting Investors and Savers: Understanding Scams and Risks in Crypto and Securities Markets (U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)
Hearing Protecting Investors and Savers: Understanding Scams and Risks in Crypto and Securities Markets Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Date July 28, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Scams and Frauds within the Cryptocurrency Market: The hearing focused on how an increasing number of financial scams and frauds were being applied to […]
New Consumer Financial Products and the Impacts to Workers (U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs)
Hearing New Consumer Financial Products and the Impacts to Workers Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Date September 13, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: New Consumer Financial Products: The hearing focused mainly on the growth of new consumer financial products, including buy now, pay later (BNPL) products and earned wage access (EWA) […]
Legislative Hearing to Review S.4760, the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry)
Hearing Legislative Hearing to Review S.4760, the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Date September 15, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022: The hearing mainly focused on the Digital Commodities Consumer Protection Act of 2022. This bipartisan legislation would provide the […]
Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy)
Hearing Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy Date September 20, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Alternative Payment Systems: The hearing largely focused on how other countries were pursing alternative payment systems to […]
State of Emergency: Examining the Impact of Growing Wildfire Risk on the Insurance Market (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance)
Hearing State of Emergency: Examining the Impact of Growing Wildfire Risk on the Insurance Market Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance Date September 22, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Growing Prevalence and Increasing Intensity of Wildfires in the U.S.: The hearing largely focused on the growing prevalence […]
Developments in State Cannabis Laws and Bipartisan Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level (U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties)
Hearing Developments in State Cannabis Laws and Bipartisan Cannabis Reforms at the Federal Level Committee U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Date November 15, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The U.S. Cannabis Policy Landscape: The hearing examined the U.S. cannabis policy landscape and how the federal government and […]
Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse (U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry)
Hearing Why Congress Needs to Act: Lessons Learned from the FTX Collapse Committee U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Date December 1, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Recent Collapse of FTX: The hearing focused on how hedge fund Alameda Research’s financial troubles had caused cryptocurrency exchange FTX and most of its affiliated companies […]
E, S, G and W: Examining Private Sector Disclosure of Workforce Management, Investment, and Diversity Data (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets)
Hearing E, S, G and W: Examining Private Sector Disclosure of Workforce Management, Investment, and Diversity Data Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Investor Protection, Entrepreneurship, and Capital Markets Date December 8, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: Corporate Disclosure of Workforce Metrics and Human Capital Investments: The hearing considered the merits of having […]
Investigating the Collapse of FTX, Part I (U.S. House Committee on Financial Services)
Hearing Investigating the Collapse of FTX, Part I Committee U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Date December 13, 2022 Hearing Takeaways: The Collapses of FTX and Alameda Research: The hearing focused on the recent collapses of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its affiliated hedge fund Alameda Research (which was owned by former FTX CEO Sam […]