Banking and Finance Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Oct 16, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts from the banking and financial services community.

• Competitive Enterprise Institute Blog, Katie Porter’s exchange with CFPB’s Kraninger revisited amid new revelations, by Ryan Young

• Center for Global Development Blog, How Will the International Financial Institutions Manage the Stablecoin Stampede?, by Karen Mathiasen and Nico Martinez

• The CLS Blue Sky Blog, The Intersection of Cryptocurrency Regulation and Foreign Policy Is Testing Conflict-of-Interest Rules, by David Krause

• The CLS Blue Sky Blog, Sullivan & Cromwell Discusses Proposed FDIC and OCC Rules to Prohibit Regulators’ Use of Reputation Risk, by Catherine M. Clarkin, Kethan T. Dahlberg, Robert W. Downes, and Mario Schollmeyer

• Consumer Finance Monitor, DoJ attorneys say government shutdown restricts their ability to file response in suit challenging CFPB firings, by John L. Culhane, Jr. and Richard J. Andreano, Jr.

• Consumer Finance Monitor, NCUA’s Hauptman vows to prohibit regulation through enforcement, by John L. Culhane, Jr. and Richard J. Andreano, Jr.

• Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog, North Dakota Launches State’s First Stablecoin, by A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia, and Maxwell Earp-Thomas

• Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog, Arizona Cryptocurrency Kiosk Law Takes Effect, by A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia, and Maxwell Earp-Thomas

• Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog, New California Law on Servicing of Second Mortgages Causes Confusion Among Lenders and Servicers, by A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia, and Sherwin Root

• Credit Slips, The Letitia James Indictment Falls Short, by Adam Levitin

• Financial Services Perspectives, First Circuit Strikes Additional Blow Against the Value of an OCC Charter, by David T. Long Jr., Robin-Renee Keys, Andrew J. Narod, and Robert Maddox

• BankNotes Blog, A Cure Worse Than the Disease: Massive Expansion in Deposit Insurance Would Worsen, Not Improve, Financial Stability, by Sean Campbell

• Beyond the First 100 Days, OCC Takes Action to Curtail Debanking, by Betty M. Huber, Arthur S. Long, Parag Patel, Pia Naib, Ed Reynolds, Richard Reynolds, and Deric Behar

• Americans for Financial Reform Blog, Trump Administration Lets Loose the Dogs of Crypto: Dropped Enforcement Cases Give Green Light to Crypto Grifters, by Iván Cazarín

• The Regulatory Review, Revisiting Congressional Oversight, by James Goodwin and Federico Holm

• Financial Services Blog, OCC’s New Initiatives to Ease Regulatory Burden on Community Banks, by Helen Lee, Gregory Parisi, James Stevens, and Seth A. Winter

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send the Banking and Finance Law Daily editors a note at BFLD@wolterskluwer.com, with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: Catherine M. Clarkin, Kethan T. Dahlberg, Robert W. Downes, and Mario Schollmeyer (Sullivan & Cromwell LLP). John L. Culhane, Jr. and Richard J. Andreano, Jr. (Ballard Spahr L.L.P). A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia, Sherwin Root, and Maxwell Earp-Thomas (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP). David T. Long Jr., Robin-Renee Keys, Andrew J. Narod, and Robert Maddox (Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP). Betty M. Huber, Arthur S. Long, Parag Patel, Pia Naib, Ed Reynolds, Richard Reynolds, and Deric Behar (Latham & Watkins LLP).

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