CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 9, 2020

ACFIN is a network of federal and state regulators that may include state attorneys general, state financial regulators, and federal financial regulators.

Utah 78

Utah South Carolina Tennessee Arizona 78

CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

ACFIN is a network of federal and state regulators that may include state attorneys general, state financial regulators, and federal financial regulators. The CFPB’s announcement invites innovators to request a meeting and describe the topic(s) they would like to discuss during their virtual session.

Colorado 78

Colorado South Carolina Tennessee Utah 78

CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 3, 2019

Paul formerly worked in the Arizona Attorney General’s office where he was in charge of fintech initiatives and led the state’s successful efforts to create the first “regulatory sandbox” in the United States which allows new financial technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment with reduced regulatory risk.

Arizona 60

Arizona Innovation Policies United States 60

PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

We recognize that so often the case is with new technology, there is a needle you have to thread,” he added later. “If If you don’t give any regulation at all, it has the chance to go off the rails and completely burn itself out, which is where I was fearing bitcoin was going to a couple months ago if they haven’t already. But the U.S.

Fintech 116

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 5, 2019

Earlier this year, Wyoming became the second state to create a financial technology (fintech) sandbox by enacting the “ Financial Technology Sandbox Act ” (Sandbox Act). Arizona was the first state to create a fintech sandbox and we will soon be publishing a blog post about Utah’s new fintech sandbox.)

Wyoming 60

Wyoming Fintech Arizona Financial Technology 60

Payments Source

MAY 3, 2018

Although there's often a tension between regulation and innovation, the sandbox concept can help startups, regulators and incumbent banks better navigate experimental financial technologies.

Fintech 70

Fintech Regulation Financial Technology Innovation 70

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Before joining the CFPB, Mr. Watkins was in charge of fintech initiatives in the Arizona Attorney General’s office and led the state’s successful efforts to create the first “regulatory sandbox” in the United States which allows new financial technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment with reduced regulatory risk.

Policies 60

Policies Arizona Regulation Innovation 60