Podcast: Innovation and Inclusion with Fifth Third

In a recent speech, Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood outlined his top priorities for the OCC, including efforts to promote financial inclusion and expand the banks’ ability to provide cryptocurrency services.

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A bill to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins stalled in the Senate after it failed to generate enough votes to advance. Afterward, Senate Republicans vowed to continue working to pass the legislation.

The OCC said banks are free to engage in cryptoasset custody and execution services as long as such activities are carried out in a safe, sound and legal manner.

The OCC is seeking public input on the key challenges and barriers faced by community banks in the adoption and implementation of digital banking solutions.

Cyber threat actors are already harvesting encrypted data with the goal of decrypting it once quantum computers are more widely available.