Tagged: senate

February 5, 2018 @ 5:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we reported this past weekend, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs, is queued up to hold a hearing on virtual currencies or cryptocurrencies. What makes this hearing interesting is the fact the two witnesses are the leading regulators in the cryptocurrency… Read More

December 7, 2017 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Mexican Senate passed a new bill that was designed to regulate fintech companies and cryptocurrency throughout the country. As previously reported, Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto declared in September that an initiative will be submitted to regulate and provide a legal framework for fintech… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 3:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mary Jo White, the Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, will be presenting before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. The open session, scheduled for this Tuesday, June 14 at 9AM, has been labeled, “Oversight of the US Securities and Exchange… Read More

February 11, 2016 @ 10:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Janet Yellen, Chair of the Federal Reserve, returns to Capitol Hill again today to continue her testimony.  Today she returns to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.  The hearing, entitled, “The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress”, will give Yellen a… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 3:11 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Colorado’s Senate today approved a bill that would make the state at least the 15th to create more straightforward regulations for residents who want to invest in Colorado companies through online intermediaries, noted the Associated Press. House Bill 1246, the Colorado Crowdfunding Act, would expand the pool of… Read More