Banking to Bitcoin: Prognostications From a Former DFPI Commissioner

Please join us for a complimentary luncheon featuring guest speaker Manuel Alverez discussing the future of banking and digital currency.

Alverez is the former commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). During his tenure as commissioner, he led the department through a transition that has become the national model for regulating emerging financial technologies while fostering consumer protections and responsible innovation.

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Lending in an Inflationary Environment

Please join us for our upcoming program.

Principal speaker will be Melissa Landay, who is the Market Executive for the Wells Fargo commercial banking San Francisco East Bay market.  Jeff Browning of McGuireWoods will moderate.

NOTE: IN PERSON ATTENDEES CAN SUBMIT PAYMENT HERE.

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Examining the Past, Present and Future of Overdraft Fees and Related Charges

Please join us for our upcoming program.

The participants are:

Moderator:  Stefan Lawrence, First Republic Bank

Panelists:   Kristen Larson, Ballard Spahr

Brian Montgomery, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

John Dockry, Wells Fargo Bank

James McGuire, Buckley LLP

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Regulatory Round Up Program – October 3rd

The San Francisco Bank Attorneys Association

Alicia A. Baiardo, Partner, McGuire Woods, SFBAA President

and

Financial Women of San Francisco

Melissa Maquilan Radic, Managing Director, IMPACT Community Capital, FWSF President

invite you to attend a special presentation

“Regulatory Round Up: Legal, Regulatory and Technology Developments in the Financial Services Industry”

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3rd

8:30 am registration, continental breakfast and networking**

9:00 am to 11:30 am program

Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

101 Market Street, San Francisco, 4^th Floor Market Street Dining Room

We are back and in person! A panel of distinguished financial services experts will discuss legal, regulatory and technology developments impacting the financial services industry, fintech challenges, cybersecurity threats, new payments developments, consumer protection enforcement, outlook on regulatory supervision, and more.

Who should attend? Financial services attorneys, financial services and fintech executives, compliance, audit and risk officers, and interested members of the legal and business community

Welcome:  Hilary Gevondyan, Deputy General Counsel, First Republic Bank

Moderator:  Maureen A. Young, Sr. Managing Counsel, Sr. Regulatory Counsel, SVP, Bank of the West

Speakers:

Michele Alt, Partner and Co-Founder, Klaros Group

Avery Belka, Deputy General Counsel and Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Elvis M. Chan, Asst. Special Agent in Charge, FBI San Francisco, Cyber Branch

Michael Flynn, Of Counsel, Buchalter

Kevin Gould, Director of Government Relations, EVP, California Bankers Association

Walter Mix, Managing Director, Financial Services Practice Group Leader, BRG

MCLE accreditation for 2.25 general hours is anticipated for California.  Buchalter certifies that this activity conforms to the standards for approved education activities prescribed in the rules and regulations of the State Bar of California governing minimum continuing legal education.

No admission fee but RSVP required by September 28th to Martha Pineda, [email protected], (415) 227-3571. **Please arrive by 8am to clear the FRBSF’s Security check and get upstairs. Because of construction, enter on the Main Street side of the FRBSF.  Please bring your vaccination card.

Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019

Judge Hannah L. Blumenstiel (Bankr. N.D. Cal.) will provide an overview of the Small Business Reorganization Act of 2019, describing its advantages and disadvantages from a creditor’s perspective.  In addition, Judge Blumenstiel will discuss emerging trends in litigation pertaining to the SBRA.

Payactiv’s Path to a CFPB Approval Order: Shifting Regulatory Winds in Consumer Financial Services

The program will feature Aaron Marienthal, GC of Payactiv, and David Deitchman of  Tally, discussing Earned Wage Access (“EWA”) products, DFPI and a new treasury rule that proposes a change for those that offer EWA products.

“The Long Arm of the Law: Perspectives from the Prosecutors” (we’ve got current and former NYS regulators)

The panelists are Travis Hill, Don Nguyen, and Adam Pollock with Kevin Frankel as moderator.  The program will cover FCPA and AML enforcement and how the laws come into contact with banks; the current wave of deed fraud in real estate enforcement; and qui tam actions and the interplay between the plaintiff’s bar, state AGs, and how financial institutions can get caught in the mix.

While the panelists will be virtual, we are offering an in-person component at McGuireWoods’ San Francisco offices for those who would like to attend.  Since the panelists are virtual, we would like to reduce the price of the lunch to $55/head.

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The Promise and Substantial Risks of the US Digital Dollar

Dan Wheeler will be discussing the legal and policy ramifications of a U.S. central bank digital currency (the “digital dollar”).  Does the Federal Reserve have the authority and ability to implement the digital dollar?  What sort of efficiencies can be achieved by the digital dollar?  What industries would be disrupted?  How could the government use a digital dollar to invade privacy and control our lives?  Dan will discuss why digital currencies are so appealing to governments such as China and whether effective safeguards are possible.

Dan Wheeler is a longtime banking and fintech regulatory lawyer and a past president of the SFBAA.  He is a co-founder and the CEO of Sunstone Trust Company, the only new trust company formed in California in over 15 years.  Prior to successfully chartering Sunstone, Dan was the general counsel of a cryptocurrency company.  Before he became a full time entrepreneur, Dan was a partner at Bryan Cave and practiced law for over 20 years.

“Double Trouble” – State and Federal Developments

A pithy discussion of current state and federal legislative and regulatory developments from Kevin and Maureen.

Kevin Gould, California Bankers Association, EVP, Director of Government Relations

Maureen Young,  Bank of the West, Senior Managing Counsel, Senior Regulatory Counsel, SVP