The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s LabCFTC recently released “A CFTC Primer on Smart Contracts” as part of LabCFTC’s effort to engage with innovators and market participants on a range of financial technology (FinTech) topics.

The Primer offers a clear and concise explanation of “smart contracts” and their potential impact on the CFTC’s mission to foster open, transparent, competitive, and financially sound futures and derivatives markets.
Continue Reading A Very Smart Primer on Smart Contracts—An Example of What One Financial Services Regulator is Doing to Foster FinTech

In an effort to promote the development of new financial technology (fintech) products, Mick Mulvaney, Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced last week the creation of the Office of Innovation. Mulvaney said the new division, to be run by Paul Watkins under the umbrella of the CFPB, is designed to foster