About the Course
Introduction
This CLE course will outline key provisions of the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (GENIUS Act), compliance requirements and deadlines, strategic implications for financial institutions and payment stablecoin issuers, and how this law reshapes the regulatory landscape for payment stablecoins.
Description
Blockchain technology and digital assets have transformed traditional financial systems by offering new ways to conduct transactions. Starting with Bitcoin, digital assets have grown to include governance tokens, tokenized real-world assets and securities, nonfungible tokens, and stablecoins. Stablecoins are of particular interest because of their stability—they are pegged to a reserve asset—a fiat currency like the U.S. dollar, a commodity like gold, etc.
Now that stablecoins are a dominant force in the digital asset market, they have become a central focus of regulatory scrutiny and financial crime enforcement. To address market, industry, and consumer concerns, the GENIUS Act was enacted. The GENIUS Act establishes a federal framework governing the issuance, operation, and oversight of payment stablecoins, digital instruments now acting globally as cash equivalents.
More than a regulatory update and a new prudential framework, the Act establishes a new competitive arena for banks, fintechs, and crypto firms. Its framework integrates elements of banking regulation, payments supervision, and digital-asset risk management, implementing new requirements across reserve management, governance, reporting, cybersecurity, and financial crimes compliance, effectively elevating stablecoin issuance to a regulated financial activity. For legal and compliance teams, it creates a new class of regulated entities with distinct statutory rights and obligations. For financial services executives, the GENIUS Act represents both a competitive threat and a strategic opportunity.
During this webinar, our authoritative panel of banking and commercial financing attorneys will examine core provisions of the Act, including licensing requirements for permitted payment stablecoin issuers (PPSI); reserve and reporting obligations; governance, custodial, and safekeeping restrictions for service providers; cybersecurity standards; finance crime protections including AML efforts; fee and redemption disclosure requirements; and more. Attendees will gain insight into key compliance deadlines, strategic implications for financial institutions, and more.
Listen as our authoritative panel outlines key features of the GENIUS Act, shares compliance strategies under the Act, and discusses industry impacts.
Presented By
Ms. Griffin focuses her practice on the representation of bank and non-bank financial institutions, financial services and financial technology companies, digital asset platforms, payment networks and investment firms on transactional and regulatory issues in all areas related to the provision of payments. She has advised clients on issues related to global product development, enforcement actions and regulatory compliance, as well as acquisitions, investments and commercial arrangements between parties in the global payments space. Ms. Griffin regularly counsels clients on compliance with federal and state law applicable to electronic payments, mobile payments, digital assets (including cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), in-game currencies, stablecoins and central bank digital currencies) and prepaid access, including state and federal money transmission laws and licensing regimes, state and federal gift card laws, Regulation E and the Bank Secrecy Act. She is a frequent author and lecturer on Fintech and other cutting-edge issues.
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This 90-minute webinar is eligible in most states for 1.5 CLE credits.
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Date + Time
- event
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
- schedule
1:00 PM ET /10:00 AM PT
I. Stablecoin basics: What they are and why they matter
A. Fiat, commodity, and crypto-backed
B. Algorithmic stablecoins
II. Regulatory framework under the GENIUS Act and key definitions
III. The three PPSI categories and how to become one
IV. Capital and financial resource requirements for PPSIs
A. Liquidity and reserve demands
B. Redemption transparency, disclosures
C. Rehypothecation reserve limits
D. Strict Limits on rehypothecation of reserves
V. Custodian and safekeeping service provider requirements
VI. IT risk management standards under the Act
VII. Bank Secrecy Act and sanctions compliance oversight: domestic and foreign issuers
VIII. Limitations on permitted stablecoin activities, tying arrangements, and marketing practices
The panel will review these and other key issues:
- What are the key definitions of the GENIUS Act?
- How do banks and other institutions satisfy PPSI licensing requirements?
- What are the liquidity and reserve requirements under the Act?
- How do issuers satisfy the custodial and safekeeping service provider requirements of the Act?
- What do banks, financial institutions, and counsel need to know about redemption transparency and reserve disclosure standards, and what does compliance look like?
- What are the information technology protection requirements of the Act, and how can issuers meet these standards?
- How does the Act address financial crime mitigation and reporting, including expectations for Bank Secrecy Act, AML standards, and related sanctions?
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