California Corporate & Securities Law

I recently wrote about proposed legislation (SB 528) that would establish the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (I-Bank) as a depository institution.  The I-Bank, despite its name, does not currently accept deposits.  The bill ...

On Monday, California Assemblymembers Miguel Santiago and David Chiu announced that they intend to author a bill that would allow local governments to form their own local or regional public banks. The announcement refers to AB 857, but that bill...

One of the first bills introduced in the current California legislative biennium proposes to enact a Cannabis Limited Charter Banking and Credit Union Law.  Authored by Senator Robert M. Hertzberg, SB 51 is an attempt to address the fact that cannabis

Last Friday's post was inspired by a recent article written by Daniel Sanches entitled"Bitcoin vs. the Buck: Is Currency Competition a Good Thing?" Economic Insights (Vol. 3, Issue 2, p. 9) in which he observes:

"Indeed, for 150 years, U.S....

In 2014, the United States Congress enacted the American Savings Promotion Act, P.L. 113–251 (DEC. 18, 2014) permitting financial institutions to offer savings accounts, with the added feature of offering chances to win prizes. According to this...

Credit Unions got their start in Nineteenth Century Germany. In 1909, Roman Catholic textile workers opened the first credit union in the United States, St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association (later, renamed La Caisse Populaire Ste.-Marie). At...

Can the President say "You're Fired!" to an SEC Commissioner?