Brian Knight
Director of innovation and governance and senior research fellowBrian Knight is the director of innovation and governance and a senior research fellow at Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Brian Knight is the director of innovation and governance and a senior research fellow at Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Regulatory sandboxes can create a lot of opportunity for the winners but inadvertently put losers at a competitive disadvantage.
There’s no reason for the central bank to prohibit nonbank financial firms from entering the payments system as long as appropriate rules are put in place to protect against risk.
There’s no reason for the central bank to prohibit nonbank financial firms from entering the payments system as long as appropriate rules are put in place to protect against risk.
Federal and state regulators are at odds over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s new licensing program, but there are ways to improve current law to appease both sides.
Federal and state regulators are at odds over the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s new licensing program, but there are ways to improve current law to appease both sides.
A long-term discussion about rethinking rules of the credit market is worth having, but for right now Congress should restore clarity by correcting the Second Circuit’s mistake.
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika should take some time to assess whether the agency’s fintech charter is developing in a way that best serves the public.
The OCC’s draft fintech charter requirements are far from perfect. States can seize this chance and collectively create a better regulatory environment for fintechs.
The new president should establish a pro-innovation culture that avoids picking winners and losers and blocks regulations that unduly hamper innovation.
Refusing to let innovators experiment in a permissive environment keeps regulators in the dark, and ultimately, prevents progress in financial services.