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Wyoming's new senator spreads gospel of financial innovation

By Neil Haggerty April 16, 2021 11:57 AM

"We need to innovate and innovation occurs when regulatory climates and opportunities in states are allowed to flourish," says Wyoming Senator Cynthia Lummis.

“There will be sort of this oversight entity that will be created to look at new technologies that don't neatly fit within a certain regulatory framework that already exists," Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., says of fintech legislation she is drafting.

Neil Haggerty

Reporter, American Banker

Innovation

Digital currencies

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