US Securities And Exchange Commission Commissioner Piwowar Calls For SEC To Take The Lead On FinTech

On November 14, 2016, SEC Commissioner Michael S. Piwowar spoke at the SEC's Financial Technology Forum, calling for the SEC to take "the lead regulatory role" in the FinTech space, noting that the SEC is "uniquely situated" to do so. Piwowar claimed the current regulatory struggle for financial technology firms is not dealing with any specific regulation, but dealing with navigating multiple regulators and possibly contradictory regulation. He stated that the SEC is the ideal regulator for FinTech companies because many financial technology firms are already SEC registrants and...