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APPENDIX I:
GLOSSARY OF RELEVANT REGULATORS
AND INNOVATION ARMS
Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC):
The CFTC is the primary U.S. regulator for derivatives
markets and their participants, including trading
facilities, clearing organizations and market
intermediaries such as swap dealers, futures
commission merchants and commodity trading
advisors.
PHONE: 202.418.5000
EMAIL: Questions@cftc.gov
INNOVATION ARM: LabCFTC (LabCFTC@cftc.gov)
Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS):
The CSBS is a national organization of the financial
regulators from all 50 U.S. states, the District of
Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
PHONE: 202.296.2840
CONTACT PAGE: https://www.csbs.org/contact-us
INNOVATION ARM: Emerging Payments and Innovation
Task Force (https://www.csbs.org/emerging-
payments-and-innovation-task-force)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB):
The CFPB has the primary authority to develop and
enforce consumer protection regulations applicable
to both banks and non-banks. The regulator also
examines the larger U.S. banks for compliance with
certain consumer laws.
PHONE: 855.411.2372
EMAIL: info@consumerfinance.gov
INNOVATION ARM: Office of Innovation
(OfficeOfInnovation@consumerfinance.gov)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC):
The FDIC is the primary federal regulator for
state non-member banks whose deposits are
insured by the FDIC. The FDIC is also a regulator
of FDIC-insured branch offices of foreign banks,
though there are no new FDIC-insured foreign bank
branches, only grandfathered ones.
PHONE: 877.275.3342
CONTACT PAGE: https://www.fdic.gov/about/contact/ask/
INNOVATION ARM: None
