On September 12, 2018 at 10:00am EDT, The Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs will hold an open session hearing entitled “Examining the Fintech Landscape.”  Witnesses will be: Mr. Lawrance Evans, Director, Financial Markets, U.S. Government Accountability Office; Mr. Eric Turner, Research Analyst, S&P Global Market Intelligence; and Mr. Frank Pasquale, Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.  The hearing will likely focus on a number of high-level topics including online lending issuance models, the push for federal charters, FinTech’s impact on credit availability, and the state licensure process.