House Financial Services Committee to Start 2026 with Fintech

The House Financial Services Committee will open its 2026 agenda with a hearing focused squarely on fintech, digital assets, and AI in financial services.​

What is happening

• The Committee’s January 2026 schedule shows that its first listed event is a Digital Assets, Financial Technology, and Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee hearing titled “Delivering for American Consumers: A Review of FinTech Innovations and Regulations.”​

• A fintech-focused outlet notes that the committee is “start[ing] the year on a high note by kicking off things by discussing Fintech,” underscoring that this hearing is the opening policy signal for 2026.​

Key details of the fintech hearing

• The hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM ET in Room 2128 of the Rayburn House Office Building.​

• It will examine fintech innovations and the regulatory framework around them, with attention to digital assets and artificial intelligence as they affect American consumers.​

Committee leadership and stance

• The committee is chaired by Representative French Hill (AR‑02), who has been described as favoring policies that enable fintech innovation and digital asset development compared with the prior Democrat-led committee.​

• Recent committee work has emphasized reducing perceived “debanking” of digital asset firms and moving toward clearer, more supportive regulation of digital assets and novel financial technologies.​

Broader January 2026 agenda around finance tech

• Following the fintech hearing, the committee’s January calendar includes sessions on CFIUS (foreign investment review) and monetary policy balance sheet issues, which both intersect with how capital and technology flows are governed.​

• Other planned hearings cover oversight of housing agencies and capital markets, showing that fintech and digital assets are being positioned alongside core topics like housing and retirement markets rather than as a niche side issue.​