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Senate Banking Committee hearing on P2P payment scams calls for updates to EFTA definitions

On February 1, the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on “Examining Scams and Fraud in the Banking System and Their Impact on Consumers,” and invited three panelists to testify,...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB’s Chopra testifies at Senate Banking Committee hearing

On November 30, the Director of the CFPB, Rohit Chopra, testified during the Senate Banking Committee’s hearing on the Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress. The Senate Banking Committee questioned Chopra on the Bureau’s...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Regulators address concerns at Senate Banking Committee hearing, receive written concerns regarding Basel III

On November 14, the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing where regulators, Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr, FDIC Chair Martin Gruenberg, NCUA Chair Todd Harper, and acting...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

FRB, FDIC, OCC and NCUA Testify at Congressional Oversight Hearings

This week, the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee held oversight hearings with leaders of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), the National Credit...more

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SAFER Act: Marijuana May Soon Become a Bigger Deal

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Proponents of marijuana reform have had cause for celebration in 2023. Despite challenges facing the industry, the political and social momentum surrounding cannabis is ticking upward. Most recently, the marijuana industry...more

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More Congressional Hearings on Bank Failures

This week, the Senate Banking Committee and the House Financial Services Committee held multiple hearings on bank failures that have occurred this year, with each committee holding a hearing with former leaders of the failed...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Congressional Hearings Calling Federal Regulators to Task for Recent Bank Failures

Both the Senate Banking Committee and House Financial Services Committee held hearings this week on the federal regulatory response to the failures of Silicon Valley Bank (“SVB”) and Signature Bank. Witnesses at both hearings...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Senate Banking Committee schedules Dec. 5 markup of regulatory reform bill

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Last week, members of the Senate Banking Committee announced that they had reached bipartisan agreement on “legislative proposals to improve our nation’s financial regulatory framework and promote economic growth.” ...more

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Who is Responsible for a Company’s Mood in the Middle? – the Wells Fargo Fiasco

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Wells Fargo’s cultural tone is not easily segregated between “top,” “middle” and “bottom.” Despite the recent cross-selling scandal, in which the CFPB led an enforcement action whose fines total a whopping $185 million,...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Week: Part V – Compliance is the Answer

I want to end this week’s review of the Wells Fargo scandal by considering what is at issue and what is at stake in this imbroglio. Unlike a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violation, Wells Fargo paid the relatively...more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Week: Part IV – Senior Management, the Board and Corporate Governance Issues

At least he fessed up that it was not the (non) rogue 5,300 employees that were responsible for defrauding Wells Fargo customers. At the Senate Banking Committee hearing, held on Tuesday 20th September, Wells Fargo Chief...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 9.21.16

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Testifying before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday, Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf admitted that the illegal sham-account-creation activity at the heart of its recent SEC fine may have begun earlier than first reported....more

Thomas Fox - Compliance Evangelist

Wells Fargo Week, Part III-the Bank Knew All Along

You know it is going to be a very bad day when, as a company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), you receive a letter asking the following, “Specifically, the committee should thoroughly examine this issue, including: How it is...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Senators Ask Banking Agencies to Outline FinTech Oversight

On July 21, 2016, Senators Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to the heads of five federal agencies requesting that they outline the steps they are taking to “ensure effective oversight” of the...more

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The 2014 Election: A Critical Juncture in Financial Services Legislation, Regulation, and Oversight

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As November draws closer, the financial services industry is staking out a front row seat in tracking the outcomes of the 2014 midterm elections. The 114th Congress’ legislative agenda in this area will be shaped in large...more

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