News & Analysis as of

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Deregulation

Cozen O'Connor

The Race for the White House 2020: State AG Responses to a Trump or Biden Victory

Cozen O'Connor on

President Trump and former Vice President Biden have laid out sharply contrasting visions for the future of the country in their 2020 race for the White House. The winner’s vision and agenda will impact virtually every facet...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Publishes Spring 2020 Rulemaking Agenda

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB has published its Spring 2020 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2020 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. It represents the CFPB’s third rulemaking agenda under Director Kraninger’s...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

PLI 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute – 25% discount available

Ballard Spahr LLP on

PLI’s 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute will take place on March 23-24, 2020, in New York City (and by live webcast and groupcast in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and New...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Director Kraninger testifies at House and Senate hearings

Ballard Spahr LLP on

CFPB Director Kraninger was the sole witness at a House Financial Services Committee hearing thsi week on the Bureau’s Spring 2019 semi-annual report and at a Senate Banking Committee hearing yesterday on the report. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB announces changes to consumer complaint database

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB has announced a number of “enhancements” to its consumer complaint database.  In March 2018, the CFPB issued a request for information seeking comment on potential changes to its practices for the public reporting of...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 8.13.2019 | Top Story: Global Volatility Sends Bonds Yields to Near-Record Lows

Robins Kaplan LLP on

A volatile August on Wall Street has insiders asking whether we should be taking our cues from 1998 or 2007. With that in mind, our financial term of the week is “countercyclical capital buffer,” a wonkish special for you...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

State AGs urge CFPB not to change overdraft rule and to consider its expansion

Ballard Spahr LLP on

24 state attorneys general, the D.C. attorney general, and the Executive Director of the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection have sent a joint comment letter to the CFPB urging it not to make any changes to the Regulation E...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB publishes Spring 2019 rulemaking agenda

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB has published its Spring 2019 rulemaking agenda as part of the Spring 2019 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, which is coordinated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).  ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Chairwoman Waters introduces bill to reverse Mulvaney actions

Ballard Spahr LLP on

House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters has introduced the “Consumers First Act” (to be designated H.R. 1500), a modified version of a bill she introduced in the last session of Congress when Mr. Mulvaney...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

When Someone Shows You Who They Are, Believe Them the First Time: What a Blue Wave in the House Likely Means for Financial...

Moore & Van Allen PLLC on

Elections have consequences and the recent midterm elections are no exception. Having won the House majority, Democrats are expected to proceed with an ambitious agenda in January 2019. Much of the focus has been on how the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Regulation by Enforcement Is Dead: CFPB Chief

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Addressing the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) 2018 Annual Convention in Washington, D.C., on October 15, 2018, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney advised that regulation by enforcement is dead, and that he does not care...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Fall 2018 rulemaking agenda confirms plans to consider rulemaking on “abusiveness” standard

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB’s Fall 2018 rulemaking agenda has been published by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as part of its Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.  (OIRA is part of...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

A couple of big-time SCOTUS opinions released yesterday will leave their mark on the financial world— First, the High Court found that internet retailers can be “required to collect sales taxes in states where they have no...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Consumer advocacy groups ask to participate as amicus to oppose stay of CFPB payday loan rule compliance date

Ballard Spahr LLP on

Four consumer advocacy groups have filed a motion seeking leave to file an amicus memorandum opposing the joint motion filed by the CFPB and two trade groups that seeks a stay of the compliance date for the CFPB’s final...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Mulvaney comments on enforcement approach, use of disparate impact

Ballard Spahr LLP on

According to a Politico report, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, speaking at a Washington, D.C. event, commented on changes to the Bureau’s approach to bringing enforcement actions and the Bureau’s plans to review the use...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda contains significant changes under Mulvaney’s leadership

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB’s Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda has been published by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) as part of its Spring 2018 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.  ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

In what can only be deemed a major reversal, the White House has reportedly ordered its economic adviser and trade representative to study rejoining the Trans Pacific Partnership, just a year after yanking the US out of deal...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report, March 2018

Headlines: ...Lawsuits Challenging Overdraft Fees Continue Against Depository Institutions ...Broad Regulatory Relief Bill Passes Senate and Is Sent to House for Consideration ..FFIEC Issues Revised Guidance...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Where are the CFPB’s complaint and supervisory highlights reports?

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB has apparently decided to put its monthly complaint reports on hold. The CFPB’s last monthly complaint report was its October 2017 report, a “special edition” report that provided data on servicemember complaints...more

BCLP

CFPB Mulvaney Moments

BCLP on

Last week CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney had a busy speaking calendar in Washington, D.C. and we all should be listening. He addressed the Credit Union National Association (CUNA)’s Government Affairs Conference on...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB to look to state AGs for more leadership in enforcement arena

Ballard Spahr LLP on

In remarks yesterday at the winter meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, D.C., Mick Mulvaney indicated that the CFPB will be looking to state attorneys general for “much more collaboration...more

Troutman Pepper

The CFPB Under New Leadership: What to Expect in 2018

Troutman Pepper on

Speculation about the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been ever-present since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 Presidential election was first announced. Originally published in Delaware...more

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,...

CFPB’s Strategic Plan Reflects New Path

Last week, the CFPB issued its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2022. The Plan reflects Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s vision for the CFPB and reflects a contrasting vision to what was reflected in the prior draft which...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB FY 2018-2022 strategic plan reflects Mulvaney’s new approach

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB’s newly-released strategic plan for fiscal years 2018-2022 reflects the restrained approach to the CFPB’s exercise of its authority previously outlined by Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s designee as CFPB Acting...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Chipotle and founder Steve Ells—which built an empire on the idea of offering a healthier, more authentic Mexican experience than its Tex-Mex fast food rivals—are turning ironically enough to Taco Bell’s CEO Brian Niccol to...more

44 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide