A closely divided Congress will limit financial services legislation but Biden appointees in key regulatory positions will have a large impact on the financial services policy agenda. The Biden administration is likely to...more
On October 10, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board), together with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, adopted a final rule to revise the...more
The CFPB recently updated two prior Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) webinars to reflect amendments to HMDA made by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, and the interpretive and procedural...more
Just before adjourning for the summer district work period, 13 Republicans from the Senate Banking Committee sent a letter pushing for expedited implementation of S. 2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer...more
In May 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act. Sometimes called the Crapo bill after its sponsor Sen. Michael Crapo, R.-Idaho, the act eliminated or...more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the "Act") hit national news channels in late May 2018 due to its sweeping relief from provisions of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer...more
• The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) rolls back some of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that were found to be overly burdensome and/or difficult to comply with, particularly for...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a statement regarding the partial exemption from Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) reporting requirements for certain lower mortgage volume depository...more
The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), signed into law on May 24, 2018, with immediate effect, amended multiple provisions of Dodd-Frank, including the capital requirements for loans...more
Increased Rule 701 threshold provides greater flexibility and reduces compliance costs for non-reporting companies. Recently enacted legislation rolling back Dodd-Frank directs the SEC to increase the Rule 701 enhanced...more
On May 24, 2018, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). The Act, which primarily focuses on rolling back certain regulatory provisions of the...more
• The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), which engendered substantial bipartisan support and was recently signed into law by President Donald Trump, amends parts of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
The Economic Growth Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which was signed into law by President Trump on May 24, 2018, directs the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend a significant provision of Rule...more
On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”). While much of the Act was designed to provide smaller financial institutions and community...more
Buried in new legislation mainly intended to ease Dodd-Frank restrictions on small banks is an expansion of Regulation A eligibility to include SEC reporting companies. ...more
President Trump has signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act ("Act"), with the principal goals of promoting U.S. economic growth, recalibrating burdensome rules, and strengthening...more
Just days after enactment of a partial Dodd-Frank rollback that included a substantial loosening of the Volcker Rule prohibitions against proprietary trading, the Federal Reserve Board of Governors kept the ball rolling with...more
On May 24, 2018, President Donald Trump signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act(the “Act”). This new law rolls back certain provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 (“Dodd-Frank”),...more
The Federal Reserve Board (FRB) has taken the first step toward providing banks meaningful relief from the Volcker Rule by soliciting public comment on a proposed rule that would simplify and streamline compliance....more
President Trump recently signed into law the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act, which is already making waves in the financial sector for its repeal of certain Dodd-Frank provisions that were...more
With the long-awaited passage of Senate Bill 2155 by the House of Representatives on Tuesday, and the President’s signature two days later, financial institutions are beginning to breathe a major sigh of relief. And for many...more
On May 24, 2018, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief and Consumer Protection Act (S. 2155) into law, clearing the last hurdle for an expansive roll-back of U.S. banking regulations....more
Europe’s much-ballyhooed (and feared) General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) officially goes into effect today. Here’s a look at the mad dash across all sectors (and outside of the EU) to comply....more
UPDATE: This article was updated on May 24, 2018 - On May 24, President Trump signed into law a banking deregulation bill (S.2155) that loosens rules and requirements imposed on lenders by the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010. ...more
Thursday afternoon, President Trump signed the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) into law. The Act was passed by the House on Tuesday by a vote of 258 to 159 and by the Senate on March...more