Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Did the Supreme Court Hand the CFPB a Pyrrhic Victory?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
The Future of Payments: Exploring FedNow With the Payments Professor — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
Breaking (Down) the Debt Ceiling
Podcast: 2023 Deal Cycle - Considerations for Transactions in Uncertain Economic Times - Diagnosing Health Care
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Is the U.S. Payments System Failing Business and Consumers? A Discussion with Special Guest Dan Awrey, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
DE Under 3: Latest Monthly Jobs Report, Unemployment & the US BLS JOLTS Report
Stablecoin Regulation in an Unstable Time: The Fed and Treasury Address a Stablecoin Regulatory Framework
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
The Return of TALF Fund Opportunities Via COVID-19 Relief
Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
June 26, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance held a hearing entitled, “Housing Oversight: Testimony of the HUD and FHFA Inspectors General.” The Committee heard...more
May 22, 2024- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published its 2024 Risk Review, which summarizes conditions in the U.S. economy, financial markets, and the banking industry....more
OCC Requests Public Comments on Proposed Bank Merger Policy Statement and Rules The OCC has proposed a new policy to increase the transparency of the standards that the agency applies to review business combinations involving...more
November 2, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Ensuring Financial Protection for Servicemembers, Veterans, and Their Families." November 2, 2023- The U.S....more
October 19, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule that would accelerate a shift toward open banking, where consumers would have control over data about their financial lives and would gain new...more
September 19, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the SEC's Division of Investment Management."...more
A federal court has issued an order granting an injunction that delays the compliance dates for the CFPB’s final rule governing the collection of small business lending data required by Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
July 26, 2023- The Department of Justice, Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), and the Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued a joint compliance note focusing...more
July 14, 2023- The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), issued the following statement regarding the...more
July 13, 2023- The Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, Financial Services Forum, Institute of International Bankers and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association submitted a letter to Federal...more
May 17, 2023 The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy held a hearing entitled, "Strengthening Accountability at the Federal Reserve: Lessons and Opportunities for...more
Regulatory Developments - Federal Reserve Announces Results From the Review of the Supervision and Regulation of SVB - On April 28, the Federal Reserve released its report analyzing SVB’s failure (Report). The Report...more
April 26, 2023- House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee Chairman French Hill (AR-02), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...more
March 28, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced it has determined that state disclosure laws covering lending to businesses in California, New York, Utah, and Virginia are not preempted by the...more
March 16, 2023- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter to the Treasury Department, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and...more
September 29, 2022- The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule establishing a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement, pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act....more
September 6, 2022- The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services announced updates to its September schedule. POSTPONED - Thursday, September 8 at 12 p.m. ET: The Subcommittee on Investor Protection,...more
July 29, 2022- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published a fact sheet entitled, "What the Public Needs to Know About FDIC Deposit Insurance and Crypto Companies." The FDIC also issued a Financial Institution...more
Major Developments- Federal Reserve Board- Federal Reserve Board releases results of annual bank stress test- June 23, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board released the results of its annual bank stress test....more
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on the following nominations: The Honorable Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be a Member and Vice Chairman for Supervision of the Board of...more
Division of Banks Warns of Risks from Representments Causing Multiple NSF Fees - The Massachusetts Division of Banks has issued a supervisory alert letter to warn banks about certain legal risks and risks of regulatory...more
In this Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it was opening the application process for the Emergency Capital Investment Program, a new program designed to provide long-term, low-cost equity and...more
Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...more
After more than half a year without a leader, the WTO is poised to welcome its “first woman and first African” to the role in the form of Nigerian economist and former finance minister Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. ...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more