Join us for the latest episode of Financial Services Focus for a discussion of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s recent Humphrey-Hawkins testimony before the House Financial Services Committee and Senate Banking...more
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) has invited President Joe Biden to give his State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, March 7, 2024. The invitation was immediately accepted by President...more
The CFPB has released its Fall 2023 rulemaking agenda as part of the Fall 2023 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The agenda’s preamble indicates that “[t]he Bureau reasonably anticipates having...more
Our most recent Client Alert provided updates on our Rent Control Coalition, the new Howard County and Montgomery County ROFR and Rent Control legislation, new FTC Junk Fee proposals, and several other important matters...more
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
On March 9, the House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy held a hearing to discuss proposals that would alter the structure and authority of the CFPB. The subcommittee...more
On March 1, several Republican House Financial Services Committee members sent a letter to CFPB Director Rohit Chopra expressing concerns over the Bureau’s credit card late fee proposal. ...more
On March 1, the House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, held a hearing entitled “Promoting U.S. Innovation and Individual Liberty through a National...more
On November 16, 2021, the House Financial Services Committee cleared two proposals geared towards protecting investors and holding accountable offerors in connection with SPAC transactions. ...more
The House Committee on Financial Services is considering legislation on a number of matters that would affect public companies. ...more
The CFPB has issued its Spring 2020 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period September 30, 2019 through March 31, 2020. The report represents the CFPB’s fourth semi-annual report under Director Kraninger’s...more
The House Financial Services Committee has announced that it will hold the following hearings this month: On January 14, the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions will hold a hearing entitled, “The...more
The Task Force on Financial Technology of the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing entitled “Banking on Your Data: The Role of Big Data in Financial Services” on November 21, 2019. The Task Force is...more
The prospect of the U.S. Congress acting on housing reform this year remains unlikely. The House Democrats’ determination to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Trump’s involvement with Ukraine and begin public...more
CFPB recently issued its Spring 2019 Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period October 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019. The report represents the CFPB’s second semi-annual report under Director Kraninger’s...more
U.S. Developments - REGULATORY - House Passes Bill to Review How Blockchain Technology Can Improve FinCEN - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH) that requires the Director...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Department of Housing released the much-anticipated housing finance reform plan to reduce the government’s role in housing and end government control of both Fannie Mae and Freddie...more
The new task forces will hold hearings, conduct investigations, and issue reports to the full HFSC about the task forces' findings and recommendations - The House Financial Services Committee ("HFSC") recently passed...more
Last week, the House Financial Services Committee established two task forces, one on financial technology and the other on artificial intelligence. Both task forces were established pursuant to resolutions adopted by...more
On May 9, 2019, the House Financial Services Committee voted to establish two task forces dedicated to studying technological innovations that impact the financial services arena: a FinTech Task Force and an Artificial...more
Yesterday’s hearing on the CFPB held by the House Financial Services Committee highlighted the continuing partisan divide over the CFPB’s implementation of its consumer protection mission but with Democratic and Republican...more
In an effort to promote the development of new financial technology (fintech) products, Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced last week the creation of the Office of...more
The US House Financial Services Committee announced that it had advanced 15 bills, many of which would alter the regulatory framework for financial institutions. This group of bills also included a number of bills based upon...more