On October 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau or CFPB) issued its final rule to extend certain federal consumer protections to the prepaid market. As previously reported, the rule extends Regulation...more
On February 16, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit entered an order granting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) petition for rehearing en banc in the PHH Corporation, et al., v. Consumer Financial...more
On January 13, 2017, the National Economic Council published a whitepaper that articulates the Obama Administration’s perspective on and vision for FinTech. The whitepaper builds upon the June 2016 White House FinTech Summit,...more
On October 24, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report highlighting various marketplace developments in payments, transactions, lending, underwriting, budgeting, money management, and other...more
On October 11, 2016, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued a highly-anticipated decision in PHH Corporation, et al., v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that has far reaching...more
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On October 5, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the Bureau or the CFPB) issued its final rule to extend certain federal consumer protections to the prepaid market.1 Specifically, the rule extends Regulation E...more
In late September, Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC), vice chair of the House Financial Services Committee, introduced the “Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016,” which is intended to promote innovation in financial...more
Nasdaq has amended its listing rules to require listed companies to publicly disclose compensation or other payments by third parties to company directors or nominees for director. The new rule, which is designated as...more
The Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) has adopted amendments to the Board’s regulatory capital framework (“Regulation Q”), that clarify how the revised regulatory capital framework applies to depository institution holding...more