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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has issued advance notices of proposed rulemaking seeking public comment on whether to revise the thresholds that define “larger participants” in key consumer financial industries....more
Financial institutions and fintech firms increasingly access consumer financial data and provide services to consumers using data from various financial accounts. This includes programs that assist consumers in managing...more
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) has formally commenced its long-awaited rulemaking process to implement section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) requesting information related to consumer access to financial records. The ANPR is another step towards the CFPB’s...more
The CFPB has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in connection with its rulemaking to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 1033 requires consumer financial services providers to give consumers...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized amendments to its proxy solicitation rules that will modify the practices of proxy advisory firms, providing them with greater transparency and...more
The CFPB has announced that it plans to issue an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) later this year on consumer-authorized access to financial records. The announcement was made concurrently with the Bureau’s...more
When the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) last summer issued its Advance Notice of Proposed Rule Making (“ANPR”) to revise the definition of a “Qualified Mortgage” (“QM”) under the Dodd-Frank Act’s...more