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Republicans ask federal banking agencies to withdraw rules, guidance

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Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration....more

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FDIC Rescinds Prior Notification Requirement for Banks' Permissible Crypto Activities

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The FDIC has rescinded an earlier Financial Institution Letter establishing a prior notification requirement for FDIC-supervised institutions that wish to engage in specified crypto-related activities and has clarified that...more

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Federal Banking Agencies Announce Intent to Rescind 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule

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On March 28, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (together, the federal banking agencies) announced their intent to rescind the...more

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Opening a Bank Account with a Smartphone—Dodd-Frank Roll-Back Making Online Banking Easier

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

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U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Vice Chairman Thomas M. Hoenig Discusses Finding the Correct Regulatory Balance

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Outgoing U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Vice Chairman Thomas M. Hoenig discussed the importance of attaining meaningful regulatory relief without undermining the safety and soundness of the financial system....more

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Where are the CFPB’s complaint and supervisory highlights reports?

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The CFPB has apparently decided to put its monthly complaint reports on hold. The CFPB’s last monthly complaint report was its October 2017 report, a “special edition” report that provided data on servicemember complaints...more

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Misreading bankers’ worries: a response to Professor Sovern

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In a blog post Wednesday, Professor Sovern referenced Politico’s report that at the Consumer Bankers Association’s annual conference this week, unlike from 2012-2016, the “regulatory environment” was not identified as a “top...more

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CFPB to look to state AGs for more leadership in enforcement arena

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In remarks yesterday at the winter meeting of the National Association of Attorneys General in Washington, D.C., Mick Mulvaney indicated that the CFPB will be looking to state attorneys general for “much more collaboration...more

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Comptroller of the Currency Announces That OCC Will Not Enforce Leveraged Lending Guidance

On Feb. 27, 2018, Joseph Otting, the comptroller of the Currency, the principal regulator of all national banks, speaking at a conference hosted by the Structured Finance Industry Group in Las Vegas, NV, announced that the...more

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The CFPB Under New Leadership: What to Expect in 2018

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Speculation about the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been ever-present since Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 Presidential election was first announced. Originally published in Delaware...more

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CFPB’s Strategic Plan Reflects New Path

Last week, the CFPB issued its Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2018-2022. The Plan reflects Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s vision for the CFPB and reflects a contrasting vision to what was reflected in the prior draft which...more

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CFPB FY 2018-2022 strategic plan reflects Mulvaney’s new approach

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The CFPB’s newly-released strategic plan for fiscal years 2018-2022 reflects the restrained approach to the CFPB’s exercise of its authority previously outlined by Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s designee as CFPB Acting...more

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Under New Leadership, CFPB No Longer Interested In Pushing The Envelope On Consumer Protection Laws

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On January 23, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) Acting Director, Mick Mulvaney, issued a mission statement to the CFPB redirecting the agency’s mission and focus. Mulvaney emphasized that the law...more

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Mulvaney outlines new CFPB governing philosophy

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Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s appointee as CFPB Acting Director, plans to make the CFPB’s practices of “pushing the envelope” and “rulemaking by enforcement” things of the past. ...more

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The Senate Banking Committee has voted out of committee a bipartisan effort to ease Dodd-Frank regulations. The bill in question could “drastically cut” the number of banks subject to heightened Fed oversight and “would ease...more

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CFPB issues Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda

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The CFPB’s Spring 2017 rulemaking agenda has been published as part of the Spring 2017 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. The preamble indicates that the information in the agenda is current as of...more

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If the White House gets its way, Richard Cordray and the CFPB (and many other current Wall Street regulators and regulations) would be virtually unrecognizable as compared to their current form....more

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Trump Administration Plan for Financial Regulation Includes Reducing Regulatory Compliance Activities for Bank Boards

The U.S. Department of the Treasury yesterday issued its first in a series of reports to President Donald J. Trump examining the United States’ financial regulatory system. Appendix B to the report includes 16 pages of...more

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House passes Financial CHOICE Act

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By a vote of 233-188, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act yesterday. The bill, often referred to as the Dodd-Frank Act replacement bill, includes an overhaul of the CFPB’s structure and...more

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Additional CHOICE Act changes proposed by Chairman Hensarling would further reduce CFPB’s power

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On February 6, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Hensarling circulated a memorandum to the House Financial Services Committee Leadership Team describing key revisions to the Financial Choice Act. Last week, he...more

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Impact of Proposed “Regulatory Off-Ramp” for Community Banks

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A key component of the proposed roadmap for Republican efforts to provide regulatory relief is based on reduced regulatory burdens in exchange for holding higher capital levels. Specifically, Title I of the proposed Financial...more

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"The Trump Impact: Key Issues in Financial Services Reform for 2017"

The Trump administration has provided few specifics regarding its plans for financial regulatory reform. But Republican control of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government should create a favorable...more

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