Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
DE Under 3: OFCCP Resurrects Proposal for Monthly CC-257 Employment Utilization Reports for Construction Contractors
DE Under 3: Updated EEOC COVID-19 Technical Assistance Guidance, Case Decision & Wage & Hour Division Proposed Rule
Digital Assets Regulation Framework: Commerce Solicits Public Comment
DE Under 3: EEOC & DOJ Technical Guidance for Employer’s AI Use; Upcoming EEOC Hearing; Event for Mental Health in the Workplace
Comment Deadline Approaching: Proposed Amendments Restricting Use of Prop 65 Short-Form Warnings
2BInformed: The Future of Fluoride in Drinking Water, the New TSCA Fees Rule, and the Drinking Water Contaminant Candidate List 5
Recent Actions on Ag Biotech by EPA’s Emerging Technologies Branch
III-44- A Little Help From The DOL
[WEBINAR] Laying the Foundation for Maximizing Benefits Around Emerging Technologies
[WEBINAR] Fairly (or Unfairly?) Traceable: Are Discharges Through Groundwater Subject to the Clean Water Act?
Episode 014: Business Divorce Stories: Business Appraiser Tony Cotrupe and Attorney Jeff Eilender
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a consultation paper setting out proposed reforms to the UK Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS), in tandem with the joint UK Financial Conduct Authority and FOS consultation paper (CP25/22) on...more
On July 16, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the federal banking agencies) jointly published a proposed rule...more
Last week, the US federal banking regulators proposed changes to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (“eSLR”) requirement for US global systemically important bank holding companies (“US GSIBs”) (the “Proposal”)....more
The CFPB is proposing to rescind its rule that requires certain nonbank entities to register covered agency enforcement and court orders....more
Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a proposed rule to rescind its previous regulation requiring nonbank entities to report certain agency and court orders to a Bureau registry....more
HM Treasury (HMT) has published a new webpage with a draft statutory instrument (SI) and policy note on the UK Markets in Financial Instruments Directive Organisational Regulation (UK MiFID Org Reg)... ...more
The Single Resolution Board (SRB) has opened a consultation on its operational guidance on resolvability testing for banks under the SRB's remit. It aims to ensure that European banks are regularly testing their capabilities...more
On March 7, the CFPB announced a comment period extension for its advance NPRM addressing concerns related to information about coerced debt (i.e., where individuals are manipulated into incurring debt without their consent)...more
The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (Basel Committee) published a consultative document on updating the principles for the management of credit risk. The principles, first issued in October 2000, provide guidelines for...more
On Friday, January 10, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed an interpretive rule that could significantly broaden the scope of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (EFTA) to encompass a wide range of digital...more
The CFPB has published a proposed rule that would ban companies from using contract clauses that the bureau said limit fundamental freedom, including those that waive a consumer’s legal rights and fine print that suppresses...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) proposed a new rule aimed at banning certain contractual provisions in agreements for consumer financial products or services. The CFPB’s proposal targets certain...more
On December 9, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced the launch of a rulemaking process addressing credit reporting on survivors of domestic violence, elder abuse, and other forms of financial...more
In November 2024, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) proposed additional amendments to its rules relating to debt collectors to clarify the definition of a "debt collector."...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the Financial Ombudsman Service have launched a joint call for input on modernizing the redress system. The two main concerns of the FCA and the FOS are mass redress events and FCA-FOS...more
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has issued a discussion paper on potential options for improving the U.K. transaction reporting regime. The FCA has two primary objectives: to improve the usefulness of transaction...more
On December 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a proposed rule for public comment aimed at amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The proposed rule seeks...more
In the wake of the Office of Administrative Law’s approval of its registration and reporting requirements for providers of income-based advances, private postsecondary education financing, debt settlement services, and...more
In a previous post, we discussed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at enhancing recordkeeping for bank deposits received from fintech and other third-party, non-bank...more
The ink is barely dry on the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (“DFPI” or the “Department”) newly approved regulation package PRO 01-21, and DFPI has already begun to take steps to implement...more
Yesterday, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced an extension of the comment period for its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) aimed at revising the 2020 Brokered Deposit Rule. To ensure that all...more
We previously posted on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) notice of proposed rulemaking aimed at enhancing recordkeeping for bank deposits received from fintech and other third-party, non-bank companies....more
The CFPB has issued a proposed rule with a small amendment to disclosure requirements for certain international remittances and money transfers....more
On August 12, 2024, the Department of Finance released its Consultation on Proposals to Strengthen Canada’s Financial Sector, the third phase of the federal government’s ongoing review of Canada’s financial institutions laws....more
On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a proposed rule that would make significant revisions to the FDIC’s regulations implementing the provisions of Section 29 of the Federal Deposit...more