Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts
Convenience vs. Compliance: Behavior-Driven Marketing of Credit Products
Selling Your Mission to Shareholders
On August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order aimed at ending what the administration calls “politicized debanking.” The order directs federal agencies to take sweeping action against financial institutions...more
In this Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is seeking feedback on principles for climate-related financial risk management for large banks; the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division is seeking...more
Numerous community banks that had received demand letters from the advocacy group Access Now alleging that their websites and mobile apps are inaccessible in violation of Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act (the...more
The Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement calling on the Trump administration “to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws.” ICBA stated that community banks are threatened by a recent...more
Financial Industry Developments - Prohibition on Dealing or Investing in Industrial or Commercial Metals - On January 3, 2017, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the "OCC") finalized a rule that...more
There has been a recent surge in claims brought by people with visual and hearing impairments alleging that company websites violate the accessibility standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Until now, these...more
Many financial institutions across the nation are receiving threatening letters claiming that their websites are not accessible as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). The letters first went to financial...more