By an exemption order dated June 27, 2025, federal prudential regulators have given banks and credit unions some welcomed flexibility when collecting an individual’s or entity’s taxpayer identification number (TIN) during...more
In the fourteen years since the 2008 financial crisis, significant actions have been taken by Federal banking agencies to make the largest financial institutions more resilient and less likely to fail and to require planning...more
California DFPI Begins Operating and Focuses on New Industries January 2021 brings with it a newly named and newly empowered California consumer financial protection agency. Effective January 1, the California Department of...more
LPL may be the biggest BD in the country, with 21,500 reps operating out of almost 13,000 branch offices. Heaven knows how much money it brings in every year, but, goodness, it must be a lot. And good thing, too, given how...more