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The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and... more +
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is a United States federal statute signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Act was passed in response to the Great Recession of the late 2000s and includes broad reforms related to many aspects of the financial and banking industry. Notable sections of the Act include stricter regulations of the derivatives market, as well as the Volcker Rule, which restricts the trading practices of FDIC-insured institutions.    less -
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Senate Republicans get Parliamentarian’s approval to slash CFPB funding in massive budget bill

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Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) Republicans have received the Senate Parliamentarian’s approval to cut the CFPB’s funding. As a result, in the large budget reconciliation bill now being written...more

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Senate Banking Republican reconciliation bill would eliminate CFPB funding source

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The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill,...more

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CFPB Proposes Major Rollback of Existing Guidance

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On May 12, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) and acting CFPB Director Russell Vought announced in a Federal Register filing that it is withdrawing dozens of its existing guidance materials—including policy...more

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CFPB Update: Policy and Leadership Changes Further Belief the Consumer Protection Agency Has Lost (Most of) Its Bite

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Changes regarding the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including both the agency's leadership and its policy priorities, have been rapidly announced by the Trump administration.1 While the consumer...more

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House Subcommittee to hold Wednesday hearing on role of CFPB

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The House Financial Services Committee’s Financial Institutions Subcommittee will hold a hearing on Wednesday, March 26, to discuss possible changes to the structure and responsibilities of the CFPB....more

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CFPB Nominee McKernan: Bureau will continue its work

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Jonathan McKernan, President Trump’s nominee to head the CFPB, pledged that the agency would “implement and enforce the federal consumer financial laws and perform each of its other statutorily assigned functions.”...more

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Nutter Bank Report: February 2025

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Amid media reports that the administration may be considering a plan to consolidate the FDIC, the supervisory functions of the Federal Reserve, and the OCC into a single agency, President Trump issued an executive order...more

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Multistate Coalition Files Amicus Brief Warning Against Efforts to Dismantle the CFPB

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Last week, a coalition of all 23 democratic attorneys general filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland warning against efforts by the Trump Administration to defund and disband the...more

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CFPB Pause: Where From Here?

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Visit our resource center, CFPB Pause: Where From Here?, to stay on top of the latest and what it may mean for the federal and state regulatory and enforcement landscape. On February 8, the Consumer Financial Protection...more

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Vought halts most work at CFPB

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Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought has temporarily put a halt to virtually all of the agency’s work. ...more

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New Leadership and Dramatic Changes at the CFPB: Future of the Bureau Uncertain

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In a dramatic series of events, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) has undergone leadership changes, signaling a significant shift in its regulatory approach. These changes began with the firing of...more

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CFPB Under Trump: Internal and External Threats Continue to Mount

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A new acting director. Freezes on any rulemaking, enforcement, or supervisory activities. Attempts to dismantle the department from within. In the span of a short forty-eight hours, the CFPB has faced possibly the greatest...more

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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Alan Kaplinsky’s “Fireside Chat” with Former CFPB Leader David Silberman: His Experience...

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Today’s podcast episode is a repurposing of part one of our December 16 highly-attended and praised webinar consisting of Alan Kaplinsky’s exclusive interview of David Silberman, who held several senior positions at the CFPB...more

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The Tides Are Changing (Again) for US “Fair Access” and “Anti-Debanking” Laws

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“Fair access” banking laws, at the epicenter of the debates between ESG and “anti-woke” regulation and federal/state preemption, may see a resurgence under the incoming administration. In recent years, the landscape of...more

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White House Recommends Stricter Regulations for Large Regional Banks

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President Biden is calling for tougher standards and supervision for large regional banks in the wake of recent instability in the US banking sector. On March 30, 2023, the White House issued a Fact Sheet calling on the...more

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CFTC and SEC Approve Revised Memorandum of Understanding on Information Sharing

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On June 29, 2018, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, and together the Commissions) announced that the Commissions approved a memorandum of understanding...more

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The Numbers Don’t Lie: The SEC Pursues a More Streamlined Enforcement Agenda

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One of the most eye-catching items in the recently released 2017 Annual Report of the Enforcement Division of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or the Commission) is the significant decline in enforcement activity...more

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The Era of Private Ordering for Corporate Governance

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Following the 2016 election, corporate governance circles have focused intently on what will happen in the nation’s capital with regard to a potential roll back of the current regulatory regime. The Trump Administration...more

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Treasury Seeks to Reshape Financial Services Regulatory Regime

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On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a 150-page report called for by President Trump’s Executive Order 13772 on Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System. The Report, entitled...more

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Dodd-Frank Act Reforms

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In his first weeks in office, President Trump has taken steps to undo or alter major components of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”). These include delaying implementation of the...more

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Change and Continuity in Securities Regulation

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The election of Donald Trump as the next President and the continued Republican control of Congress raise questions as to what changes may be expected at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC or Commission) and what may...more

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The OCC Rises, the FSOC Dies, and Other Regulatory Predictions

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Eight bold regulatory predictions on the direction of U.S. Banking and Fintech regulation in light of the election results. The era of “outside the law” Federal regulation is over. Critics of the CFPB (exclusively...more

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