Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Everything You Want to Know About the CFPB as Things Stand Today, and Lots More - Part 2
2024 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends – Part Four — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Have State-Chartered, FDIC-Insured Banks Finally Achieved Interstate Usury Parity with National Banks?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
First Republic Executives Fail in Attempt to Recover Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan Assets
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Interest Rate Exportation Under Attack Part II
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Interest Rate Exportation Under Attack Part I
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Banks and Their Customer Relationships: What is the Appropriate Role of Bank Regulators?
Compliance into the Weeds: Scathing Report on Culture at The FDIC
2024 Regulatory Hot Topics
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What the Recent Developments in Federal Preemption for National and State Banks Mean for Bank and Nonbank Consumer Financial Services Providers
Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Evaluating Government Sanctions in the Payments Industry - Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Deep Dive Into Cryptocurrency and its Risks to Investors and the Banking System, with Arthur E. Wilmarth, George Washington University Law School
CFPB's Section 1071 Final Rule (Part 3): Potential Problem Areas – The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 1) - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How a Former FDIC Chairman is Reacting to the Silicon Bank Valley Failure, A Discussion with Special Guest Bill Isaac, Chairman, Secura/Isaac Group, and FDIC
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Use of the FDIC Name and Logo: Proceed With Caution
On July 17, 2025, Congress passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S Stablecoins Act (“GENIUS Act” or “Act”) – a landmark piece of legislation that received bipartisan support and was signed into law by...more
On November 21, the CFPB issued its final rule defining larger participants in the digital consumer payment applications market. The rule does not impose new substantive consumer protection requirements, but it does subject...more
On January 12, South Dakota’s Division of Banking issued a mandate setting March 31, 2024 as the deadline for all South Dakota licensed money lenders and non-residential mortgage brokers to comply with their Bank Secrecy...more
Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
On March 2, Senator Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY) and Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) sent a letter to the Federal Reserve Board, FDIC, OCC, and NCUA requesting input on SEC guidance issued last year that directs...more
The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), on August 15, 2022, issued final guidelines for regional Federal Reserve Banks to use when considering applications for Federal Reserve “master...more
Federal Financial Regulators Seek Information on the Use of AI by Financial Institutions - On March 29, 2021, five federal financial regulatory agencies (the Federal Reserve, CFPB, FDIC, OCC, and NCUA) announced a request...more
On March 29, 2021, the primary federal bank regulators (the Federal Reserve, CFPB, the FDIC, the NCUA, and the OCC) issued a request for information to gain input on the growing use of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) by...more
This blog post will briefly explore operational, strategic, and regulatory considerations related to the use of financial technologies by financial institutions in the COVID-19 era. We specifically view these considerations...more
FDIC and OCC Propose CRA Modernization Rule with Opt-Out for Small Banks The FDIC and the OCC have jointly proposed amendments to modernize the agencies’ Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations, which are intended...more
Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry, Vice Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, has introduced the “Financial Services Innovation Act of 2016,” which is intended to provide a streamlined regulatory process for...more