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The Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025: What Financial Services Companies Need to Know

On July 29, 2025, Sens. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) and Jim Justice (R-WV) introduced the Keep Call Centers in America Act of 2025. The act targets the offshoring of call center operations, imposes new disclosure rules for customer...more

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With New Action Plan, White House Launches AI "Space Race"—What Banks Should Know

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The White House has issued an AI Action Plan that aims to position the United States as the leader in artificial intelligence ("AI"), as part of a broader pattern of boosting innovation and reducing regulatory burden, with...more

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Consumer Financial Services Bites of the Month - June 2025

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the June 2025 webinar....more

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NYC Comptroller calls for strengthening city, state consumer protection laws, regulations

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Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void by strengthening consumer protection laws and rules in the city and...more

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Senate Parliamentarian says elimination of CFPB funding cannot be included in budget bill but delay of Section 1071 rule passes...

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The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) provision that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB cannot be included in the massive budget reconciliation...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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Government of Canada Doubles Funding for Federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program

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On March 21, 2025, Prime Minister Carney announced important changes to the federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program (Program). The Government of Canada doubled funding for the Program from C$5billion to C$10 billion and...more

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House Financial Services Committee finds savings by slashing CFPB budget

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The House Financial Services Committee has approved its part of the massive budget bill, saving some $1 billion by, among other things, slashing the CFPB’s budget by more than 60%....more

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VA Winding Down VASP Program

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As previously reported, last year the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which VA characterized as a “last-resort tool” for VA home loan borrowers facing...more

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Defence Tech – Valuation & Financial Advisory Services For Success

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The defense technology sector (“defense tech”) has experienced remarkable growth in recent years, with projections indicating continued expansion in the near future. This surge is largely driven by increased global defense...more

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Treasury Confirms All CDFI Fund Programs Are Backed by Law Amid Executive Order Review

On March 21, the U.S. Department of the Treasury submitted a report to the Office of Management and Budget affirming that all 11 programs administered by the Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund are...more

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Key GOP House Committees Outline Congressional Oversight Priorities: What Private-Sector Entities Should Expect

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The House Oversight and Accountability, Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce Committees recently released their formal authorization and oversight plans for the 119th Congress, offering detailed insight into the investigative...more

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Fed Member Barr reportedly resigns from Fed Supervision panel

On March 3, it was reported that former Fed Vice Chair for Supervision, Michael Barr, stepped down from the Fed’s Committee on Supervision and Regulation, leaving the supervision panel without a chair. This leaves Fed Vice...more

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Trump signs executive order to reduce the federal bureaucracy, eliminates community bank and credit union advisory committees

On February 19, President Trump issued an executive order to significantly reduce the federal bureaucracy’s size, following the administration’s policies to minimize government waste, reduce inflation, and encourage...more

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Legislation to eliminate all funding for CFPB introduced in House, Senate

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Legislation that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB has been introduced in the House and Senate, with the main House sponsor now calling for the bill to be placed on a fast track by including it in budget...more

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Federal Judge Issues Order Prohibiting Massive Layoffs, Budget Cuts at CFPB Pending Ruling on Motion for Preliminary Injunction

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A federal judge has issued an order temporarily prohibiting the Trump Administration from imposing mass layoffs and budget cuts at the CFPB....more

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City of Baltimore and National Treasury Employees Union file separate suits to keep the CFPB funded and operating

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Accusing the CFPB of planning to use its funding mechanism to abolish the agency, the mayor and the city council of Baltimore (the “City of Baltimore”) and the Economic Action Maryland Fund (the “Economic Fund”), a nonprofit...more

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Congressional Financial Services Committee members pen letter to CFPB requesting explanation for a $0 funding request

On February 11, the ranking members from both the House Committee on Financial Services and the House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions sent a letter to CFPB Acting Director Russell Vought expressing concerns regarding...more

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FinReg Currents - Week 4

On February 7, 2025, newly confirmed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Russell Vought replaced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as acting director of the CFPB....more

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Appeals court denies en banc hearing in CFSA’s challenge to CFPB’s payday rule

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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied a request by the Community Financial Services Association of America (CFSA) to hold a rehearing en banc on the group’s challenge of the CFPB’s payday loan rule....more

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CFPB touts three wins in funding challenges: Is it all sizzle but no steak?

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As we have previously reported, there are several CFPB enforcement lawsuits pending in which the defendants have filed motions to dismiss based in whole or in part on the argument that subsequent to September 2022, all...more

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Podcast - Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure

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In this episode of his "Clearly Conspicuous" podcast series, "Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure," consumer protection attorney Anthony DiResta discusses a U.S. Supreme Court decision affirming the Consumer...more

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Plaintiffs Free to Appeal The CFPB 1071 Rule After Some Plaintiffs Drop Their CFPB Unlawful Funding Claim

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On August 26, 2024, Chief Judge Randy Crane in the S.D. Texas granted summary judgment to the CFPB, denied summary judgment to the trade groups and upheld the CFPB’s 1071 Rule (small business loan data collection rule)....more

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Plaintiffs free to appeal CFPB 1071 Rule after some plaintiffs drop their CFPB unlawful funding claim

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On August 26, 2024, Chief Judge Randy Crane in the E.D. Texas granted summary judgment to the CFPB, denied summary judgment to the trade groups and upheld the CFPB’s 1071 Rule (small business loan data collection rule)....more

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Texas Federal District Court Rejects All Administrative Procedure Act Challenges to CFPB’s Section 1071 Final Rule

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Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) motion for summary judgment on all Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenges brought...more

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