Debt and Lending Markets: Current Trends Impacting Private Equity Sponsors — PE Pathways Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Prof. Hal Scott Doubles Down on His Argument That CFPB is Unlawfully Funded Because of Combined Losses at Federal Reserve Banks
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Did the Supreme Court Hand the CFPB a Pyrrhic Victory?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
The Future of Payments: Exploring FedNow With the Payments Professor — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
Breaking (Down) the Debt Ceiling
Podcast: 2023 Deal Cycle - Considerations for Transactions in Uncertain Economic Times - Diagnosing Health Care
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Is the U.S. Payments System Failing Business and Consumers? A Discussion with Special Guest Dan Awrey, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
DE Under 3: Latest Monthly Jobs Report, Unemployment & the US BLS JOLTS Report
Stablecoin Regulation in an Unstable Time: The Fed and Treasury Address a Stablecoin Regulatory Framework
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
The Return of TALF Fund Opportunities Via COVID-19 Relief
Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
On July 14, the OCC, the Fed, and the FDIC issued a joint statement addressing how existing laws, regulations and governing principles apply to banks which provide or are considering providing safekeeping for...more
On July 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Board), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly issued a statement addressing the...more
On July 15, 2025, the Federal Reserve Board released a proposed rule to revise the Large Financial Institution rating system or "LFI Framework." The proposal would change how the Fed evaluates the financial and managerial...more
On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Gould to serve as the next Comptroller of the Currency in a 50–45 vote. Gould will succeed Acting Comptroller Rodney Hood, who offered his congratulations and...more
On June 27, the Federal Reserve Board issued the aggregate and individual results of the supervisory stress test (also known as the Dodd-Frank Act Stress Test or DFAST, as these tests are required by Section 165 of the...more
According to a recent press release, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin has submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to establish a national trust bank, First National Digital Currency...more
Key Takeaways - The Federal Reserve Board issued a removal and prohibition order against a former bank employee based on alleged misconduct unrelated to her role at the bank, raising concerns about the scope of regulatory...more
On June 27, the OCC, the Fed, and the FDIC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio standards for U.S. global systemically important banks (GSIBs) and their subsidiaries. The...more
On June 27, the Fed released the results of its annual supervisory stress test, evaluating how large banks would perform under hypothetical adverse economic conditions. The Fed conducts stress tests annually as part of its...more
On July 3, the House of Representatives passed H.R.1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to reduce the cap on amounts the CFPB can request from the Fed to fund its operations from 12 percent to 6.5 percent of the Fed’s total...more
The Federal Reserve, alongside the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), released their highly anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to overhaul the Enhanced...more
Last week, the US federal banking regulators proposed changes to the enhanced supplementary leverage ratio (“eSLR”) requirement for US global systemically important bank holding companies (“US GSIBs”) (the “Proposal”)....more
The Federal Reserve has announced that the agency will no longer assess reputational risk when examining banks’ risk management processes. According to the June 23 announcement, the Federal Reserve has already begun reviewing...more
On June 23, the Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), penned a letter raising concerns over reports that the Fed, the FDIC, and the OCC intended to...more
On June 23, the Fed announced it will no longer include reputational risk as a component of its examination programs in its supervision of banks. This move will align the Fed with the OCC, which made a similar announcement in...more
The U.S. Senate passed the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act or GENIUS Act (S.1582) (the Act) in a 68-30 bipartisan vote on June 17, 2025. The GENIUS Act would provide a clear regulatory...more
On June 23, the Federal Reserve Board announced that reputational risk will no longer be a component of its bank-examination program. The same day, the Board released a revised edition of its Guidelines for Rating Risk...more
This week, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB") and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPR") to amend the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio (“eSLR”). At the time of...more
With a focus on pragmatic and risk-based oversight, new leadership at the Federal Reserve signals a shift in the regulatory landscape for U.S. banks. Earlier this month, the Senate confirmed Federal Reserve Governor Michelle...more
On June 13, the OCC, the Fed, and the FDIC jointly issued an RFI seeking public input on ways to address rising payments fraud, with a particular emphasis on check fraud. The request for information seeks stakeholder feedback...more
On June 13, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota received a motion from two amici curiae seeking leave to participate in oral arguments scheduled for July 23 on the parties’ cross motions for summary...more
In June 2025, the Senate Banking Committee introduced a version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that would eliminate the CFPB’s Federal Reserve funding. The CFPB can currently receive funds of up to 12% of the Federal...more
On June 6, the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee released its proposed amendment to H.R. 1, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” which included a proposed reduction in the amount of funds the CFPB can annually...more
On June 9, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and other Democratic senators sent a letter to Sen. Tim Scott, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, insisting the Committee to hold a markup on...more
On June 6, the Fed’s Vice Chair for Supervision, Michelle Bowman, outlined her approach to enhance banking supervision and regulation during prepared remarks. In her remarks, Bowman emphasized using “pragmatism” to identify...more