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
In March 2025, the Fed released the Senior Credit Officer Opinion Survey on Dealer Financing Terms, revealing that credit terms in securities financing and over-the-counter derivatives markets remained largely unchanged...more
It’s election season, and that means endless robocalls, yard signs on every corner, and, most of all, endless rhetoric on every topic – from the economy to golf handicaps. This season, interest rates seem to have captured...more
On June 6, 2024 federal regulators published a final rule addressing Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models. This was a collaborative rulemaking effort that included regulators from the Office of the...more
The unprecedented events of the last two weeks in the banking industry have been breathtaking. As the banking and capital markets turn their focus to the Federal Reserve and Washington, the crisis of confidence that has...more
As we noted very briefly on Monday in our “Quick Take on a Sudden Change in the Banking Landscape,” among the various actions the government took Sunday evening to try to stabilize the banking market, the Federal Reserve...more
On March 12, 2023, in the wake of shutdowns of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank by regulators in their respective states, the Federal Reserve Board announced the creation of a new Bank Term Funding Program (“BTFP”)...more
On Friday, May 7, 2021, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) filed a proposal with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to amend the provisions of a yet-to-become effective version of FINRA Rule 4210...more
Prior to the open of markets in the U.S. on March 25th, the Federal Reserve announced that it is committed to using its full range of tools to address the coronavirus pandemic. The steps announced by the Federal Reserve...more
Today, the Federal Reserve Bank announced several unprecedented emergency measures, including unlimited purchases of Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities, three new lending facilities, and expansion of two programs...more
Fed Announces Dates of Stress Test Releases - On February 12, the Fed announced that results from the latest supervisory stress tests conducted as part of Dodd-Frank will be released on March 5, and the related results...more
FCA has Published a Consultation Paper on Regulatory Fees and Levies for 2015/16 - ?On November 27, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published for comment a consultation paper on its fees and levies as part of...more
On October 22, 2014, six federal agencies approved a final rule requiring sponsors of asset securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions. The final rule implements the risk retention requirements in the...more
Six federal agencies approved on October 22 a final rule requiring sponsors of securitization transactions to retain risk in those transactions. The final rule implements the risk retention requirements in the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
After meeting behind closed doors a few weeks ago, the Federal Reserve announced its latest monetary policy. Not surprisingly, Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s remarks included a statement on the future (or lack thereof) of the...more
Adding to JPMorgan Chase’s widely publicized recent legal woes, shareholder Bradley P. Miller filed a derivative suit against the bank and its directors in California federal court on January 23, 2014, as a result of the $20...more
Federal regulators have issued their long-awaited revised qualified residential mortgage (QRM) proposal. The proposal, which implements Section 941 of the Dodd-Frank Act, was issued jointly by the FDIC, Fed, OCC, SEC and,...more
Introduction - The publication on June 7, 2012, of three related capital proposals by the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation present...more