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Each week of the first 100 days of the new Trump administration, we will publish updates on key federal financial services regulatory and related developments. This week, we review the following developments as of Wednesday: ...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week....more
April 18, 2025 - The Federal Reserve and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency have conditionally approved the merger of Discover Bank, Greenwood, Delaware, into Capital One, National Association, McLean, Virginia....more
April 15, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency temporarily paused certain appraisal requirements for...more
March 18, 2025 - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released the February 2025 Business Leaders Survey. March 18, 2025 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation released the national rates and rate caps as of March...more
March 12, 2025 - The U.S. Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled “Housing Roadblocks: Paving a New Way to Address Affordability.” March 12, 2025- FINRA announced it is launching a broad...more
Following a key hearing in February, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott (R-SC) is seeking to protect financial freedom with the introduction of the Financial Integrity and Regulation Management (FIRM) Act. The...more
March 3, 2025 - The Treasury Department will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the beneficial ownership information reporting rule under the existing regulatory deadlines, and will not enforce any penalties...more
On February 4, the Congressional Research Service updated its report on the CFPB’s budget and funding structure, finding the Bureau’s independence from congressional appropriations is not unique among the financial regulators...more
January 14, 2025- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin Gruenberg gave a speech entitled “Three Financial Crises and Lessons for the Future,” at the Brookings Institution....more
December 19, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report following the issuance of its 2024 Request for Information on the Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence in Financial Services,...more
December 17, 2024- The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the incoming Chairman and current Committee Vice Chair, French Hill (AR-02), sent letters to the outgoing Biden...more
December 4, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled “Innovation Revolution: How Technology is Shaping the Future of Finance.”...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
October 15, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Board released the minutes from its recent meetings to review and determine the discount rates provided to depository institutions through the discount window. The minutes cover the...more
October 2, 2024- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and state financial regulators, issued a...more
On August 2, the OCC, Fed, FDIC, NCUA, CFPB, FHFA, CFTC, SEC and Treasury (collectively, the agencies) released an interagency NPRM to establish data standards across these agencies for “certain collections of information...more
August 9, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading...more
On July 17 and 18, 2024, federal financial regulators adopted rules and guidance setting forth expectations in the mortgage industry that originators properly oversee use of automated valuation models (AVMs) and entertain...more
On June 28, 2024, the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announced long-anticipated proposed rules on anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism program effectiveness;...more
A group of federal agencies have finalized reconsideration of value (ROV) guidance for residential real estate valuations. The agencies are the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB),...more
On July 17, the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, NCUA and FHFA adopted a final rule titled “Quality Control Standards for Automated Valuation Models.” As previously covered by InfoBytes, this final rule implemented new provisions...more
July 18, 2024- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed an interpretive rule explaining that many paycheck advance products, sometimes marketed as “earned wage” products, could be consumer loans subject to the...more
On June 20, the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, NCUA and FHFA (the financial services regulators) issued a final rule implementing new provisions governing the use of automated valuation models (AVMs), which are commonly used by...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