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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
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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
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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 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 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
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
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
The Federal Reserve Board has requested comment on a proposal designed to reduce the volatility of the capital requirements stemming from its annual stress tests. The proposal would achieve this primarily by averaging the...more
Hi, thanks so much for joining us. I’m Samantha Kirby, chair of financial services here at Goodwin, and today, we’re going to talk to you about what we’re watching with respect to the bank regulatory agencies and the Consumer...more
April 17, 2025 - Federal Reserve Board Governor Michael S. Barr gave a speech entitled, “Deepfakes and the AI Arms Race in Bank Cybersecurity.” April 17, 2025- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston published an article...more
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration....more
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC"), Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) (collectively, “the Agencies”) announced, that they intend to issue a proposal to...more
On March 28, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (together, the federal banking agencies) announced their intent to rescind the...more
On March 3, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) withdrew three proposed rules, including its July 2024 proposed amendments to regulations under the Change in Bank Control Act of 1978 (CBCA) that would have...more
The FDIC, OCC, and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) have coordinated the release of new policies that will govern each agency’s consideration of bank merger transactions. The FDIC and OCC each published final statements of...more
Three federal regulators have reproposed rules that implement the requirements for bank incentive compensation programs that were included in the Dodd-Frank legislation 14 years ago. Section 956 of Dodd-Frank required the...more
On February 5, a group of trade, banking, and business associations filed a class-action complaint for injunctive relief against the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC (the Agencies) for their enforcement of the new rulemaking...more
OCC Requests Public Comments on Proposed Bank Merger Policy Statement and Rules The OCC has proposed a new policy to increase the transparency of the standards that the agency applies to review business combinations involving...more
On August 29, the FDIC and the Federal Reserve Board issued a joint press release inviting public comment on proposed guidance that serves to toughen requirements for non-G-SIB large bank holding companies’ resolution plans,...more
Following the 2023 bank failures, the federal banking regulators (the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the FDIC) have signaled that they are seeking to develop more stringent bank regulatory requirements for larger banking...more
On June 1, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau along with Federal Reserve, OCC, FDIC, NCUA and FHFA (collectively, the “Agencies”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking comment on rules to implement...more
Agencies Issue Final Guidance on Third-Party Risk Management - On June 6, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC issued final joint guidance (the Guidance) pertaining to banking organizations’ risk management of third-party...more
Federal Reserve Policy Aims to Level the Playing Field for Insured and Uninsured Banks: The Federal Reserve has issued a policy statement clarifying that uninsured state member banks will be subject to the same limitations...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule to increase market transparency regarding short selling and extended the comment period for its proposed rule requiring reporting on...more
In This Issue. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Federal Reserve), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released stress test scenarios to assess...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more