Fair Lending Shake-Ups: CFPB Vacates Townstone Settlement, FHFA Ends GSEs' Special Purpose Credit Programs — The Consumer Finance Podcast
January 28, 2025 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released two reports looking at national rental payment data from September 2021 to November 2024. January 28, 2025 - The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more
December 20, 2024- The Bank of England, the Financial Conduct Authority, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Payment Systems Regulator have a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which sets out the high-level...more
November 15, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board published the November 2024 Supervision and Regulation Report. November 15, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board released the G.17 industrial production and capacity utilization...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
April 17, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital (TIC) data for February 2024. April 17, 2024- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog...more
March 12, 2024 - The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Examining Proposals to Address Housing Affordability, Availability, and Other Community Needs."...more
January 30, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, "Better Investment Barriers:...more
January 24, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board ("FRB") announced that the Bank Term Funding Program, where the FRB purchased government bonds at par, will cease making new loans as scheduled on March 11, 2024, ending a key...more
January 11, 2024- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (NC-10) and Ranking Member Maxine Waters (CA-43) announced the formation of the Committee's bipartisan Working Group on Artificial...more
December 15, 2023- U.S. Senate Committee on Baking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Chair Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), along with Senators John Kennedy (R-LA), Bob Casey (D-PA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mike Braun (R-IN), and...more
November 16, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved a final rule to implement a special assessment to recover the loss to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) associated with protecting...more
October 16, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Cyber Security Council of the United Arab Emirates announced the finalization of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding on Cybersecurity Cooperation during a...more
October 5, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Board of Directors approved a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Proposed Guidelines Establishing Standards for Corporate Governance and Risk Management for Covered...more
August 31, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury posted the preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2022. August 31, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board...more
Federal Reserve Board- Results of 2023 bank Stress Test Released- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (Federal Reserve) released the results of its annual stress test, documenting that the nation's...more
May 15, 2023- U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, led...more
April 12, 2023- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Vice Chairman Travis Hill delivered a policy address at a forum hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC on recent bank failures. Vice Chairman...more
April 5, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control took action to designate Genesis Market, for its part in the theft and sale of device credentials and related sensitive information....more
March 30, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule required by Congress to increase transparency in small business lending, promote economic development, and combat unlawful discrimination....more
February 23, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement highlighting liquidity risks to banking organizations associated with certain...more
January 13, 2023- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen sent a letter to all members of Congressional leadership regarding the debt limit. January 13, 2023- The UK-U.S. Financial Regulatory Working Group issued a...more
December 15, 2022- The New York State Department of Financial Services released Guidance to banking organizations regulated by the NYDFS that wish to engage in virtual currency-related activities....more
November 17, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board published a paper entitled, "Sentiment in Bank Examination Reports and Bank Outcomes."...more
October 14, 2022- Top officials representing ministries of finance and other government agencies from 33 countries met at the U.S. Department of the Treasury to discuss the effects of international sanctions and export...more