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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
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 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
November 26, 2024 - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday released the minutes of the Federal Open Market Committee meeting that was held on November 6–7, 2024. November 26, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Board published a working...more
June 13, 2024- President Joe Biden nominated current Commodity Futures Trading Commission Commissioner Christy Goldsmith Romero to be Chair and Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. June 13, 2024 - ...more
May 20, 2024- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin J. Gruenberg issued a statement announcing he is prepared to step down as Chair once a successor is confirmed. May 20, 2024 - Senator Sherrod Brown...more
Federal Reserve Board. Extended comment period. On April 24, 2024, FRB and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said they would continue to accept comments on Capital One's proposed acquisition of Discover Financial...more
December 19, 2023- U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Chair Patrick McHenry (R-NC), Representative Warren Davidson (R-OH), Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), and Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) led 76 of their colleagues in...more
June 21, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a nomination hearing on the following nominations: •The Honorable Philip Nathan Jefferson, of North Carolina, to be Vice Chairman of the...more
November 22, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board published a paper entitled, "Choices and Implications when Measuring the Local Supply of Prescription Opioids."...more
August 10, 2022- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an interpretive rule laying out when digital marketing providers for financial firms must comply with federal consumer financial protection law....more
July 20, 2022- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing Finance Agency."...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), along with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and more than 50 federal and state law enforcement partners, announced Operation Corrupt Collector, a nationwide law...more
In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...more
Editor's Note - Friend the Fed! As is the case every August, our federal government and regulators are hard at work, laser focused on the important issues of the day. In this regard, on August 18, the Federal Reserve...more
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act was enacted as a measure to promote financial stability and protection for consumers through increased regulation of nearly every aspect of the consumer finance...more
New York's Highest Court Will Review First Department Decision on RMBS Putback Statute of Limitations - On June 27, the Court of Appeals for the State of New York agreed to review the First Department's December 2013...more
While Director Cordray’s appearance at the House Financial Services Committee’s hearing on the CFPB’s fifth Semi-Annual Report yesterday was accompanied by the usual dose of political theater, his testimony did yield the...more