Consumer Protection and Safety and Soundness Perspective of Credit Union Regulation - The Consumer Finance Podcast
On July 31, 2025, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an exemptive order in coordination with the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”) that allows...more
Banks and credit unions may now rely on third parties to provide a consumer’s Social Security or Taxpayer Identification Number, according to an order issued by the FDIC, OCC and the NCUA with the consent of the Financial...more
Today, nearly four-fifths of the United States have regulated medical marijuana markets. Nearly half of the United States, consisting of twenty-one states along with Washington, D.C. and Guam, have acted to legalize...more
On December 3, 2019, in a rare public statement regarding the provision of banking services to cannabis- or hemp-related businesses, the Federal Banking Agencies, including the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve...more