Consumer Protection and Safety and Soundness Perspective of Credit Union Regulation - The Consumer Finance Podcast
On June 27, the OCC, FDIC and NCUA, with the concurrence of FinCEN, granted an exemption allowing banks to use a third party source to obtain customer tax identification numbers (TIN) for customers before opening an account....more
On April 29, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) sent a letter to the Inspector General of the NCUA to request an investigation into the agency’s ability to operate with a single board member. The...more
The two Democratic NCUA board members ousted by President Trump have filed suit, arguing that their firings violated federal law....more
As we pass the halfway mark of 2022, it's a good time to reflect on what has happened, or not happened, with respect to the legal framework for the provision of financial services to marijuana-related businesses...more
In a notice to be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register, the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, SEC, and NCUA announce that the Office of Management and Budget has approved the “information collection” contained in their “Final...more
To date, five of the six federal regulators (the “Agencies”) charged with promulgating rules under Section 956 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (“Dodd-Frank”) have approved a joint proposed...more