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On August 20, the CFPB released a report describing the actions it will take to implement “Gold Standard Science.” On May 23, President Trump issued Executive Order 14303, “Restoring Gold Standard Science,” directing federal...more
On August 26, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) took action to enforce President Trump’s directive by issuing a letter to its network of over 5,000 lenders. This letter mandates the cessation of alleged politicized...more
The banking plaintiffs in the suit challenging the CFPB’s open banking rule (“Rule”) have asked a federal court to delay the compliance date of the Rule, contending that even though the Trump Administration has said it was...more
On August 8, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) issued four advance notices of proposed rulemaking (“ANPR”) inviting comments on whether it should substantially reduce the number of nonbank companies the...more
As we previously reported, on August 7, 2025, President Trump issued an Executive Order (the “EO”) titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans” which, among other things...more
President Trump has issued an Executive Order directing banking agencies to adopt policies to ensure that financial institutions do not use reputational risk as a basis for restricting access to banking services—a process...more
TABLE OF CONTENTS: • President Trump Signs GENIUS Act Into Law • Joint Statement on Crypto Risk Management • Federal Agencies Propose Rescission of the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule • FDIC Seeks Input...more
On July 14, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued Bulletin 2025-16, announcing the removal of references to disparate impact liability from the “Fair Lending” booklet of the Comptroller’s Handbook and...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is a federal agency that was founded in 2010, after the United States went through a recession linked to abuses in the origination and sale of residential mortgage loans. The...more
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander released a report titled “Standing Up for New York Consumers – How New York State and New York City can Strengthen Consumer Financial Protection in the Trump Era,” which called for the...more
Accusing the Trump Administration of “dismantling” the CFPB, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is calling on city and state officials to fill the void by strengthening consumer protection laws and rules in the city and...more
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (Banking Committee) provision that would eliminate all funding for the CFPB cannot be included in the massive budget reconciliation...more
The Senate Banking, Housing and Affairs Committee (Banking Committee) would eliminate the CFPB’s current funding source, as part of Committee’s Republican version of its part of the massive budget reconciliation bill,...more
Every year, foreign lenders make thousands of loans to U.S. entities. The U.S. withholding tax on the related interest payments has been generally stable since 1984. The general rule is that interest paid under these loans...more
The CFPB is planning to repeal its Section 1033 Open Banking Rule, according to a filing in a federal lawsuit challenging the rule. On the same day the Final Rule was issued, the Banking Policy Institute (BPI) and Kentucky...more
President Trump has signed a resolution nullifying the rule implementing the CFPB’s power to supervise large nonbank financial services providers of general-use digital consumer payment applications....more
Contending that policies implemented by guidance represent an unfair regulatory burden and might be contrary to federal law, the CFPB is rescinding 67 guidance documents issued since the bureau began operating in 2011....more
The CFPB will not make enforcement of its Buy Now, Pay Later rule a priority, according to a recent statement....more
Key Points - - The CFPB and DOJ have recently prioritized enforcement of federal servicemember protections. - The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and Military Lending Act provide key protections such as interest rate caps,...more
Citing cutbacks at the federal level, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has launched a new centralized consumer protection hotline, website and email address to make it easier for state residents to report allegations of...more
The short answer is that the outcome of the Supreme Court hearing (whose oral argument is scheduled for May 15 at 10 am) is of immense importance to all stakeholders in the consumer financial services industry. We will...more
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
The House Financial Services Committee has approved its part of the massive budget bill, saving some $1 billion by, among other things, slashing the CFPB’s budget by more than 60%....more
President Trump recently signed an Executive Order entitled “Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy“ to eliminate the use of disparate impact liability. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)...more
This week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) released a memo to staff outlining its new supervision and enforcement priorities for 2025....more