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Exploring the CFPB's Stance on AI in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Stablecoin Regulation in an Unstable Time: The Fed and Treasury Address a Stablecoin Regulatory Framework
New Regulation: Statutes, Pillars, and the Build Back Better Act
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
Changes regarding the future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), including both the agency's leadership and its policy priorities, have been rapidly announced by the Trump administration.1 While the consumer...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 Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has experienced a flurry of activity over the past few weeks beginning with President Trump’s dismissal of Rohit Chopra as the Director of the Bureau on January 31. That same...more
On January 31, the CFPB announced Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent as the Acting Director. As previously covered by InfoBytes, Bessent sent an email instructing all CFPB staff to pause immediately any new rulemaking,...more
On February 6, the CFPB filed an unopposed motion to stay litigation pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia between the CFPB and a large tech company. As covered previously by InfoBytes, this...more
On January 31, President Trump removed Rohit Chopra as director of the CFPB and announced that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will serve as Acting Director. In Chopra’s termination announcement, posted on social media, he...more
We previously reported that Treasury Secretary Bessent was named as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), and he subsequently ordered the CFPB staff to halt several activities. However, the...more
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who is currently serving as the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), emailed staff on Monday directing employees to cease all rulemaking activities and delay...more
On February 1, 2025, President Donald Trump terminated Rohit Chopra’s tenure as the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Early on the morning of February 3, 2025, the CFPB issued a press release noting...more
As expected, the Trump administration formally terminated CFPB director Rohit Chopra over the weekend. And also as expected, President Trump used the Federal Vacancies Reform Act to appoint an acting CFPB Director—Treasury...more
The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more
It certainly feels like a race between innovation and enforcement these days, with regulators and law enforcement stepping up the cautionary rhetoric and promising broader enforcement aimed at corporate actors....more
Headlines: ..OCC Publishes Security Standards for Video Teleconferencing With Agency Staff ..CFPB Imposes Civil Penalty and Customer Refunds for Authorized-Positive Overdraft Fees ..Treasury Department Recommends...more
Major Developments- Justice Department Announces Enforcement Action Charging Six Individuals with Cryptocurrency Fraud Offenses in Cases Involving Over $100 Million in Intended Losses...more
In This Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) issued a Risk Alert about the scope and content of examinations OCIE plans to conduct of various...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) released an interim final rule to reflect changes made by H.R. 7010, the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act,...more
Priming the Pump. As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), consistent with the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act), took additional...more
In This Issue. Federal and state regulators continued to take action in the wake of the ongoing global outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19). As discussed in several Goodwin client alerts, Congress passed, and the President...more
To date, the CFPB has brought 12 cases—out of more than three dozen total CFPB enforcement cases—in which it named individuals as defendants or respondents liable for violations of consumer protection statutes. Below, we...more