July 25, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a statement reminding banks of potential risks associated with third-party arrangements...more
January 30, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, "Better Investment Barriers:...more
November 6, 2023- The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority, and UK Financial Conduct Authority published their proposed approach to innovation in payments, money and money-like instruments. The proposals are...more
September 25, 2023- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department published a working paper entitled, "Lease Expirations and CRE Property Performance." September 25, 2023- FINRA published an election notice...more
September 19, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the SEC's Division of Investment Management."...more
Federal Reserve Board- Results of 2023 bank Stress Test Released- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board (Federal Reserve) released the results of its annual stress test, documenting that the nation's...more
June 22, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress." June 22, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial...more
May 25, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions held a hearing entitled, "International Financial Institutions in an...more
May 15, 2023- U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, led...more
April 27, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of the Credit Reporting Agencies." April 27, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business &...more
April 5, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control took action to designate Genesis Market, for its part in the theft and sale of device credentials and related sensitive information....more
March 30, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has finalized a rule required by Congress to increase transparency in small business lending, promote economic development, and combat unlawful discrimination....more
March 8, 2023- Today, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Senior Advisor to the President and Director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, Ambassador Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy...more
February 6, 2023- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled, "Understanding the "Inconvenience" of U.S. Treasury Bonds."...more
October 6, 2022- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen announced that Treasury has signed a loan agreement for the Clean Technology Fund—a multilateral trust fund which helps to scale up low carbon technologies in...more
September 29, 2022- The U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued a final rule establishing a beneficial ownership information reporting requirement, pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act....more
September 13, 2022- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "New Consumer Financial Products and the Impacts to Workers."...more
July 15, 2022- U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business & Entrepreneurship Chair Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), along with 44 senators, today...more
The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Advancing National Security and Foreign Policy Through Export Controls: Oversight of the Bureau of Industry and Security."...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued an advisory opinion addressing that federal law often could prohibit debt collectors from charging consumers "pay-to-pay" fees when a consumer seeks to make a payment in a...more
Congress- U.S. Senate- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- Hearing: The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress- June 22, 2022- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a...more