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Consumer Protection and Safety and Soundness Perspective of Credit Union Regulation - The Consumer Finance Podcast
August 13, 2024 - The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a Liberty Street Economics blog post entitled, “When Are Central Bank Reserves Ample?” August 13, 2024 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation...more
At the end of March, components of the US Federal Reserve System (“FRS” or the “Fed”) prevailed in two lawsuits brought by depository institutions seeking master accounts.1 These decisions have significant implications for...more
The proposed rule, if adopted, would apply to mortgage originators and issuers of mortgage-backed securitizations that rely on automated valuation models (“AVMs”) to determine the value of real estate collateral. The...more
FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more
On July 28, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA)...more
The Federal Reserve Bank announced last week that its instant payments system, FedNow, is now live with 35 banks and credit unions, which means that “[b]anks and credit unions of all sizes can sign up and use this tool to...more
Banks are Borrowing Less from the Federal Reserve - “’So the fact that they are now borrowing less means that they’re trying to get back to normal.’” Why this is important: Investors and commentators look to several...more
On August 5, 2019, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”) proposed the development of a real-time gross settlement service (“RTGS”) called “FedNow.” The service, expected to launch in 2023 or 2024,...more
The Volcker Rule Under the Trump Administration - The so-called Volcker Rule—named after Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board—was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...more