WORD OF THE DAY® – Clean-Up Call
August 7, 2024 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and the Federal Trade Commission announced actions to address unfair and deceptive consumer acts and practices in the...more
July 30, 2024 - The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a notice of proposed rulemaking, which if implemented, will effectively roll back significant portions of 2020’s...more
July 8, 2024 - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has updated its Beneficial Ownership Information Frequently Asked Questions to include responses to questions about entities that have ceased to exist....more
June 21, 2024 - The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Federal Reserve Board announced that following their joint review of the July 2023 resolution plan submissions of the eight largest and most complex banks, they...more
June 6, 2024- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released a request for information on the Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Financial Services Sector....more
May 7, 2024- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) released the report from am independent third-party review of allegations of sexual harassment and other interpersonal misconduct at the FDIC and management’s...more
January 18, 2024- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "National Security Challenges: Outpacing China in Emerging Technology."...more
January 16, 2024- The Federal Reserve Board published a working paper entitled, "A Field Guide to Monetary Policy Implementation Issues in a New World with CBDC, Stablecoin, and Narrow Banks."...more
December 11, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury published a fact sheet entitled, "U.S. Department of the Treasury Actions to Prevent and Disrupt Corruption" following up on the U.S. Strategy on Countering...more
December 7, 2023- U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Banking Committee Republicans are calling on Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chairman Martin...more
November 21, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury, through the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and IRS Criminal Investigation (CI), has settled with Binance...more
September 28, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Supply Chains held a hearing titled "Energy Independence: How Burdensome Energy Regulations are Crushing Small...more
August 1, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systempublished a working paper entitled, "Can Measurement Error Explain Slow Productivity Growth in Construction?"...more
July 27, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are requesting comment on a proposal to increase the strength and...more
July 7, 2023- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Treasury launched an inquiry into high-cost specialty financial products, such as medical...more
April 21, 2023- The Financial Stability Oversight Council (Council) voted unanimously to issue for public comment a proposed analytic framework for financial stability risks. The Council also voted unanimously to issue for...more
March 24, 2023- Members of the Senate Banking Committee Republicans are demanding answers and seeking records from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) and the Federal Reserve Bank of San...more
February 27, 2023- The Supreme Court of the United States granted a petition for certiorari to review the Fifth Circuit's decision in October that the statute providing funding to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more
January 13, 2023- U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen sent a letter to all members of Congressional leadership regarding the debt limit. January 13, 2023- The UK-U.S. Financial Regulatory Working Group issued a...more
October 17, 2022- U.S. Department of the Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control Director Andrea Gacki and HM Treasury Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation Director Giles Thomson published a joint article...more
October 12, 2022- Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr gave a speech at D.C. Fintech Week entitled, "Managing the Promise and Risk of Financial Innovation," including remarks addressing banks...more
Congress- U.S. Senate- Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs- Hearing: Considering the Index Fund Voting Process-...more