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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Interest Rate Exportation Under Attack Part I
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Compliance into the Weeds: Scathing Report on Culture at The FDIC
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
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Evaluating Government Sanctions in the Payments Industry - Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Deep Dive Into Cryptocurrency and its Risks to Investors and the Banking System, with Arthur E. Wilmarth, George Washington University Law School
CFPB's Section 1071 Final Rule (Part 3): Potential Problem Areas – The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 1) - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How a Former FDIC Chairman is Reacting to the Silicon Bank Valley Failure, A Discussion with Special Guest Bill Isaac, Chairman, Secura/Isaac Group, and FDIC
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Use of the FDIC Name and Logo: Proceed With Caution
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Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
The Sanity of Bank Directors
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August 1, 2024- The European Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), the world's first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence, which was designed to ensure that AI developed and used in the EU is trustworthy,...more
July 15, 2024 - The Conference of State Bank Supervisors and the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors submitted a joint comment letter stating that the Federal Housing Finance Agency should not make any...more
December 5, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion held a hearing entitled, "Fostering Financial Innovation: How Agencies Can Leverage...more
October 18, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of Inspector General published a report entitled, "FDIC Strategies Related to Crypto-Asset Risks" with the FDIC staff noting guidance forthcoming by...more
August 29, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency are requesting comment on a joint proposal that would require large banks with total assets...more
August 22, 2023- Governor Michelle W. Bowman of the Federal Reserve Board of Govenors (the "Federal Reserve") gave opening remarks at "Fed Listens: Joining the Labor Force after COVID, A Discussion on Youth Employment,"...more
June 6, 2023- Federal bank regulatory agencies issued final joint guidance designed to help banking organizations manage risks associated with third-party relationships, including relationships with financial technology...more
June 2, 2023- Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, and Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture, released a discussion draft of legislation providing...more
March 31, 2023- U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) introduced the Financial Compensation for CFPB Whistleblowers Act to authorize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to award financial compensation to...more
December 8, 2022- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and...more
December 5, 2022- Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu discussed the importance of continued prudent credit risk management and diversity and inclusion, two important safety and soundness topics, at the RMA...more
November 30, 2022- U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chair of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, wrote to U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chair of the Financial Stability Oversight Committee (FSOC) Janet...more
November 16, 2022 The U.S House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "Oversight of Prudential Regulators: Ensuring the Safety, Soundness, Diversity, and Accountability of Depository Institutions." The...more
October 18, 2022- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation adopted a final rule to increase initial base deposit insurance assessment rate schedules uniformly by 2 basis points beginning in the first quarterly assessment...more
October 3, 2022- The Financial Stability Oversight Council held a meeting on October 3, 2022 where it unanimously approved its Report on Digital Asset Financial Stability Risks and Regulation....more
September 12, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board published a paper entitled, "The impact of risk cycles on business cycles: a historical view."...more
August 1, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced its current estimates of privately-held net marketable borrowing for the July – September 2022 and October – December 2022 quarters....more
July 18, 2022- The U.S. Department of the Treasury released Treasury International Capital data for May 2022. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen's Meetings with Counterparts at the G20 Finance Ministers and...more
July 5, 2022- Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang gave remarks at King's College London's Global Banking and Finance Conference addressing current macroprudential regulation, and looking ahead at emerging...more
Federal Agencies- Federal Reserve Board- Speech: Lessons Learned on Normalizing Monetary Policy- June 20, 2022- Federal Reserve Board Governor Christopher J. Waller gave a speech entitled, "Lessons Learned on Normalizing...more
Federal Agencies- Securities and Exchange Commission- SEC Investor Advisory Committee to Discuss Non-Traditional Accounting and Climate Disclosure on June 9-...more
Major Developments- Federal Agencies- Federal Reserve Board Speech: Responding to High Inflation, with Some Thoughts on a Soft Landing- ...more
Congress- U.S. House of Representatives- Committee on Small Business- Committee Announces June Hearings- May 27, 2022- The House Small Business Committee announced several committee hearings throughout June:...more
The G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors issued a communique on the results of their May 18-20 Meeting in Petersburg, Germany....more
Division of Banks Warns of Risks from Representments Causing Multiple NSF Fees - The Massachusetts Division of Banks has issued a supervisory alert letter to warn banks about certain legal risks and risks of regulatory...more