Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Did the Supreme Court Hand the CFPB a Pyrrhic Victory?
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Understanding the Federal Reserve Board Proposal to Lower Interchange Fee Cap for Debit Card Transactions
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
The Future of Payments: Exploring FedNow With the Payments Professor — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Federal Banking Interagency Final Guidance on Third-Party Relationships - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What is FedNow and its Role in the U.S. Payments System?
Breaking (Down) the Debt Ceiling
Podcast: 2023 Deal Cycle - Considerations for Transactions in Uncertain Economic Times - Diagnosing Health Care
Crypto Year in Review 2022: Federal Reserve and Central Bank Digital Currencies and FDIC/OCC Regulatory Developments - The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Is the U.S. Payments System Failing Business and Consumers? A Discussion with Special Guest Dan Awrey, Professor of Law, Cornell Law School
DE Under 3: Latest Monthly Jobs Report, Unemployment & the US BLS JOLTS Report
Stablecoin Regulation in an Unstable Time: The Fed and Treasury Address a Stablecoin Regulatory Framework
Congressional and Federal Agency Action Following Executive Order on Digital Assets Policy
The Return of TALF Fund Opportunities Via COVID-19 Relief
Regulators Tackle Board Effectiveness and Overdrafts
The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA): Recap and What to Expect in 2014
May 22, 2024- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published its 2024 Risk Review, which summarizes conditions in the U.S. economy, financial markets, and the banking industry....more
February 6, 2024- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council." The Committee heard testimony from Secretary of the Treasury Janet...more
December 13, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled, "Moving the Money Part 2: Getting Answers from the Biden Administration on the Iranian...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
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
A federal court has issued an order granting an injunction that delays the compliance dates for the CFPB’s final rule governing the collection of small business lending data required by Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Wall...more
July 14, 2023- The Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, Patrick McHenry (NC-10), and the Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, Glenn "GT" Thompson (PA-15), issued the following statement regarding the...more
July 13, 2023- The Bank Policy Institute, American Bankers Association, Financial Services Forum, Institute of International Bankers and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association submitted a letter to Federal...more
June 27, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office Economic Policy released an analysis of the surge in construction spending for manufacturing in the United States....more
June 23, 2023- The U.S. House of Representatives today passed the Middle-Class Borrower Protection Act of 2023. June 23, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)...more
May 23, 2023- The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing entitled, "FHFA Oversight: Protecting Homeowners and Taxpayers." •Hearing- •Committee Memorandum- •Committee Vice Chair Hill Statement- ...more
May 11, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Board of Directors approved a notice of proposed rulemaking, which would implement a special assessment to recover the cost associated with protecting uninsured...more
Regulatory Developments - Federal Reserve Announces Results From the Review of the Supervision and Regulation of SVB - On April 28, the Federal Reserve released its report analyzing SVB’s failure (Report). The Report...more
April 26, 2023- House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10), Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee Chairman French Hill (AR-02), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...more
April 18, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing on the nominations of- i) Dr. Jared Bernstein, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Executive...more
September 6, 2022- The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Financial Services announced updates to its September schedule. POSTPONED - Thursday, September 8 at 12 p.m. ET: The Subcommittee on Investor Protection,...more
July 29, 2022- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation published a fact sheet entitled, "What the Public Needs to Know About FDIC Deposit Insurance and Crypto Companies." The FDIC also issued a Financial Institution...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
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
In this Issue. The federal bank regulatory agencies announced that the temporary change to the supplementary leverage ratio for depository institutions will expire as scheduled on March 31, 2021; the Small Business...more
In this Issue. The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced that it was opening the application process for the Emergency Capital Investment Program, a new program designed to provide long-term, low-cost equity and...more
Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
A Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) is a privately owned and operated company that makes long-term investments in American small businesses and is licensed by the United States Small Business Administration (SBA)....more