September 13, 2024 - The General Counsel of the CFPB delivered a speech to the Poverty Law Conference addressing the variety of consumer protection laws that protect impoverished individuals and how innovation and financial...more
July 2, 2024- The EU–U.S. Joint Financial Regulatory Forum took place on June 25-26, 2024, with participants exchanging views on topics of mutual interest as part of their regular financial regulatory dialogue. The...more
June 4, 2024- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a circular warning against the use of unlawful or unenforceable terms and conditions in contracts for consumer financial products or services. June 4, 2024- ...more
May 20, 2024- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Chair Martin J. Gruenberg issued a statement announcing he is prepared to step down as Chair once a successor is confirmed. May 20, 2024 - Senator Sherrod Brown...more
Based on a recent report from the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC), nonbank mortgage companies (NMCs) need to prepare for additional regulatory scrutiny from both state and federal regulators. In the report, FSOC...more
May 9, 2024- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, “Consumer Protection: Examining Fees in Financial Services and Rental Housing.” May 9, 2024 - The Federal Reserve...more
May 1, 2024 - The U.S. House Committee on Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy held a hearing entitled, “Merger Policies of the Federal Banking Agencies.” The Committee heard...more
April 3, 2024- Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell gave opening remarks at the Stanford Business, Government, and Society Forum at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California....more
November 1, 2023- The Federal Open Market Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 5-1/4 to 5-1/2 percent. November 1, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance...more
September 18, 2023- New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued an update on an ongoing initiative to strengthen DFS oversight of virtual currencies. September 18, 2023- The Federal Reserve Bank of New...more
September 7, 2023- The U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs held a hearing entitled, "Perspectives on Challenges in the Property Insurance Market and the Impact on Consumers."...more
June 20, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) Office of Inspector General released a report entitled, "The Board Can Enhance Its Procedures and Controls for Protecting Confidential...more
June 1, 2023- The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) issued a joint consent order to facilitate the implementation...more
May 30, 2023- The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) released the minutes of its interest rate meetings from April 10 through May 3, 2023....more
U.S. House Financial Services Committee Chairman Patrick McHenry (NC-10) sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen regarding Treasury's rumored Executive Order on outbound investment to China....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
May 1, 2023- The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) released a comprehensive overview of the deposit insurance system and options for reform to address financial stability concerns stemming from recent bank...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
March 1, 2023- Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Nellie Liang gave remarks at the Atlantic Council on the next steps in the future of money and payments....more
February 23, 2023- The Federal Reserve Board, Federal Deposit Corporation, and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency issued a joint statement highlighting liquidity risks to banking organizations associated with certain...more
February 1, 2023- Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne A. Harris announced today that the New York State Department of Financial Services has adopted a new regulation relating to disclosure requirements for...more
January 18, 2023- The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an order that identifies the virtual currency exchange Bitzlato Limited (Bitzlato) as a "primary money laundering...more
December 23, 2022- The Federal Reserve Board published a paper entitled, "Equilibrium Yield Curves with Imperfect Information."...more
Ginnie Mae advises in the report that in early 2016 it and investors in Ginnie Mae guaranteed MBS “first began to identify a wave of early loan repayments and serial refinancing as a problem with much greater incidence in VA...more
October 31, 2022- Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw gave remarks at the inaugural ECGI Responsible Capitalism Summit entitled, "Moving Forward in Our Lane."...more