Jun 3, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Orders Return to Office, Reassigns Nationwide Workforce to Washington The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced plans to end most telework arrangements and require employees to report to a new headquarters in Washington, D.C. Critics say that...
May 27, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Deletes Pre-2025 Consumer Advisories and Public Statements from Website The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has removed roughly 1,700 pages from its public website, including press releases, speeches, testimony, consumer advisories, and other public-facing...
May 20, 2026 | Financial Literacy, News
Fed Survey Finds Americans Still Feel Financially Stable Despite Inflation Pressures According to the Federal Reserve’s latest Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households report, which examines the financial circumstances of U.S. adults and their families in 2025, most...
May 13, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
CA Gov. Newsom Taps Rohit Chopra to Lead California Consumer Protection Super-Agency California Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed former CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to serve as the first secretary of the state’s newly created Business and Consumer Services Agency (BCSA),...
May 6, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Finalizes Narrowed Small-Business Lending Data Rule The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a scaled-back version of its long-delayed Section 1071 small business lending rule last week, significantly reducing the number of lenders covered and...
Apr 29, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
Fed Chair Nominee Kevin Warsh Clears Senate Banking Committee After Sen. Tillis Drops Opposition Kevin Warsh, President Trump’s nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, advanced out of the Senate Banking Committee today on a party line 13-11 vote, putting him on a clear...
Apr 22, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
Trump Administration Ends CFPB Headquarters Lease The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has terminated the lease for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Washington, D.C. headquarters, transferring the property to the General Services Administration and...
Apr 15, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
FDIC and OCC Finalize Rule Eliminating “Reputation Risk” from Bank Supervision The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have issued a joint final rule removing “reputation risk” as a factor in bank...
Apr 8, 2026 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Proposes Major Workforce Reduction Amid Ongoing Legal Fight The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has outlined a plan to cut more than half of its workforce as part of an ongoing legal battle over the agency’s future. In court filings, the CFPB said it...
Apr 1, 2026 | Congressional Legislation, News
Lawmakers Introduce Bipartisan Bill Targeting Credit Repair Scams Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) recently introduced bipartisan legislation aimed at cracking down on fraudulent credit repair practices that exploit financially vulnerable...
