Dec 11, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
Senate Indian Affairs Committee Holds Hearing on Tribal Sovereignty, Self-Determination, and Consultation Earlier this week, U.S. Senator John Hoeven (R-N.D.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, convened a hearing on “From Languages to Homelands:...
Dec 9, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Waters Pushes Biden to Reverse Trump’s Financial Services Deregulation Last week, House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) Chairwoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden urging his administration to reverse deregulatory actions in the...
Dec 7, 2020 | FinTech, News
LendUp Starts Digital Bank, Named ‘Ahead Financials’ Last week, small-dollar lender LendUp officially launched a subsidiary digital bank called Ahead Financials, offering younger customers and the emerging middle class a no-fee checking account and debit card,...
Dec 4, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Pauses Enforcement Changes After Staff Objections After initially announcing plans to reorganize the agency to prioritize supervision over enforcement, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that it is halting the restructuring plans...
Dec 2, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
Biden Names Key Members of Economic Team As he prepares to take office next month, President-elect Joe Biden recently announced the first wave of his economic team’s key members, which his transition says will create an economy that gives Americans a fair chance to...