Banks are the traditional institution for borrowing money in America. According to the Federal Reserve, bank loan portfolios grew nearly 7% in 2014 and totaled more than $8 trillion in assets. Historically low interest rates and economic recovery in some sectors are...
“We will work diligently to limit regulations, lower taxes on hardworking Americans and small businesses, and get the engine of economic growth firing on all cylinders once again,” Mnuchin said. On January 19, 2017, the latest of Trump nominees faced his...
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Representative Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) couldn’t be more different in personality. Crapo is a soft-spoken, unassuming career politician from the mountain west. First elected in 1984, the Harvard law-educated Crapo has been an Idaho state...
Washington, DC – On December 22nd, the Supreme Court of California [ruled] that various affiliated online payday loan entities of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and Santee Sioux Nation of Nebraska are not entitled to tribal immunity for violations of the California...
Washington, DC January 13, 2017 – The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) signaled that it is advancing on its proposal to explore the issuance of limited-purpose bank charters to financial technology (“fintech”) firms engaged in banking. On...