Feb 3, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Releases Proposal Slashing Credit Card Late Fees The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a proposed rule that it says will rein in excessive credit card late fees that cost Americans nearly $12 billion every year. The Bureau alleges that...
Jan 27, 2023 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
Acting Comptroller Warns that “Too Big to Manage” Banks May be Broken Up At a recent event hosted by The Brookings Institution, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu warned that banks whose size is too large to address internal weaknesses and adhere to...
Jan 25, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Proposes Rule to Rein in Nonbank Arbitration Contracts Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a proposed rule to establish a public registry of supervised nonbanks’ terms and conditions in contracts that claim to limit or...
Jan 18, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
Yellen Agrees to Stay on as Treasury Secretary Through End of Biden’s First Term Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen agreed to remain in her position through the rest of Biden’s presidential term as the White House faces growing challenges like the need to raise the...
Jan 11, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Creates “Repeat Offender Unit” to Target Large Banks In a recent report about its supervisory activity, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said that it had created a “repeat offender unit” to monitor large banks that frequently violate consumer...
Jan 6, 2023 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Exploring New Rules for Credit Reporting Companies The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released an annual report on deficiencies in how credit reporting companies respond to consumer complaints. The report includes considerations for how the...
