Jun 27, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
Biden Names Mohegan Chief Marilynn Malerba U.S. Treasurer, Marking First Native American To Hold Position Last Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint Marilynn Malerba, Chief of the Mohegan Tribe, to be Treasurer of the United States. Chief...
Jun 24, 2022 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
FDIC to Again Include “Underbanked” Households in Biannual Banking Survey After the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) changed their biannual national survey on consumers’ banking habits in 2019 under former chair Jelena McWilliams, eliminating...
Jun 20, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Deputy Director Tells Consumer Group Meeting Bank-Fintech Partnerships May Be Scrutinized In keynote remarks before the Consumer Federation of America’s 2022 Consumer Assembly last week, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Deputy Director Zixta Martinez...
Jun 8, 2022 | Federal Regulation, FinTech, News
CFPB Opens Office of Competition and Innovation to Promote Competition in Financial Services The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently announced that it would be opening a new office “to help spur innovation in financial services by promoting...
Jun 6, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
House Subcommittee Investigating Credit Companies on Credit Report Errors During Pandemic Democratic members of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis recently informed Equifax, Inc., Experian PLC, and TransUnion that they would be probing the...
Jun 1, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Interpretive Rule Empowers State Enforcement In May, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new interpretive rule that empowers states’ consumer protection enforcement bodies to enforce the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The Bureau also said...
