May 2, 2022 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Chopra Appears Before House Financial Services, Senate Banking Committees On Tuesday and Wednesday last week, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra appeared before both the House Financial Services and Senate Banking Committees to provide the Consumer Financial Protection...
Apr 25, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Releases Report on Financial Challenges Facing Rural Communities Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on financial challenges faced by Americans living in rural communities, finding that many of these communities...
Apr 22, 2022 | Federal Regulation, FinTech, News
Yellen Backs Crypto Regulations In a speech at American University earlier this month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen outlined the Treasury Department’s plan to regulate digital assets like cryptocurrency, which largely reflects the Biden administration’s priorities....
Apr 20, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
Biden Picks Michael Barr to be Fed Vice Chair for Supervision Last week, President Biden announced his intent to nominate Michael Barr as the next Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision after his previous choice, Sarah Bloom Raskin, withdrew from consideration...
Apr 15, 2022 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Brown Asks Fed and OCC to Review Bank Mergers Senator Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, recently sent a letter to Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael Hsu,...
Apr 11, 2022 | Federal Regulation, News
Chopra Plans Crackdown on Repeat Offenders In a recent speech at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra announced plans to rein in repeat industry offenders by potentially forcing the divestiture of...