Dec 31, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Adds Deputy Chief of Staff and Assistant Director for Office of Innovation Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the addition of two new staff members: a Deputy Chief of Staff as well as an Assistant Director for the Office...
Dec 28, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
Biden Adds Two to Economic Team Last week, President-elect Joe Biden announced two new members of his White House economic team: David Kamin, who will serve as deputy director of the National Economic Council (NEC), and Bharat Ramamurti, who will be deputy NEC...
Dec 21, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
Biden Picks Haaland for Secretary of Interior; Will Become First Native American Cabinet Official Earlier this month, President-elect Joe Biden chose representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) to lead the Department of the Interior. If confirmed by the Senate, Haaland would...
Dec 18, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
Nevada Financial Regulators Move Forward With Database for Short-Term Lenders Members of Nevada’s Financial Institutions Division recently approved draft regulations clarifying details of a statewide database for short-term, high interest payday loans. The regulations...
Dec 16, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Quarterly Trends Report Explores Prevalence of Payment Information in Consumer Credit Reporting Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its most recent consumer credit trends report, examining the rates of actual payment information...
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...