May 22, 2017 | News
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced recently a new plan for the regulation of FinTech and non-bank financial institutions dubbed Vision 2020. The initiative seeks to standardize state regulatory systems and develop a data sharing accord that...
May 22, 2017 | News
A report published this week by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) of the Federal Reserve detailed chronic problems at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the agency’s poor protection of sensitive information used in enforcement investigations....
May 22, 2017 | News
Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin spoke with Senate Banking Committee members on May 18th about tax cuts and Dodd-Frank reform. The hearing was part of a “Domestic and International Policy Update.” Secretary Mnuchin is expected to release a report soon that...
May 12, 2017 | News
Americans purchased 5.5 million homes in 2016, the highest number in ten years, but still millions below pre-recession levels. The year of 2008 was a modern low point for homeowners after a housing bubble and subprime mortgage crisis caused household net worth to...
May 12, 2017 | News
On May 10, 2017, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Dillon v. BMO Harris Bank, Case No. 16-1362, which held a tribal choice of law provision and arbitration clause in a lending contract were unenforceable because portions of the contract...
May 10, 2017 | News
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D- NY) spoke this week with President Trump about filling a Democratic vacancy on the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) governing board. Senator Schumer recommended the President add Rohit Chopra, a fellow at the Consumer... 
