House Subcommittee Investigating Credit Companies on Credit Report Errors During Pandemic
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...
Louisiana Governor Vetoes Installment Lending Bill
Louisiana Governor Vetoes Installment Lending Bill After passing Louisiana’s House of Representatives on May 10 and State Senate on May 16, Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has vetoed SB381, the Louisiana Credit Access Loan Act. The legislation would have allowed... CFPB Interpretive Rule Empowers State Enforcement
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...
Federal Reserve’s Latest Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households Report Finds Roughly 1/3 of Americans Could Not Cover $400 Emergency Expense Out of Pocket
Federal Reserve’s Latest Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households Report Finds Roughly 1/3 of Americans Could Not Cover $400 Emergency Expense Out of Pocket In its Economic Well-Being of U.S. Households in 2021 report, issued last week, the Federal Reserve found that...
Senators Author Bipartisan Plan to Create Oversight Body For Emerging Financial Technologies
Senators Author Bipartisan Plan to Create Oversight Body For Emerging Financial Technologies Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) are set to release draft legislation on digital assets, which will be open for a month-long public comment...
Fifth Circuit May Invalidate CFPB Funding Structure
Fifth Circuit May Invalidate CFPB Funding Structure Since the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the legislation that established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), was passed by Congress and signed into law 12 years ago, CFPB’s...
Four California Legislators Push FDIC to Crack Down on Bank-Fintech Partnerships
Four California Legislators Push FDIC to Crack Down on Bank-Fintech Partnerships In a letter to the FDIC sent earlier this month, four California legislators asked the federal regulator to crack down on partnerships between banks—which are regulated by the FDIC—and...
Senate Banking Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for Fed Nominee Michael Barr
Senate Banking Committee Holds Confirmation Hearing for Fed Nominee Michael Barr On Thursday, the Senate Banking Committee held a confirmation hearing for three of President Biden’s nominees for various positions. In addition to Michael Barr, chosen to be the Federal...
