Feb 12, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
Russell Vought Takes Over as CFPB Acting Director, Closes Office for the Week, and Announces Plans to Cut off Funding; Trump Nominates Jonathan McKernan as Director Last week, President Trump appointed Russell Vought as acting director of the Consumer Financial...
Feb 6, 2025 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
Sens. Hawley and Sanders Introduce Bill to Cap Credit Card Interest Rates Earlier this week, Senators Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced a bill that would cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent, the average of which is currently 20...
Feb 4, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
Rohit Chopra Out at CFPB After Firing; Treasury Secretary Bessent Designated Acting Director Over the weekend, President Donald Trump fired Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra in the most recent example of Biden administration holdovers...
Jan 29, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
Survey Finds Only 41% of Americans Could Pay $1000 Expense Using Savings A recent Bankrate survey found that only 41 percent of Americans could use savings to pay for an emergency expense of $1000 or more, which is down from 44 percent last year. This number breaks up...
Jan 23, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
NY Department of Financial Services Proposes Banning Overdraft Fees on Transactions Under $20 The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) recently proposed banning state-chartered banks from charging overdraft fees on transactions that are $20 or less, as...
Jan 21, 2025 | Congressional Legislation, News
Scott Outlines Priorities for Senate Banking Committee Last week, U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, laid out his oversight and legislative priorities for the 119th Congress. Scott, the first Black...
Jan 15, 2025 | Federal Regulation, FinTech, News
With Less than a Week Before Administration Changes, CFPB Issues New Fintech Sandbox Policy Less than a week before the Trump administration is set to retake the White House, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued new procedures for banks and fintechs...
Jan 9, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
New CFPB Rule Bans Medical Debt on Credit Reports As the Biden Administration’s days continue to wane, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently finalized a rule that will remove roughly $49 billion in medical debt from the credit reports of nearly 15...
Jan 7, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
Credit Card Defaults Hit Highest Level Since 2010 The Financial Times is reporting that card lenders wrote off $46 billion in seriously delinquent loans in the first nine months of 2024—a 50 percent increase from 2023 and the highest level since 2010. The write-offs...
Jan 2, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
NY Dept of Financial Services Aims to Increase Financial Regulatory Activities as Many Expect Rollbacks Once Trump Returns to Office The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) plans to place more scrutiny on banks, insurers, and cryptocurrency companies as...
