May 28, 2024 | Federal Regulation, News
Amid Scandal, Gruenberg Announces Plans to Resign Once Successor is Approved Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) Chairman Martin Gruenberg announced last week that he plans to step down after the Special Review Committee’s recent report detailing sexual harassment,...
May 22, 2024 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Director Chopra Says Agency “Will Be Firing on All Cylinders” after SCOTUS Ruling After years of uncertainty regarding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)’s legal status as a pending lawsuit made its way through the legal system, the...
May 16, 2024 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited CFPB Ruling, Rejecting Challenge and Affirming Constitutionality of Funding Mechanism Earlier today, the Supreme Court handed down its 7-2 decision in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial Services of America, a...
May 14, 2024 | Federal Regulation, News
FDIC Special Review Committee Releases Scathing Independent Report on Workplace Misconduct and Culture Last week, the FDIC released the report from the independent third-party review, led by the law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, into allegations of...
May 8, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
Federal Reserve Survey of Lending Officers Finds U.S. Banks Reported Stricter Credit Standards in Q1 2024 According to the Federal Reserve’s “April 2024 Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey on Bank Lending Practices,” released on Monday, many banks tightened their...
May 2, 2024 | Federal Regulation, News
Consumers Pay More for Products With More Complex Pricing Structures, CFPB Finds In a new report, prepared as part of the Biden Administration’s junk fee initiative, the CFPB found that consumers tend to pay more for products with more complex pricing structures. The...
Apr 30, 2024 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
HFSC Vice-Chairman Rep. French Hill: Republicans’ Focus for Remainder of Biden Admin is Pushing Back on Regulators Speaking before a group of community bankers, Rep. French Hill (R-Ark.) said that for the rest of the Biden Administration, House Republicans’ focus will...
Apr 24, 2024 | Banks & Credit Unions, Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Report Finds Overdraft and NSF Revenue Down More Than 50 Percent in 2023 vs. Pre-Pandemic Levels According to a new report issued by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), overdraft and nonsufficient funds (NSF) revenues dropped by $6.1 billion since...
Apr 18, 2024 | Congressional Legislation, News
House Financial Services Committee Sends 13 Bills to House Floor, Including EWA Framework, Nullification of CFPB Late Fee Rule Yesterday, the House Financial Services Committee reported 13 bills out of Committee, sending them to the full House for consideration. Among...
Apr 16, 2024 | FinTech, News
New Survey Finds More Than Half of BNPL Users Have Encountered Issues According to a Bankrate survey released last week, 56 percent of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) users say they’ve encountered at least one issue while using the services, such as spending more than they...
