Aug 21, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
Executive Order Targets Debanking Earlier this month, President Trump signed an executive order directing federal regulators to investigate and punish banks that illegally discriminate against conservatives with fines and other penalties, continuing his...
Aug 19, 2025 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Divided Federal Appeals Court Gives Go Ahead for Mass CFPB Firings Last week, a divided federal appeals court paved the way for President Trump to resume the mass firings at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), ruling that the lower court that temporarily...
Aug 13, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB Opens Comment Period to Roll Back Nonbank Supervision Regulations The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has considered cutting back on the number of nonbank companies it supervises in the debt collection, auto finance, international money transfer, and...
Aug 7, 2025 | Federal Regulation, FinTech, News
SEC Chair Lays Out Pro-Crypto Plans Paul Atkins, Chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), recently revealed plans to overhaul capital market regulations to support both cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based trading. He laid out several pro-crypto plans,...
Aug 5, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
CFPB to Rewrite Open Banking Rule In a recent court filing, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) revealed that it plans to rework a U.S. open banking rule aimed at establishing industry-wide standards for data sharing between banks, fintechs, and consumers....
Jul 30, 2025 | FinTech, News
4 in 10 Consumers Would Not Make Purchase if BNPL Were Not Available A recent PYMNTS Intelligence report, “Decoding BNPL Users: Necessity, Convenience and Risk Signals” examines consumer behavior and preferences regarding buy now, pay later (BNPL), which has become...
Jul 24, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
46% of Americans Carry Credit Card Balance and 23% Don’t Think They Will Ever Pay it Off A recent Bankrate survey found that 46 percent of Americans carry a credit card balance month to month, and 23 percent believe they will never get out of credit card debt. A...
Jul 22, 2025 | Congressional Legislation, FinTech, News
Trump Signs First Major Cryptocurrency Bill Into Law Last week, President Trump signed the GENIUS Act, making it the first major cryptocurrency bill to become law. The legislation establishes a regulatory framework for stablecoins, which are dollar-backed digital...
Jul 16, 2025 | Federal Regulation, News
Senate Confirms Jonathan Gould as Comptroller of the Currency Last week, the U.S. Senate confirmed Jonathan Gould to serve as Comptroller of the Currency by a vote of 50-45. Gould served as chief counsel and senior deputy comptroller of the Office of the Comptroller...
Jul 10, 2025 | Financial Literacy, News
Credit Cards, Credit Reporting Disputes Lead FDIC Consumer Complaints According to the FDIC’s Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights, the agency processed a surge in consumer complaints last year led by credit cards as the most frequently cited product and credit...
