Jan 16, 2020 | Financial Literacy, News
CFPB Issues 2019 Financial Literacy Report Last month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its Financial Literacy Annual Report for fiscal year 2019, which is part of the Dodd-Frank Act’s requirements that the agency report on its work to provide...
Jan 15, 2020 | Federal Regulation, News
California Governor Gavin Newsom Announces Plans to Create State Consumer Financial Protection Agency Last week, while releasing his budget proposal for the state, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed plans to establish a powerful state agency modeled after the...
Jan 13, 2020 | News, Online Lending, Tribal Sovereignty
Revenues from Tribal Lending Enterprise and Investments into Economic Enterprises Lead Lac Vieux Desert to Historic Milestone: Payment in Full of Casino Debt Recently, the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians (LVD) announced that the Tribe had paid...
Jan 10, 2020 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
Progressive Groups Demand Kavanaugh’s Recusal When SCOTUS Hears CFPB Constitutionality Case With the constitutionality of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) soon to be argued before the United States Supreme Court, a group of progressive...
Jan 8, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently released a report examining the differences between large and small mortgage servicers and exploring the role that servicers of different sizes play in the mortgage market where size is defined by the number of...
Jan 7, 2020 | Congressional Legislation, News
In a letter sent to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chairwoman Jelena McWilliams last month, Representative Katie Porter (D-Calif.) requested that the agency closely examine partnerships between online lenders and banks. These partnerships have come under...
Jan 6, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
According to a recent Bloomberg News report based on filings from companies and labor unions, banks around the world cut nearly 80,000 jobs in 2019, which some have suggested is a response to a slowing economy and financial firms’ continued adoption of digital...
Jan 3, 2020 | Banks & Credit Unions, FinTech, News
TransUnion researchers analyzed macroeconomic conditions and their impact on credit cards, personal and auto loans, and mortgages to predict that 2020 will be a good year for consumer credit, with low delinquencies and strong growth for most sectors. This prediction...
Dec 31, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, News
Recently, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced his opposition to the Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act of 2019, which was introduced by Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.) in March and passed the House of Representatives in September...
