Feb 15, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Next Article → Late last night, the President pledged to sign H.J. Res. 31, a bill that would keep the government funded through the fiscal year. Although tribes will be spared another government shutdown for now, a future one is always...
Feb 14, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, FinTech, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Earlier this year, Maxine Waters, Chair of the House Financial Services Committee, listed financial technology (fintech) as a policy priority for the committee, and much of that work will start with the creation of a new...
Feb 12, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Earlier today, the Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting voiced his support for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) proposal to rescind the ability-to-repay requirements under its Final Rule regarding...
Feb 12, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Democratic leadership in the House Financial Services Committee has sent a letter to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) asking for documents related to recent settlements. The letter points out that several...
Feb 8, 2019 | Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → The First Circuit Court of Appeals is hearing a case that will shed further light on whether a bank’s overdraft fee should be considered interest. Previous rulings have found that overdraft fees are not an extension of...
Feb 7, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → There has been a sharp increase in the number of complaints received by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) from military service members between 2012 and 2018, according to an annual report by CFPB’s Office of...
Feb 6, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Earlier today, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to rescind certain provisions of the final rule regarding “Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment...
Feb 5, 2019 | Banks & Credit Unions, News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Next Article → There are more than 30 native-owned banks and credit unions serving underserved communities all across America. Because of these native-owned financial institutions, many people living on or near tribal reservations now have...
Feb 1, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Kathy Kraninger announced leadership changes in a recent press release. This comes after the New York Attorney General’s (AGs) office and other states have nabbed key...
Jan 31, 2019 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Thirteen state attorney generals (AG) and the District of Columbia AG have submitted a comment to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in response to the agency’s request for information on small-dollar...
