Congress

Bank-Friendly OCC Head To Testify Before Congress
Bank-Friendly OCC Head To Testify Before Congress
June 11, 2018  |  Bank Regulation

The White House’s move to appoint Joseph Otting as the Comptroller of the Currency in November underscores the changing relationship between the nation’s largest banks...

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Equifax Gives Congress More Breach Data Information
Equifax Gives Congress More Breach Data Information
May 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Equifax, the embattled credit scoring company that was the subject of a massive data breach last fall, provided several congressional committees in the Senate and...

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Mulvaney Pitches New CFPB Governance To Congress
Mulvaney Pitches New CFPB Governance To Congress
April 11, 2018  |  CFPB

In his first semiannual report to Congress, Mick Mulvaney said he is taking a narrow approach to running the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Mulvaney,...

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Even Mark Zuckerberg’s Data Ended Up With Cambridge Analytica
Even Mark Zuckerberg’s Data Ended Up With Cambridge Analytica
April 11, 2018  |  Facebook

Facing his second congressional hearing in Washington this afternoon (April 11), CEO Mark Zuckerberg told lawmakers that he was among the 87 million Facebook users...

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Former Walmart CEO Criticizes Amazon And Suggests It Be Split Up
Former Walmart CEO Criticizes Amazon And Suggests It Be Split Up
April 02, 2018  |  Amazon

Donald Trump isn’t the only one who has issues with Amazon. The former CEO of Walmart has criticized the eCommerce giant and even suggested Congress...

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Zuckerberg To Testify Before Congress
Zuckerberg To Testify Before Congress
March 28, 2018  |  Facebook

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, facing repeated calls to testify before Congress over the Cambridge Analytica user data scandal, has decided to oblige, gearing up...

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Congress Receives Petition To Make Cannabis Banking Legal
Congress Receives Petition To Make Cannabis Banking Legal
January 17, 2018  |  Legal

Congress has a new petition to review: This one is from a bipartisan group of 18 attorneys general from states that have legalized recreational and...

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Peering Into The Beginnings Of 2018’s Regulatory Environs
Peering Into The Beginnings Of 2018’s Regulatory Environs
January 08, 2018  |  Regulation Roundup

Across the regulatory landscape, it is not just where you’ve been, where the rules are in place, but where the rules are headed. As one...

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Bank, Tech Groups Lobby For Federal Oversight Of Data Breaches
Bank, Tech Groups Lobby For Federal Oversight Of Data Breaches
January 08, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

A group of financial, retail and technology trade associations are calling on the federal government to oversee data breaches. According to a report in American...

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