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Hill Hearing Debates Innovation and Credit Access Threat Due to Banking Regulation ‘Overreach’
Bank Regulation // September 20, 2023

Change looms in the banking sector as various agencies have put forth proposals that would, among other things, raise capital requirements, mandate that banks with more than $100 billion in assets issue more debt and that almost all institutions re-assess risk. To that end, the...

132 Members of Congress Say CFPB Funding Structure Unconstitutional
CFPB // July 11, 2023

A group of 132 members of Congress favor challenging the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The group filed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of upholding a lower court’s decision that the CFPB’s funding structure is unconstitutional, and that the...

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Lawmakers Say FDIC Has ‘Moved Backwards on Innovation’

February 02, 2024
Three members of Congress have asked the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) for information about how it will provide regulatory guidance for FinTech firms and other financial innovators. This request was driven by the FDIC’s dismantling of the external facing portion of its FDITech Office, according to a Friday (Feb. 2) press release issued by the House Financial Service Committee (HFSC). […]

132 Members of Congress Say CFPB Funding Structure Unconstitutional

July 11, 2023
A group of 132 members of Congress favor challenging the funding structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). The group filed an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court in support of...