Financial Regulators news and trends

UK Regulators Taking Very Close Look At P2P Lending
Alternative Finances // July 31, 2018

The P2P lending market is big business in the U.K. According to the U.K. Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA), a self-regulating P2P industry group that includes most of the biggest names in U.K. marketplace lending, the country’s P2P lending industry had hit £9 billion in loan...

Mulvaney Might Move CFPB To Cut Costs
CFPB // May 02, 2018

In a bid to save money, Mick Mulvaney is considering moving dozens of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to the basement of its Washington headquarters, while relocating the others to Dallas. According to American Banker, Mulvaney is looking to cut spending at...

Bitcoin Daily: LoopX’s Exit Scam, BitGrail’s Suspicious Nano Hack
Bitcoin // February 13, 2018

Some of America’s leading universities are adding a new course to their roster – call it Bitcoin 101. Graduate classes at schools such as Duke and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology will address bitcoin and the blockchain, The New York Times reported. “There was some...

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Trump Administration Shrinks Finance Watchdog

August 09, 2018
The Trump administration is laying off 40 staff members at the Office of Financial Research (OFR), an independent bureau that analyzes market trends to detect financial risks. According to Reuters, the employees were told on Wednesday (Aug. 8) that they will lose their jobs as part of a reorganization of the agency, which was created […]

Mulvaney Might Move CFPB To Cut Costs

May 02, 2018
In a bid to save money, Mick Mulvaney is considering moving dozens of employees of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to the basement of its Washington headquarters, while relocating...

Bitcoin Daily: LoopX’s Exit Scam, BitGrail’s Suspicious Nano Hack

February 13, 2018
Some of America’s leading universities are adding a new course to their roster – call it Bitcoin 101. Graduate classes at schools such as Duke and the Massachusetts Institute of...