There has been a slow start to financial regulatory reform under the Trump Administration, but the conversation is now changing in ways that are serious and thoughtful. This note highligh...
Last week, Target Corp. reached a record $18.5 million settlement with 47 states and the District of Columbia to end investigations into Target’s data breach in 2013. The settlement hi...
There is no shortage of ideas from the financial sector on how to rebalance financial sector regulation judging by the many reports, white papers and letters that have been sent to Treasu...
A revised version of the Financial CHOICE Act (commonly referred to as CHOICE Act 2.0) was passed by the House Financial Services Committee last week on a strictly partisan vote and will ...
The House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Tuesday held a hearing to explore the constitutional design of the CFPB. At the hearing, three ...
As the second quarter of 2017 comes to a close, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nom...
The OCC’s fintech charter proposal is generating a lot of political and media sound and fury. Comptroller Curry’s speech in strong defense of the fintech charter was followed by a let...
While those of us in parts of the Mid-West and the East Coast received a snowy reminder this week that winter is still with us, a modest thaw of sorts nevertheless arrived on Thursday in ...
Media organizations have obtained a leaked memo originating from Representative Jeb Hensarling, Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, that outlines planned changes to the ve...
Yesterday afternoon, President Trump issued a memorandum directing the DOL to review the fiduciary rule it released last April that expanded the definition of an investment advice fiducia...
