CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
We are releasing today on our podcast show a repurposed webinar that we produced on June 11, 2025 entitled “What is happening at the federal agencies that is relevant to the residential mortgage and settlement service industries.”
During this podcast, we will inform you about recent developments at federal agencies, including the CFPB, HUD/FHA, OCC, FDIC, FRB and USDA (collectively, the “Agencies”), as well as Congress, the White House, states and the courts.… Continue Reading
We are releasing today on our podcast show a repurposed webinar which we produced on May 13, 2025 entitled “What is happening at the federal agencies (other than the CFPB) that is relevant to the consumer financial services industry.”
During this podcast, we will inform you about recent developments at those other agencies, including the FTC, OCC, FDIC, FRB and DOJ (collectively, the “Agencies”) and the White House (through the issuance of Executive Orders).… Continue Reading
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration.
“These letters highlight the rules and guidance issued under the previous Administration that reduce competition and innovation and must be rescinded or significantly modified,” the GOP members said in a joint letter to the regulators.… Continue Reading
Chief Justice John Roberts has issued a temporary stay of a decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that barred the Trump Administration from firing members of two independent agency boards.
The stay follows a 7-4 appeals court decision that Cathy Harris, the chairwoman of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and Gwynne Wilcox, a member of the National Labor Relations Board, should return to their jobs.… Continue Reading
President Trump on Tuesday fired the remaining two Democratic members of the FTC, leaving only two Republicans on the commission.
The commissioners, Alvaro Bedoy and Rebecca Slaughter, announced their dismissals on social media. Both called their dismissals illegal, since the FTC is supposed to be an independent agency. Both of them called their firings illegal and Bedoy already has said he would challenge his dismissal in court.… Continue Reading
Saying that independent agencies “have exercised enormous power over the American people without Presidential oversight,” President Trump has issued an Executive Order placing those agencies under his control.
While Trump specifically mentioned the FTC, FCC and SEC, the definition of “agency” used in the order also includes such financial regulators as the FDIC, OCC, CFPB and NCUA.… Continue Reading
It is all but certain that Rep. French Hill, R-Ark., will chair the House Financial Services Committee in the next Congress. Hill was selected on December 12 by the House Republican steering committee, although his selection still must be approved by House Republicans in the next Congress. That approval is considered to be pro forma.… Continue Reading
Federal banking regulators are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to lift a Texas court injunction barring implementation of new Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) rules.
In asking the court to lift the injunction, the FDIC, OCC and Federal Reserve Board contend that U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk erred by finding that only the geographic area around a bank’s physical facilities should be taken into account when assessing the financial institution’s record of meeting community needs under the CRA.… Continue Reading
Congress must adjust to the demise of the Chevron Deference doctrine by drastically improving its regulatory expertise, witnesses told a House Committee on July 23.
“Congress must reclaim its lawmaking and rule-writing authority from the executive branch by marshaling appropriate resources and full-time personnel to perform regulatory oversight, including cost-benefit analysis and disclosures often neglected by the executive branch, sometimes in violation of law,” Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,… Continue Reading
In a recent report, the Congressional Research Service stated that capital formation remains the largest obstacle hampering the formation of de novo banks, but regulatory and legislative changes that have been proposed could risk an increase in bank failures
“While each aspect of evaluating an application imposes a cost on the proposed bank, it is likely the capital considerations that present the largest cost and thus the biggest impediment to forming a new bank,” the CRS said in “De Novo Banks: Policy Issues for the 118th Congress.”… Continue Reading
