CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to allow him to fire Lisa D. Cook from the Federal Reserve Board.
“This application involves yet another case of improper judicial interference with the President’s removal authority—here, interference with the President’s authority to remove members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors for cause,” Solicitor General D.… Continue Reading
A divided federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump illegally fired Lisa Cook from her position as a member of the Federal Reserve Board.
The decision, by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, means that Cook may vote on whether to cut interest rates during a two-day meeting that started today.… Continue Reading
President Trump is appealing a federal judge’s decision that blocked him from firing Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve Board.
Trump filed a brief notice in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia saying he would appeal Judge Jia M. Cobb’s decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.… Continue Reading
On August 7, President Trump signed a landmark executive order, “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans.” This sweeping action prohibits financial institutions of any size from denying services to individuals or businesses based on political or religious beliefs, orientation, or lawful industry involvement.
The order is already being called one of the most consequential banking actions in years.… Continue Reading
Republican senators on the Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee are asking banking regulators to review their process of using Matters Requiring Attention (MRA) in the bank supervisory process.
“If used effectively, these are valuable supervisory tools that can mitigate broader issues and maintain financial stability,” 11 GOP senators said in a letter to the FDIC, OCC and the Federal Reserve.… Continue Reading
On August 6, 2025, in Corner Post, Inc. v Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota (the “Court”) granted Corner Post’s motion for summary judgment, finding that the Federal Reserve Board (the “Board”) exceeded its authority in adopting Regulation II, which in part caps debit card interchange fees.… Continue Reading
As part of the Federal Reserve Board’s Outlook Live Webinar series, on July 17, 2025, examiners from the Minneapolis and Chicago Federal Reserve Banks hosted a webinar to discuss the regulatory requirements related to adverse action notifications under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA), as implemented by Regulation B, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).… Continue Reading
Federal bank regulators have released a proposal to rescind the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) final rule that was issued in October 2023.
The FDIC, OCC and the Federal Reserve Board said they would replace it with the CRA regulations that were issued in 1995 and are now in place, with certain technical amendments.… Continue Reading
On June 20, 2025, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Treasury, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (FRB), and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced they are seeking public input on questions related to payments fraud. This Request for Information (RFI) asked interested stakeholders to comment on ways that the OCC, the FRB, and the FDIC could take actions collectively or independently to help consumers, businesses, and financial institutions mitigate check, automated clearing house (ACH), wire, and instant payments fraud.… Continue Reading
The Federal Reserve Board has announced that it will eliminate reputational risk as a component of examination programs in its supervision of banks.
The Fed joins the OCC in eliminating reputational risk as a part of their examinations.
The Fed stated it has commenced the process of reviewing and eliminating references to reputational risk from its supervisory materials, including examination manuals.… Continue Reading
