CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
On January 20, President Biden’s Chief of Staff Ronald Klain issued a memorandum to the heads of executive departments and agencies setting forth the terms of a regulatory freeze.
The memorandum requires the following subject to limited exceptions:
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The OCC has issued a final rule establishing standards that a bank must follow in fulfilling its obligation to provide fair access to financial services. The final rule is effective on April 1, 2021.
The final rule was issued on the same day that Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks stepped down at…
On January 5, 2021, the Attorneys General of New York, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Jersey, and North Carolina filed a voluminous Complaint in federal district court for the Southern District of New York against the OCC and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks, seeking to set aside the final…
On January 4, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) published an Interpretive Letter clarifying the authority of national banks and federal savings associations to participate in independent node verification networks (“INVN”) and use stablecoins to conduct payment activities and other bank-permissible functions.
A stablecoin is a type of cryptocurrency that is…
After reviewing the proposal’s statutory basis, coverage, and operative requirements, Mr. Court explains the basis for BPI’s position that the proposal is inconsistent with how banking is regularly conducted and will undermine rather than promote safety and soundness, provides examples of how the proposal would impose unworkable requirements, and discusses BPI’s Freedom of Information Act…
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) has filed a lawsuit in D.C. federal district court to block the OCC from granting a national bank charter to Figure Technologies Inc. According to the complaint, Figure, through a subsidiary, is currently licensed in 49 states and the District of Columbia as a mortgage lender, consumer lender,…
The Chief Counsel of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued Interpretive Letter 1173, addressing national bank and federal savings association preemption of state law under the Dodd-Frank Act.
The Interpretive Letter clarifies that the special Dodd-Frank preemption requirements for “preemption determinations” are limited as follows:
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The Attorneys General of California, Illinois, and New York have filed a motion for summary judgment in their lawsuit filed against the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to enjoin the OCC’s final rule purporting to override the Second Circuit’s Madden decision as to national banks and federal savings associations. The OCC must…
Earlier this month, House Financial Services Committee Chairwoman Maxine Waters sent a letter to President-elect Joe Biden recommending various actions that the Biden Administration should take in the financial services arena. Chairman Waters and members of her staff are expected to have a strong voice in shaping the Biden Administration’s approach to financial services regulatory…
The parties in Petersen v. Chase Card Funding, LLC and Cohen v. Capital One Funding, LLC, have filed Stipulations agreeing to the withdrawal with prejudice of the plaintiffs’ appeals to the Second Circuit from the district courts’ decisions holding that the National Bank Act (NBA) preempts their claims that the interest charged on credit…
