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On June 13, 2024, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra appeared before the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing, “The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.” As we expected, the House Financial Services Committee also tackled the earnings issue raised by Senator John Kennedy (R-LA). We previously blogged that CFPB Director Rohit Chopra was dismissive of the argument that the CFPB was unlawfully funded out of losses of the Federal Reserve Banks.… Continue Reading

On June 4, 2024, the CFPB issued its Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period beginning April 1, 2023 and ending September 30, 2023. On June 12, 2024, CFPB Director Chopra appeared before the Senate Banking Committee for a hearing, “The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Semi-Annual Report to Congress.” On June 13, 2024, Director Chopra appeared before the House Financial Services Committee for a hearing, “The Semi-Annual Report of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.”… Continue Reading

On February 2, 2024, three Republican members of the House Financial Services Committee sent a letter to Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) Chair Martin Gruenberg expressing concern regarding what the congressmen perceive to be the FDIC’s attempts to reduce engagement with industry participants on financial technology and innovation. The letter was sent by the Committee Chairman, Patrick McHenry, the Chairman of the Financial Institutions and Monetary Policy Subcommittee, Andy Barr, and the Chairman of the Digital Assets, Financial Technology and Inclusion Subcommittee, French Hill.… Continue Reading

On July 28, the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services passed H.R. 4277, the Overdraft Protection Act.  Introduced by Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the bill would prohibit financial institutions from engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in connection with overdraft coverage.

Specifically, the bill would require financial institutions that offer overdraft coverage for accounts to disclose: (i) the specific amount of overdraft coverage fees; (ii) that the consumer’s transaction may be declined if there are insufficient funds in the account; and (iii) that the consumer will not be charged a fee if the transaction is declined. … Continue Reading

On March 4, 2020 the House Financial Service’s Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development and Insurance will hold a hearing entitled, “Drivers of Discrimination: An Examination of Unfair Premiums, Practices and Policies in the Auto Insurance Industry.”

The Committee Memorandum lists two related legislative proposals. One proposal is H.R. 1756, which “would prohibit the use of a credit report, a credit score, or other consumer credit information in determining auto insurance coverage or rates.”  … Continue Reading

The Task Force on Financial Technology of the House Financial Services Committee has scheduled a hearing entitled “Banking on Your Data: The Role of Big Data in Financial Services” on November 21, 2019. The Task Force is expected to explore, in part, a legal framework for big technology firms that have entered the financial marketplace.… Continue Reading

On October 29, 2019, the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing to explore the issue of lending and housing discrimination against members of the LGBTQ+ community. A recording of the hearing is available here.

Six witnesses offered testimony and responded to questions posed by subcommittee members:

  • Harper Jean Tobin, Director of Policy, National Center for Transgender Equality
  • Michael Adams, Chief Executive Officer, SAGE
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The Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the House Committee on Financial Services has scheduled a hearing entitled “Financial Services and the LGBTQ+ Community: A Review of Discrimination in Lending and Housing.” The memo from the Committee’s Majority Staff to Committee Members states that the hearing “will focus on the extent and effects of discrimination against persons who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer (“LGBTQ+”) when seeking housing or credit in the United States.… Continue Reading

Tomorrow, October 23, the House Committee on Financial Services will hold a hearing entitled “An Examination of Facebook and Its Impact on the Financial Services and Housing Sectors.” The scheduled witness will be Mark Zuckerberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Facebook. There will be a live webcast of the hearing.

As indicated in the Committee Memorandum, Fair Housing is among the topics to be discussed.… Continue Reading