CFPB, Federal Agencies, State Agencies, and Attorneys General
The CFPB released two items at year-end: the results of its 2016 annual employee survey and its updated Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) for 2016-2020.
Survey. Of the 1,567 CFPB employees surveyed, 1,372 (almost 87.6%) responded to the 2016 survey. We were pleased to see that the survey results appear to show that the CFPB has made progress in improving its work environment. … Continue Reading
Members of Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Financial Services group recently participated in the American Bar Association Business Law Section Annual Meeting held in Boston, Massachusetts. On September 8, Ballard partner, Dee Spagnuolo, joined Director Stuart Ishimaru of the CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, and other industry leaders for a panel discussion entitled, “Diversity and Dodd-Frank Section 342.”… Continue Reading
In a notice to be published in tomorrow’s Federal Register, the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, SEC, and NCUA announce that the Office of Management and Budget has approved the “information collection” contained in their “Final Interagency Policy Statement Establishing Joint Standards for Assessing the Diversity Policies and Practices of Entities Regulated by the Agencies.” … Continue Reading
The CFPB’s Office of Minority and Women Inclusion (OMWI) has issued its third annual report to Congress covering the OMWI’s activities in 2015. The Dodd-Frank Act required the CFPB and various other federal agencies, including the Fed, OCC, FDIC, NCUA, and SEC, to establish an OMWI, and also required each OMWI to submit an annual report to Congress.… Continue Reading
Regulated entities should be aware of two recent developments concerning the final diversity and inclusion standards issued this summer under Dodd-Frank Section 342 by the CFPB, OCC, Fed, FDIC, NCUA and SEC. Given that the final standards have been in effect since June 10, 2015, entities should begin taking steps to incorporate them into their daily business practices and plan for their self-assessments.… Continue Reading
On August 12, 2015, Dee Spagnuolo, a Ballard Spahr partner, will be a faculty member at an American Bar Association webinar: “Dodd-Frank: Implications for Your Diversity and Inclusion Program.” The program will focus on how Dodd-Frank Section 342 impacts regulated entities, including financial institutions and publicly traded companies, and include a discussion of best practices for compliance.… Continue Reading
Just days after the release of the final diversity standards under Section 342 of the Dodd-Frank Act, several prominent lawmakers and business leaders have criticized the new standards for not going far enough to promote diversity and inclusion within the financial services industry. The standards were issued jointly on June 9 by six federal agencies—the Federal Reserve Board, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.,… Continue Reading
