GOP Lawmakers: HUD’s Disparate Impact Rule Inconsistent with Supreme Court Precedent
The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s rule implementing the Fair Housing Act discriminatory effects standard is inconsistent with current...
Compliance and Risk
House Passes Five-Year Flood Insurance Reauthorization
In a bipartisan vote today, the House passed H.R. 2874, which would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for up...
CFPB to Survey Consumers on Overdraft Disclosures
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking information on overdraft-related disclosures, according to a filing to be published tomorrow in...
ABA Urges House to Pass Flood Insurance Reauthorization
ABA today urged the House to pass H.R. 2874, which would reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program for up to...
GOP, Democratic Senators Strike Bipartisan Reg Relief Deal
Numerous regulatory relief proposals long backed by ABA are included in a bipartisan deal announced today by Senate Banking Committee...
CFPB to Survey Consumers on Debt Collection Disclosures
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is gathering information on debt collection-related disclosures, according to a filing in the Federal Register...
OCC Policy to Make It Easier for Banks to Fix CRA Problems
The OCC today issued a revised policies and procedures manual spelling out its approach to licensing applications from banks that...
Deputy AG Cautions on Using Regulatory Guidance as Policy
In a speech to a banking industry conference today, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein cautioned regulatory agency heads from substituting...
OCC’s Noreika: Volcker Fix Could Come in Spring 2018
The financial agencies’ long-awaited proposal to tailor the Volcker Rule could come in the spring of 2018, Acting Comptroller of...
Treasury Taps Ken Blanco to Lead FinCEN
The Treasury Department today announced that Ken Blanco, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s criminal division, has been...
