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OCC’s Gould criticizes court ruling to enforce Colorado rate cap
Comptroller of the Currency Jonathan Gould criticized a recent federal court decision leaving in place a Colorado law that caps...
ABA, associations ask Fed to withdraw proposal to lower debit card fee cap
ABA and eight financial sector associations are urging the Federal Reserve to withdraw a two-year-old proposal to lower the cap...
Supreme Court sets January date for hearing on removing Cook from Fed board
The U.S. Supreme Court will hold oral arguments in January on whether to overturn a lower court order barring President...
DOJ: Congress, not Fed, must fund CFPB
The CFPB will exhaust its currently available funding early next year, and the bureau cannot withdraw funds from the Federal...
Gould outlines OCC’s review of ‘debanking’
The OCC is taking action to address concerns about “debanking,” including through the licensing process and CRA exams, Comptroller of...
Appeals court upholds Fed decision to deny crypto firm master account
A federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Reserve is not obligated to grant a master account to a cryptocurrency...
Court temporarily halts Section 1033 rule enforcement
A federal court issued an order preventing the CFPB from enforcing its rule on financial data sharing while the bureau...
Fed advances proposal to add transparency to large bank stress tests
The Federal Reserve voted to advance proposed rulemaking to make stress tests for large banks more transparent and give the...
Lawmakers defend CDFI Fund after staff layoffs
In related news, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order preventing the Trump administration from firing more than 4,000...
