Whitney Barkley-Denney

Senior Policy Counsel

Whitney Barkley-Denney is deputy director of state policy and senior policy counsel at the Center for Responsible Lending, which provides nonpartisan research, analysis and advocacy to create financial fairness and economic opportunity for all.

Regulation and compliance

Stopping predatory rent-a-bank loans is good policy

The Center for Responsible Lending calls for states to continue to police high-cost lenders rather than facilitating their growth.

By Whitney Barkley-Denney

TRENDING

Consumer lending

FDIC sides with Colorado in court tussle over high-cost loans

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is arguing that Colorado has the right to establish an interest rate cap that all state-chartered banks must follow. Three industry groups are suing the state in an effort to stop its attempted crackdown.

By Kevin Wack

10h ago
Failures

Republic First fails; Fulton Bank acquires assets, branches

The Philadelphia-based bank's parent company, Republic First Bancshares, had been roiled by a yearslong proxy battle involving activist investors groups and its former CEO.

By Kyle Campbell

April 26
Politics and policy

Custodia to appeal ruling in Fed lawsuit

The Wyoming-based digital asset bank filed paperwork to challenge last month's district court ruling, which affirmed the Federal Reserve's view about its discretion over master account applications.

By Kyle Campbell

April 26