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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office last week criticizing a probe into the bureau's funding request for 2025, insisting that acting CFPB Director Russell Vought has "sole discretion'' to determine funding and staffing levels.
August 4
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Alessio Alionço is the founder and CEO of Pipefy, a leading process management and AI platform. Brazilian-born Alionco is a high-impact global leader and has grown Pipefy from its founding in 2015 to a company with hundreds of customers worldwide. Pipefy delivers a business process automation platform that improves productivity and efficiency, centralizes data, and standardizes processes for teams in insurance.
August 4
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Rather than deleting the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, now is the time for the president and Congress to reform and reboot it into the agency that carries out its mission in an apolitical manner.
August 4
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The President's Work Group on Digital Assets released a report calling for changes to the central bank's master account policies. The reforms could make it easier for digital asset groups to access the federal payments system.
August 4
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The data shows a sharp uptick in credit union acquisitions of banks, drawing the ire of community bankers as they lobby for credit union taxes.
August 4
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Amy is the chief people officer for Lucet. She leads a team of HR professionals and provides business partnerships to drive people strategy, talent acquisition and management, learning and engagement, and total rewards. She is also an executive sponsor of the Lucet Impact & Responsibility Council.
August 3
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The Federal Reserve governor's term was set to expire in January and President Donald Trump has made it clear that she would not be reappointed. The vacancy will give Trump an opportunity to appoint someone new to the central bank's board.
August 1
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Direct-to-consumer earned wage access provider EarnIn is rolling out Live Pay, a service that "streams" consumers' paychecks via a Visa card. It's a model banks could replicate.
August 1
