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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that Republicans cannot move ahead with slashing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding and Federal Reserve staff pay in the tax bill.
June 20 -
Wenyu Chen is a CPA and valuation specialist with expertise in complex securities and financial instrument valuations. He is also a master's candidate in computer science at Georgia Tech.
June 20 -
Pursuant to an executive order on "overcriminalization," the OCC said it will revise its guidance for referring regulatory offenses to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution and will publish a review of criminally enforceable regulations by May 2026.
June 20 -
Trevor Jones is a partner of the insurance practice for West Monroe, a global business and technology consulting firm. He is a strategic partner to P&C carrier and brokerage C-suites, fusing board-level vision with hands-on execution across underwriting, distribution, and claims.
June 20 -
The president's rush to weaponize trade policy is going to accelerate efforts by other countries to decrease their reliance on U.S.-based payments processors. That's not in the country's interest.
June 20 -
The credit bureau is working with Plaid to provide lenders with current and predictive cash-flow data for consumers that don't have an extensive credit record.
June 20 -
The removal of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau as a viable regulator has thrown the doors open to the kind of unscrupulous behavior that triggered the last major financial crisis.
June 19 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is restricting its civil penalty fund from paying for consumer education and financial literacy programs.
June 19 -
The bank's investors hope to see the small community bank in Utah transform and grow into "a minority-owned version of Ally," as board chair Ashley Bell put it.
June 19 -
Rostyslav Vovk has been the CEO of Kormotech for the last 11 years, helping to establish it as one of the top 50 global manufacturers of pet food. He is also the founder of Kormotech Ventures, an investment fund for supporting pet-care startups in Europe and the U.S.
June 18