Law and regulation

Leandra English, who sued President Trump and Mick Mulvaney last year claiming to be the rightful director of the CFPB, said Friday that she plans to resign and drop the litigation.

A first-in-the-nation ordinance, passed by the city council in the wake of the Wells Fargo scandal, would require banks that want the city’s business to reveal if they have sales quotas for employees. It remains to be seen, though, whether Mayor Eric Garcetti will sign the measure into law.

Upon LMPOCU's liquidation, Commonwealth Credit Union assumed membership and all assets of the shuttered institution.

The Senate's farm bill would prevent the July 31 lapse of the National Flood Insurance Program, but it still needs to be debated in conference with the House.

The internet democratized access to information, and now cryptocurrencies are democratizing access to financial services. The next wave of the digital revolution has the potential to democratize access to justice, Kleros co-founder Federico Ast writes.

Ocwen Financial is able to keep the answers to questions from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau involving the improper handling of escrow accounts confidential, a federal magistrate ruled.

During NAFCU’s annual conference, a panel of experts highlighted some of the legal and regulatory changes that may still be in store for credit unions.

U.S. officials are letting big banks exploit loopholes in Dodd-Frank rules that were meant to curb excessive risk-taking in derivatives, several academics and former policymakers warned. They urged state attorneys general to take action.

The National Credit Union Administration is set to vote on revisions to its field-of-membership rule, even as it's entangled in a legal dispute with the American Bankers Association over the rule.

Rodney Hood served on the NCUA board from 2005 to 2009, and his nomination to return to the board was greeted warmly across the industry.