The FTC is expanding its enforcement efforts for fintech, particularly in the areas of online and small-business lending, payments, and cryptocurrencies. At a recent event in Washington, D.C., the FTC’s Director of Consumer Protection, Andrew Smith, stated, “Commissioners are really interested in [fintech]. Finance will be a steady part of
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Eighth Circuit Decides a Net Worth Sweep Claim, but is the Real Action Elsewhere?
Another circuit court has opined on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and the legality of its net worth sweep. Late last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit held in Saxton v. FHFA that the FHFA did not exceed its statutory authority under…
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Fifth Circuit Holds That FHFA is Unconstitutionally Structured
The decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit earlier this week in Collins v. Mnuchin holding that the structure of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) is unconstitutional is an important development not only for the FHFA but also for the constitutionality of…
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Status of Financial Regulatory Leadership Changes
By Paul E. Means on
As we head into the July 4th holiday and the heart of summer approaches, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nominations, resignations and expiring terms. The first slide summarizes the state of play for the agencies’ principals;…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—Summer Beach Read Edition
Posted in Administrative Law, Anti-Money Laundering, Bank Capital, Bank Regulation, CFPB, CFTC, Community Reinvestment Act, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Dodd-Frank, Economic Sanctions, FDIC, Federal Reserve, FSOC, Legislation, Liquidity, OCC, OFAC, Stress Testing, Swap Regulation, TLAC, U.S. Basel III, U.S. Congress, Volcker Rule
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 continues to evolve. For those of you who have been thinking you might catch up over the summer lull, here is the summer beach read edition of our reference tool, which provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas,…
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SDNY Weighs In on the Constitutionality of the CFPB’s Structure
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Arguments surrounding the constitutionality of the CFPB’s structure, never fully put to rest despite the D.C. Circuit’s en banc decision in PHH v. CFPB, are back in the headlines this week. Yesterday, Senior United States District Judge Loretta A. Preska of the Southern District of New York issued a…
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Status of Financial Regulatory Leadership Changes
By Paul E. Means on
As mid-year 2018 approaches, we have updated our brief deck summarizing the leadership and staffing changes among federal financial regulators, including announced nominations and resignations and expiring terms. The first slide summaries the state of play for the principals, and the later slides provide a deeper dive on an agency-by-agency…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool—May 2018
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 is complex and evolving. To assist in navigating this landscape, we have prepared a reference tool that provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors. We will continue to track these issues and provide updated versions…
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Davis Polk Financial Services Regulatory Reform Tool–March 2018
Financial services regulatory reform in 2018 is complex and evolving. To assist in navigating this landscape, we have prepared a reference tool that provides context and summarizes current developments across a range of key regulatory areas, agencies and actors. We will continue to track these issues and provide updated versions…
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D.C. Circuit Decides PHH v. CFPB–Is the Supreme Court Next?
By Randall D. Guynn & Margaret E. Tahyar on
Posted in CFPB, PHH v. CFPB
The question we are being asked most often is whether PHH v. CFPB is headed to the Supreme Court. The D.C. Circuit’s en banc decision that the current structure of the CFPB—an agency headed by a single director, removable by the President only for “inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance…
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