The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently named Jeffrey Harris as its new director of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA). DERA was created in 2009 to integrate financia...
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The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is urging drone pilots to follow requirements as water rises in Houston and other cities along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Harvey. Dro...
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A federal judge in Texas ruled against last week the Department of Labor’s overtime regulation, which would have extended overtime benefits to more workers. Texas District Court Judge Amos Mazza...
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Sens. Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Bill Nelson (D-FL) recently urged the U.S. trade representative to propose measures to protect Florida agriculture from unfair trade practices in the next round of North A...
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The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed to extend the implementation of its fiduciary rule for retirement advisors by a year and a half. The rule went into effect June 9, but only in a transition ph...
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The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) published information this week about its ongoing 2017 inspections of auditors of public companies and other issuers. The staff inspection brie...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its annual adjustments to the dollar amounts related to certain consumer credit transactions in 2018. The adjustments are done under the T...
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The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) is urging federal regulators to provide regulatory flexibility to help community banks restore services in hurricane-affected areas more quickly in ...
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Responding to reports that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) final payday loan rule will be narrower in its coverage than originally proposed, Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is questioni...
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Aon is launching Aon Flood Secure, an insurance product that will provide replacement coverage to U.S. organizations that have reached aggregated flood limits on their property policies. The produc...
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The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is recommending that Congress consider legislation to reduce the expected rate of return for companies that sell federal crop insurance. To implement...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is looking to create a database of reassigned numbers that businesses and robocallers can use to avoid calling numbers no longer used by consumers that gave...
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U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced that it will speed up federal disaster assistance to the State of Texas and provide support to homeowners and low-income renters forced from...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a report this week that cautions senior citizens about taking out a reverse mortgage loan to bridge the gap in income while delaying Social Secur...
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Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) is urging the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to hold a public hearing on Social Financial’s (SoFi) application to establish an Industrial Loan Company (ILC), ...
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed last week a bill that would have raised the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour. The minimum wage remains at $8.25, where it has been since 2010. The bill would...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) amended the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule last week, temporarily changing reporting requirements and clarifying the information that financia...
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The Federal Reserve recently named Dave Sapenaro as payments strategy director, succeeding Gordon Werkema, who is retiring. Sapenaro is the first vice president and chief operating officer of the F...
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Legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives last week that would create the position of an independent Inspector General (IG) at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). ...
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The number of people participating in the federal SNAP program – formerly the food stamp program – continues to decline as the economy improves, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said. ...
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