In light of disasters across the country over the past year, U.S. Reps. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and Jared Moskowitz (F-FL) introduced legislation on Jan. 16 that would allow individuals to create tax-free s...
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U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) and U.S. Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced a bill that seeks to increase the approval for new banks, particularly in rural and underserved areas. The Promoting New ...
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A five-month, U.S. Department of the Treasury pilot program with the Social Security Administration’s Full Death Master File prevented or recovered more than $31 million in fraud and improper paymen...
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The Conference of State bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced that 48 state financial regulators took enforcement action against Block, Inc., for BSA/AML violations. CSBS said that Block violated the B...
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U.S. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, laid out his legislative and oversight priorities for the 119th Congress. As the first Black ch...
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The U.S. House Financial Services Committee will create a new Monetary Policy, Treasury Market Resilience and Economic Prosperity Task Force, U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), committee chair, said on Jan...
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U.S. Rep. Blake Moore (R-UT) introduced legislation that would update and increase the Child Tax Credit (CTC) and provide a new tax credit for pregnant mothers. Specifically, the Family First Act w...
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently filed a lawsuit alleging Capital One, N.A., and Capital One Financial Corp., its parent holding company, cheated consumers out of more than $2 ...
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In an effort to continue efforts to track down those who defrauded the government of COVID relief funds, a coalition of lawmakers has introduced legislation to extend the authority of the Special Insp...
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The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded $25 million to eight grantees as part of the Good Jobs Challenge. Initially funded by the American Rescue Plan, th...
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