A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators urged the FDIC to grant "fair consideration" of applications for deposit insurance made by industrial loan companies and voiced their opposition to regulatory actions that target lawful ILC applications.
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Comments on a CFPB proposal to establish a public registry of terms and conditions on form contracts that waive or limit consumer rights and protections are due by April 3, 2023.
The CFPB proposed a registry designed to monitor the use of terms and conditions on form contracts that waive or limit consumer rights and protections.
Unlike the conclusions drawn by the President's Working Group, the Federal Reserve Board researchers concluded that a broad adoption of asset-backed stablecoins can potentially be supported within a two-tiered, fractional reserve banking system without a negative impact on credit intermediation.
In a new report, the Congressional Research Service reviewed the federal and state bank charter process and analyzed risks associated with potential charters for FinTech firms and certain issuers of cryptocurrency.