A Federal Reserve Board interim final rule to simplify reserve requirements by temporarily eliminating transfer limits on savings deposits was published in the Federal Register.
The Federal Reserve Board adopted an interim final rule aimed at simplifying reserve requirements by temporarily eliminating transfer limits on savings deposits.
The Federal Reserve Board solicited feedback on whether to amend regulations on reserve requirements to lower the rate of interest paid on excessive balances maintained at FRB banks by eligible institutions.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency updated the following booklets of the Comptroller's Handbook: "Bank Premises and Equipment," "Consigned Items and Other Customer Services," and "Litigation and Other Legal Matters."
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent letters to the CEOs of 16 major financial institutions asking for information related to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration rule.
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will not petition the Financial Stability Oversight Council to delay the effective date of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration rule.
The Democratic staff of the House Financial Services Committee, citing Republican efforts to repeal the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration rule, criticized efforts to "functionally terminate" the agency.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted to approve a joint resolution to block the recently adopted Consumer Financial Protection Bureau arbitration rule.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule that restricts mandatory arbitration clauses in certain consumer financial contracts. It will become effective on September 19, 2017.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requested comments on a proposed rule prohibiting mandatory arbitration clauses that deny entire classes of consumers the chance to take companies to court. The request was published in the Federal Register.
The House Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit examined whether a recent CFPB proposal that prohibits mandatory arbitration clauses in many consumer financial contracts is "in the public interest and for the protection of consumers."
Cadwalader attorneys reviewed a proposal by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that would prohibit the providers of certain consumer financial products and services from using arbitration clauses to block consumers from filing or participating in class action lawsuits.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau requested comments on proposed rules that prohibit mandatory arbitration clauses that deny aggrieved consumers the ability to participate in a class action.
