The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Expanding Access to Capital Act of 2023 in a party line vote. The bill is intended to build on the JOBS Act of 2012 by reducing the regulatory burdens on certain capital raising transactions.
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The Chamber of Commerce, the American Bankers Association, the Consumer Bankers Association and two Texas business groups challenged the CFPB on the recently adopted final rule restricting credit card penalty fees.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a final rule to restrict credit card late fees, which marks the latest expansion of the Biden Administration’s "junk fee" initiative.
The CFPB proposed a rule to prohibit covered financial institutions from charging fees, such as nonsufficient funds fees, when consumers initiate payment transactions that are instantaneously declined.
A broker-dealer settled charges with FINRA it sent confirmations to institutions' customers that "inaccurately reflected the capacity in which the firm acted."