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November

15
2023
Industry News

NCUA Chairman Todd M. Harper's Written Testimony Before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee

The NCUA insures deposits at federally insured credit unions, protects credit union members, and charters and regulates federal credit unions. The NCUA also protects the safety and soundness of the credit union system by identifying, monitoring, and managing risks to the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund (Share Insurance Fund).

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November

15
2023
Industry News

CFPB removes changes regarding discrimination as an unfair practice from UDAAP exam manual but appeals from district court order vacating changes

In September 2023, the CFPB updated its UDAAP Examination Manual to remove the changes it made in March 2022 which provided that unfair acts or practices encompassed discriminatory conduct, even in circumstances to which federal fair lending laws, such as the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, did not apply.

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November

15
2023
Industry News

Updates to the Safeguards Rule Will Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches to the FTC

On October 27, 2023, the Federal Trade FTC (FTC) approved amendments to its version of the Standards for Safeguarding Customer Information Rule (the Safeguards Rule) to require non-banking financial institutions regulated by the FTC, including financial technology companies, mortgage brokers, credit counselors, financial planners, and tax preparers, among others, to report certain data breaches and other security events directly to the FTC.1

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November

15
2023
Industry News

Key Unions Endorse Durbin, Marshall Credit Card Competition Act

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) today released the following statement applauding key unions’ endorsement of their Credit Card Competition Act, including the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU):

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November

15
2023
Industry News

Attorney General Sues to Dissolve Fraudulent LLCs, Alleges ‘Cloning’ Business Identity Theft

LANSING – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed suit in the 6th Judicial Circuit Court in Oakland County to dissolve two business entities in response to their purported practice of ‘cloning’ legitimate businesses and procuring their organizations with the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) by fraud.

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