In October 2025, the Bank Policy Institute (BPI) issued a series of letters opposing efforts by several digital asset and payment firms to secure federal banking charters from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). BPI raised concerns that these companies are seeking trust charters even though, in…
In August 2025, President Donald Trump issued an executive order broadly aimed at preventing banks from closing or restricting accounts due to a customer’s “political or religious beliefs,” a practice known as “debanking.” The order, titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans,” instructs federal banking regulators to revise supervisory practices,…
In June 2025, the Senate Banking Committee introduced a version of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” that would eliminate the CFPB’s Federal Reserve funding. The CFPB can currently receive funds of up to 12% of the Federal Reserve’s 2009 profits. The House Financial Services Committee already introduced a version of…
In March 2025, a Northern District of Texas judge denied the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) motion to stay its case against Comerica Bank for alleged mismanagement of a government benefit card program in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Comerica Bank. The CFPB filed this suit in December 2024, alleging…
In December 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule to update regulatory exemptions of overdraft loans from lending laws. According to the Bureau, this is a major step in the CFPB’s efforts to curb junk fees. Per the CFPB, for decades, overdraft loans have not only added…
In September 2024, the CFPB announced the launch of a public comment process for the first application for open banking standard setter recognition, marking an important step towards establishing rules for open banking in the US. This development comes in the wake of the CFPB’s June 2024 announcement identifying five…