California’s new climate-disclosure reporting requirements are set to take effect next year and will change reporting standards for covered entities. The MBA is seeking some changes to the standards.
Federal regulation is needed for data privacy, earned wage access products and artificial intelligence, industry experts say. But states may end up carrying the ball on some of these issues plus others.
The next round of improvements is expected to go live during the third quarter and will include a new FBI identity verification requirement for some users.
A California law requiring interest to be paid on escrow account balances doesn’t “significantly interfere” with the powers of national banks, state regulators argue.
Oversight of nonbank mortgage servicers, support for community banks and reinvigoration of federal partnerships are among state regulators’ top priorities.
The enforcement action against Lakeview/Bayview Loan Servicing puts mortgage servicers on notice that they can no longer be lax about cybersecurity compliance.
Regulators in some states controlled by Democrats are poised to increase their oversight of consumer protection laws as the CFPB’s focus is expected to shift under the incoming Trump administration.
The creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund could grease the skids for an end to the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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