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Defending Its Life: What To Expect From The CFPB’s Trip To The D.C. Appellate Court
CFPB // April 04, 2017

There are no shortage of divisive topics in Washington D.C. these days; it would, in fact, be quicker and easier to make a list of topics that enjoy bipartisan agreement than to try and catalog all the individual differences. Judges, budgets, healthcare, regulation, the environment...

(Anti) Protectionism Language Lost At G20
Economy // March 21, 2017

America First as trade policy is here, or looming, as language lost by the G20 debuts, conspicuous by its absence. Might payments suffer in the wake of truncated free trade?

U.S. Prosecution of Lending Bias Cases to Drop?
News // March 08, 2017

The past few years have been marked by prosecutions by the federal government of lending bias, but the pace may slow under the newly installed Trump administration, The New York Times reports. That’s tied to a movement to roll back regulations carrying over into methods...

Rumor: Trump Said To Eye Ex-OneWest Employee For CFPB
Politics // February 23, 2017

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a former OneWest Bank employee for a spot in his administration, said The Wall Street Journal. Trump is reportedly eyeing Joseph Otting, former OneWest CEO and former employee of the current U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin, to head...

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Defending Its Life: What To Expect From The CFPB’s Trip To The D.C. Appellate Court

April 04, 2017
There are no shortage of divisive topics in Washington D.C. these days; it would, in fact, be quicker and easier to make a list of topics that enjoy bipartisan agreement than to try and catalog all the individual differences. Judges, budgets, healthcare, regulation, the environment — pick a subject, find a bitter divide. But in a […]

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U.S. Prosecution of Lending Bias Cases to Drop?

March 08, 2017
The past few years have been marked by prosecutions by the federal government of lending bias, but the pace may slow under the newly installed Trump administration, The New York Times reports. That’s tied to a movement to roll back regulations carrying over into methods in place to stymie discriminatory lending. In just one example […]

Rumor: Trump Said To Eye Ex-OneWest Employee For CFPB

February 23, 2017
President Donald Trump is reportedly considering a former OneWest Bank employee for a spot in his administration, said The Wall Street Journal. Trump is reportedly eyeing Joseph Otting, former OneWest CEO...

Ethics Watchdogs Eye First Lady

February 08, 2017
Ethics watchdogs are up in arms after court documents from an ongoing libel lawsuit against the Daily Mail suggest that Melania Trump might intend to use her high-profile position as...

Uber CEO Leaves Economic Advisory Council

February 03, 2017
Following some serious user backlash, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick announced he will step down from his position on President Donald Trump’s economic advisory council. In a memo to Uber staff...