The Bank Policy Institute (“BPI”) has issued its comment on the Federal Functional Regulators’ (the OCC, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the FDIC, and the National Credit Union Administration) notice of proposed rulemaking (“NPRM”) to modernize financial institutions’ anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing (“AML/CFT”) programs (“Comment”). The agencies’ NPRM, on
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CFPB Director Rohit Chopra to do fireside chat with Professor Chris Peterson at conference on October 11, 2024.
The Utah Project on Antitrust and Consumer Protection is hosting a free conference open to the public on the future of consumer financial services law on October 11, 2024 from 8 am until 4 pm, MT.
The title of the conference is “From AI to Junk Fees to Public Health: The Future of Consumer Financial…
CFPB to Issue Proposal to Make It Easier for Consumers to Reach ‘Real Person’ When Seeking Assistance
Many financial services providers would be required to allow consumers seeking assistance to be connected to a “real person” by clicking on one button, under a new Biden Administration “Time is Money” initiative.
“Companies often deliberately design their business processes to be time-consuming or otherwise burdensome for consumers, in order to deter them from getting…
Witnesses Tell House Subcommittee That Regulators Risk Hampering Fintech-Bank Partnerships
Federal and state regulators risk stifling competition as they continue to develop a regulatory regime for fintech relationships with financial institutions, witnesses told a House subcommittee last week.
“We hope that Congress continues to monitor the regulatory agencies to assure that regulation or regulation through enforcement of these relationships and products doesn’t increase unnecessarily,” Steve…
Federal Agencies Issue Final Automated Valuation Model Quality Control Rule
Federal banking regulators recently began adopting a final rule that requires, among other things, supervised mortgage originators and secondary market issuers to ensure that automated valuation models they use follow quality control standards, including a requirement that they comply with nondiscrimination laws. The final rule will be effective on the first day of the calendar…
Treasury issues request for information on use of AI in financial services
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) has released a Request for Information on the Uses, Opportunities, and Risks of Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) in the Financial Services Sector (“RFI”). Written comments are due by August 12, 2024.
AI is a broad topic and the term is sometimes used indiscriminately; as the RFI suggests, most AI…
JAMS issues rules governing disputes involving artificial intelligence systems
Judges are beginning to address the increasing use of AI tools in court filings—including reacting to instances of abuses by lawyers using it for generative purposes and requiring disclosures regarding the scope of AI use in the drafting of legal submissions. Now JAMS, the largest private provider of alternative dispute resolution services worldwide, has issued…
CFPB and European Commission Report on Coordinated Efforts Concerning Consumer Financial Protection and Identify Emerging Technologies as an Area of Shared Interest
Following their announcement last July regarding their plans to coordinate on a range of consumer financial protection issues , the CFPB Director and his European counterpart, the Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission, have released a joint statement highlighting some areas those coordinated efforts have identified for ongoing monitoring and particular…