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CFPB seeking new Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Regulations

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB currently has a job posting for the position of Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Regulations. Thomas Pahl, who was named CFPB Deputy Director earlier this month , has held the position of CFPB Policy Associate Director for Research, Markets, and Regulations since April 2018.

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Regulation CC Amendments Proposed and Comment Period Reopened for Amendments Proposed in 2011

CFPB Monitor

CC , which implements the Expedited Funds Availability Act (EFA Act), and also reopened for public comment various amendments that the FRB had proposed in March of 2011. CC, including a clarification in the regulation that the FRB and CFPB have joint rulemaking authority under certain provisions of the EFA Act.

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What is TRACE Reporting? (Part 1 of 6)

Perficient

But private prices and volume discourage market activity and hurt liquidity, and a lack of transparency can have a negative impact on bond issuers. TRACE reporting was expanded in March 2010 to include agency-backed securities and again in May 2011 to include asset-backed securities. To promote transparency in the large U.S.

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Denmark’s Ex-Finance Regulator Charged In Money Laundering Scandal

PYMNTS

Henrik Ramlau-Hansen, the former chair of Denmark’s financial regulator and former Danske Bank finance director, has been charged by Danish economic prosecutors. He resigned in 2018 at the same time a scathing Danske report from the regulator was issued. He has recused himself from the investigation.

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Unintended Consequences of Aggressive Regulation

Jeff For Banks

The period analyzed was immediately prior to the commencement of CFPB oversight in 2011, and afterward. The first was regulator arbitrage, where a bank decides to have an activity regulated by one entity rather than another because of the perception that the chosen regulator will be less risky to them. This is good.

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Beyond emissions: the interplay of macroprudential regulation and climate policy

BankUnderground

As we find that these welfare differences are primarily driven by distortions in financial markets, we argue that countercyclical macroprudential regulation , even without any green-biased component, can effectively align the welfare performance of these policies and mitigate their short-run costs.

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The CFPB’s Consumer Complaint Database: The Next Battle Between Regulators And Legislators

PYMNTS

Since its 2011 launch, it has become a favored tool of consumers and consumer advocates when it comes to logging the shortcomings of various financial services players. As a result of those complaints, the Treasury Department, in June, recommended restricting access to the data to federal and state regulators. As of today, 1.2