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Yes, I really did just accept an a position on the Consumer Advisory Board of the CFPB! (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau)

Javelin Strategy & Research

This will require several trips a year to Washington, DC along with several touch-points, and I’m looking forward to getting acquainted with the CFPB’s staff and other 24 Consumer Advisory Board (CAB) members. I have a lot to learn! I can’t get enough of innovation and digital strategy. So what do you think I should focus on?

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

Heavy-handed regulators. BNC shareholders got a terrific premium, a 47% dividend increase, and a continued leadership role for Richard D. The Real “Lending” Stock Award – Goes to longtime player LendingTree. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? This year brought us: Mergers out the yin-yang.

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What the 2020 election means for fintech and Current

Current

In Current alignment with a new policy agenda With the election of Joe Biden as President, it means we’ll see a change in additional government leadership that will have impacts on the financial services sector, including a new Treasury secretary and probably a new director of the Consumer Federal Protection Bureau and Comptroller of the Currency.

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What We Learned About Alternative Finance In 2016

PYMNTS

Wells Fargo was just a bank that was really good at getting its customers to sign up for credit cards, and Lending Club and its P2P counterparts were coming to eat mainstream banking’s lunch. They should, however, be commended for lending money. Financial service providers should be vilified for doing wrong. And they are.

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2017 Banking Regulatory Predictions—Brace for a Sea Change

FICO

consumer lending market anticipated 2017 would be more of the same. This meant a continued focus on implementation of recently adopted rules, while bracing for a wave of new regulations from the federal banking agencies. A little-known law will have big impact on regulation. Everything changed on November 8. You are not alone.