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21 May 2010, 4:38 am
Accredited investors are presumed to be sophisticated, and not in need of the investor protections afforded by the registration and disclosure requirements of the federal securities laws. [read post]
20 May 2010, 6:15 pm
" So the fight over the auto-dealer exemption may not be over.)Several major differences between the House and Senate bills -- including whether there will be a truly independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency or whether it will be a mere bureau housed at the Fed -- will need to be worked out in conference. [read post]
20 May 2010, 1:14 pm
(Maria Cantwell and Russ Feingold voted no, based on their objection to the lack of strong language on derivatives.)The Senate is now debating two important amendments: Sam Brownback's amendment to create an exemption from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's jurisdiction for car dealers that originate or broker loans to consumers. [read post]
18 May 2010, 1:52 pm
The essay opposes attempts to amend the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau bill now on the Senate floor to preempt state consumer protection laws and enforcement actions [read post]
17 May 2010, 6:39 am
Now, a new paper from a team of three economists -- two in California -- argues that the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act actually pushed more homeowners into default on their mortgages. [read post]
16 May 2010, 4:07 pm
Even as this is being written, proposals to impose regulations designed to prevent a reoccurrence of this financial catastrophe, and increase the protections of American consumers are being continually watered down by banking and finance industry lobbyists who have descended on Washington like locusts during a Biblical plague and whose job it is to make sure that only the most minimal reforms ever become reality. [read post]
13 May 2010, 2:23 pm
Instruct the bank to turn off the overdraft protection so you can spend only if there is actually money in your account. [read post]
12 May 2010, 1:13 pm
The amendment clarifies that the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau cannot regulate small businesses if they meet a three prong test. [read post]
12 May 2010, 8:37 am
While the scope and ultimate fate of the Bill is very much in flux, the Bill would charge regulators with the task of monitoring systemic risks to the economy, create a new bureau of consumer financial protection within the Federal Reserve and enact sweeping new rules to govern the derivatives market. [read post]
11 May 2010, 6:55 pm
Its lofty name “The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005” was no vehicle for consumer protection. [read post]
10 May 2010, 8:06 pm
Such monopolies may prove valuable to consumers and require no interventions to correct. [read post]
10 May 2010, 9:00 am
In addition, an Office of Financial Literacy is created within the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and is tasked with implementing initiatives to educate and empower consumers. [read post]
5 May 2010, 12:20 pm
In order for the OCC to determine that its regulations preempt state law, the Dodd Bill would require the OCC to consult with the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection that would be created by the Dodd Bill. [read post]
4 May 2010, 8:28 pm
Practical Problems What’s particularly puzzling about this proposal is that it presumes that the credit scores generated by the credit bureaus are the all-powerful, static and universal numbers that rule our financial lives. [read post]
4 May 2010, 9:38 am
(Todd Zywicki) A spat has broken out over an advertisement by the Chamber of Commerce that states that under Senator Chris Dodd’s financial reform legislation, the new Bureau of Consumer Protection would have the authority to regulate dentists. [read post]
30 Apr 2010, 9:30 am
The Bureau [of Consumer Financial Protection] may “use the data for any other purpose as permitted by law,” such as handing it off to other bureaus, like the Federal Bureau of Investigation. [read post]
29 Apr 2010, 5:50 am
By standing up to consumer fraud and consumer rip-offs, and in the right case filing consumer protection lawsuits and class-actions you too can help ensure that other consumers' rights are protected from consumer rip-offs and unscrupulous or dishonest practices. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 6:51 am
Indeed, one of the primary purposes of the proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is to ensure that “consumers are provided with timely and understandable information to make responsible decisions about financial transactions. [read post]
28 Apr 2010, 6:15 am
The law provides consumers with protections similar to those found in the federal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. [read post]
26 Apr 2010, 11:39 am
It is expected that this bill will give this broader authority to the FTC as well as to the new proposed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. [read post]
