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Aug 5, 2022

FinReg Roundup

The latest research and commentary by FinRegRag’s scholars.

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Congress should put an end to in-house courts at the SEC. Andrew Vollmer in The Hill.
Don’t Politicize…

Mercatus Center in FinRegRag

Nov 20, 2017

Violet Needs a Loan

By Dr. Tom Miller, Jr. and Vera Soliman | Narration by Ben Klutsey Illustrations by Sloane Shearman

I’m Ben Klutsey, program manager for the Financial Markets Working Group and the Program on Monetary…

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Brian Knight in FinRegRag

Sep 12, 2017

Don’t Get Mad about fixing Madden

In a recent op-ed in American Banker (derived from a longer blog post), Professor Adam Levitin…

Hester Peirce in FinRegRag

Jul 12, 2017

The CFPB’s Animated Approach to Financial Regulation

Hester Peirce and Vera Soliman

This week, the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) released its final rule banning mandatory arbitration agreements from contracts for consumer financial products. As part…

Brian Knight in FinRegRag

Jul 5, 2017

How the CFPB could help State Regulatory Sandboxes

Brian Knight in FinRegRag

Apr 21, 2017

CHOICE 2.0 — Meet CLEA, the new, improved(?) CFPB

One of the more controversial aspects of Dodd-Frank was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, whose combination of broad power and limited accountability has struck many as inappropriate and at least one D.C. Circuit panel as…

Brian Knight in FinRegRag

Apr 10, 2017

Whose Loan Is It Anyway?

Innovative lenders and banks rely on each other to expand credit access. Unfortunately, the future of a lynchpin of…

Brian Knight in FinRegRag

Mar 2, 2017

A Tale of (Almost) No CFPBs

Is the CFPB the right agency to protect consumers? Two scholars have recently argued that it should be the…

Vera Soliman in FinRegRag

Feb 23, 2017

Business as Usual at the CFPB is Not Good For Consumers

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection was hoping to conduct business as usual under the new administration. Instead, it’s under heavy fire by a number of legislators reconsidering its structure, funding, and overall existence…

Brian Knight in FinRegRag

Feb 13, 2017

A Tale of Two CFPBs

What should the CFPB do, and how should it be structured? A debate is emerging among reformers as to whether a market…