Consumer Financial Protection Agency

• On-Site Coverage: Barr Says Consumer Agency Will Help Credit Unions

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 23, 2010

  WASHINGTON -- The top Treasury Department official on credit unions said today that the proposed agency to regulate consumer financial products will give credit unions a more stable regulatory environment in which to operate.

• Dodd Vows to Push Reg Restructuring Despite Disagreement with GOP

  By Claude R. Marx  |  February 8, 2010

  Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) admitted last Friday that he and the Republicans are "at an impasse," on legislation to revamp how financial services firms are regulated, but vowed to move forward in drafting a bill.

• Future of MBL Hike and Consumer Protection Agency Is Unclear

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 27, 2010

  Credit unions are hoping that President Obama's latest endorsement of a new agency to regulate consumer products won't be enough to push it through the Senate

• Outlook for 2010: Time to Batten Down the Hatches

  January 20, 2010

  To forecast what lies ahead in 2010, one has to consider the enormous legislative and regulatory challenges of 2009.

• Elections Are Casting a Shadow on Credit Unions' Legislative Agenda

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 20, 2010

  Congress has placed financial service providers on the defensive during the past four years. But with an election scheduled for this year, the political pressures will be even greater.

• Sen. Dodd's Retirement Could Pave the Way For a Senate Deal on Financial Reg Restructuring

  By Claude R. Marx  |  January 13, 2010

  The impending retirement of Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) could make it easier for that panel to reach a consensus on regulatory restructuring, according to lobbyists for the credit union movement.

• Life Is Like a Bar of Fruitcake

  By Sarah Snell Cooke  |  January 6, 2010

  I'm going beg just a bit of patience for one last bit of your holiday spirit, inspired after reading Shari Storm's Motherhood Is the New MBA,