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May 23, 2025
CFPB Calls Open Banking Rule 'Unlawful' In Pivot Against It
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau signaled Friday that it will now seek to vacate its Biden-era open banking rule, siding with the banking industry in an ongoing legal challenge to the rule even as a major fintech industry group is pledging to keep defending it.
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May 23, 2025
SEC Cracks Door For Retail Entry Into Private Funds
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is exploring increasing retail access to private funds, marking one of several pivotal shifts the watchdog is considering that would widen public exposure to the vast but less regulated world of private markets.
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May 23, 2025
Banking Groups Want SEC To Pull Cyber Disclosure Mandates
A group of banking trade associations has called on the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to rescind a Biden-era mandate requiring public companies to disclose certain cybersecurity incidents, arguing it increases companies' risk when they fall victim to cyberattacks.
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May 23, 2025
Judge Extends Block On Trump's Government Layoffs
A California federal judge has extended her block of President Donald Trump's executive order directing layoffs at federal agencies, saying a coalition of unions, nonprofits and cities has shown it is likely to succeed in showing the order exceeded the president's authority.
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May 23, 2025
Texas Justices Answer 5th Circ. Query On State Usury Laws
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday concurred with a credit card industry firm that sued a lender over its "usurious" interest charges, telling the Fifth Circuit that state law holds that the maximum permissible interest on a loan is based on the declining principal balance, not the initial total principal amount.

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