Congress
U.S. House of Representatives
Committee on Financial Services
Hearing: Combatting Tech Bro Culture: Understanding Obstacles to Investments in Diverse-Owned Fintechs
June 30, 2022
The Task Force on Financial Technology held a hearing entitled, “Combatting Tech Bro Culture: Understanding Obstacles to Investments in Diverse-Owned Fintechs.”
Committee on Small Business
Committee Announces July Hearings
June 30, 2022
The U.S. House Small Business Committee announced several committee hearings throughout July:
- Wednesday, July 13, 2022- 10 A.M.- Hybrid Hearing: Fintech and Transparency in Small Business Lending (Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations)
- Thursday, July 14, 2022- 10 A.M.- Hybrid Hearing: A Review and Assessment of the SBA HUBZone Program (Subcommittee on Contracting and Infrastructure)
- Tuesday, July 19, 2022- 10 AM- Hybrid Hearing: The SBA Office of International Trade and the STEP Program as Key Tools Recovery and Expansion (Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access)
- Wednesday, July 20, 2022- 10 AM- Hybrid Hearing: SBA District Office Collaboration with Resource Partners (Subcommittee on Underserved, Agricultural, and Rural Development)
- Wednesday, July 27, 2022- 10 AM- Hybrid Hearing: Leveraging the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act: The Role of the SBA’s Bond Guarantee Program
- Press Release
Federal Agencies
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S. Treasury Blocks Over $1 Billion in Suleiman Kerimov Trust
June 30, 2022
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced it has issued a Notification of Blocked Property to Heritage Trust, a Delaware-based trust in which OFAC-designated Russian oligarch Suleiman Abusaidovich Kerimov holds a property interest.
Amendment to the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations
June 30, 2022
The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control is amending the Global Terrorism Sanctions Regulations to implement a September 9, 2019 counter-terrorism Executive Order. The amendment will take effect upon publication in the Federal Register on July 01, 2022.
Federal Reserve Board
Paper: Volatility in Home Sales and Prices: Supply or Demand?
June 30, 2022
The Federal Reserve Board published a paper entitled, “Volatility in Home Sales and Prices: Supply or Demand?.”
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
New York Fed Releases Report on Policy Actions in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
June 30, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York released a special issue of its Economic Policy Review that describes the actions and liquidity facilities stood up by the Federal Reserve, along with other players in the official sector, in response to the economic dislocations brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Staff Report: When It Rains, It Pours: Cyber Risk and Financial Conditions
June 30, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published a staff report entitled, “When It Rains, It Pours: Cyber Risk and Financial Conditions.”
Economic Inequality Series: How Equitable Has the COVID Labor Market Recovery Been?
June 30, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published the first Liberty Street Economics blog post in its Economic Inequality Series entitled, “How Equitable Has the COVID Labor Market Recovery Been?”
Economic Inequality Series: Was the 2021-22 Rise in Inflation Equitable?
June 30, 2022
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York published the second Liberty Street Economics blog post in its Economic Inequality Series entitled, “Was the 2021-22 Rise in Inflation Equitable?”
National Credit Union Administration
NCUA Streamlines Part of Underserved Area Application Process
June 30, 2022
Effective immediately, multiple common bond federal credit unions submitting underserved area applications can list the areas they want to serve by census tracts, along with the year the census tract was in effect.
International
European Banking Authority
EBA publishes its final Guidelines on data collection exercises regarding high earners
June 30, 2022
The European Banking Authority published its final updated Guidelines on the data collection exercise on high earners, which were originally released in 2012 and revised in 2014.
EBA publishes its final guidelines on the remuneration and gender pay gap benchmarking exercise under the Capital Requirements Directive and the Investment Firms Directive
June 30, 2022
The European Banking Authority today published its final Guidelines on the remuneration benchmarking exercise under the Capital Requirements Directive, which were originally published in 2012 and updated in 2014.
Bank of England
The Bank of England’s final policy on EMIR 2.2 implementation and consultation on fees for non-UK FMIs
June 30, 2022
The Bank of England has published a Policy Statement and a Statement of Policy on its approach to ‘tiering’ non-UK central counterparties (‘incoming CCPs’) based on the level of risk they could pose to UK financial stability.
UK Financial Conduct Authority
Finding opportunity in a world of uncertainty
June 30, 2022
Financial Conduct Authority Executive Director of Markets Sarah Pritchard gave a speech at the CityUK Annual Conference entitled, “Finding opportunity in a world of uncertainty.”
Consultation Paper: Winding down ‘synthetic’ sterling LIBOR and US dollar LIBOR
June 30, 2022
The Financial Conduct Authority published a consultation paper entitled, “Winding down ‘synthetic’ sterling LIBOR and US dollar LIBOR.”
Administration Changes
Vacancies
Federal Reserve Board
- Vice Chair for Supervision – Michael S. Barr nominated April 15, 2022 (Nomination Hearing held on May 19, 2022; committee approval on June 8, 2022; pending full Senate vote.)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
- Chair – Vacant (Martin Gruenberg serves as Acting Chair)
- Vice Chairman – Vacant
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency
- Comptroller – Vacant (Michael Hsu serves as Acting Comptroller)
Appointments/Confirmation Hearings
U.S. Department of the Treasury – Janet Yellen (effective January 26, 2021)
Federal Reserve Board – Jerome H. Powell (effective May 23, 2022)
- Vice Chair Lael Brainard (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Governor Phillip N Jefferson (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Governor Lisa D. Cook (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Statement by Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H. Powell on his nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Governor Lael Brainard on her nomination by President Biden (November 22, 2021) (sworn in May 23, 2022)
- Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen Statement on Federal Reserve Nominations (November 22, 2021)
- Statement by Secretary Walsh on Federal Reserve Nominations (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Statement on the Renomination of Jerome Powell for Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Toomey Statement on Renomination of Jerome Powell for Fed Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden’s Nomination of Governor Lael Brainard for Vice Chair (November 22, 2021)
- Brown Applauds Biden’s Nominees for Fed Board (January 14, 2022)
- Toomey Statement on President Biden’s Fed Nominees (January 14, 2022)
- Waters Applauds Nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin, Lisa Cook, and Philip Jefferson to Leadership Roles in the Federal Reserve (January 14, 2022)
- Statement by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen on Federal Reserve Nominations (January 14, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown Statement on Nomination of Dr. Lisa Cook (March 29, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Toomey Statement on Nomination of Dr. Lisa Cook (March 29, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Brown Statement on Nomination of Michael Barr for Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision (April 15, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Toomey Statement on Nomination of Michael Barr for Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision (April 15, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Chair Statement on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Lisa Cook (May 10, 2022)
- Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Statement on Senate Confirmation of Dr. Lisa Cook (May 10, 2022)
- Jerome H. Powell sworn in for second term as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Lael Brainard sworn in as Vice Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Lisa D. Cook sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
- Philip N. Jefferson sworn in as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (May 23, 2022)
Federal Reserve Bank of New York – John C. Williams (effective June 18, 2018)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation – Martin Gruenberg (Acting Chair, appointed February 5, 2022)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – Rohit Chopra (effective October 12, 2021)
Securities and Exchange Commission – Gary Gensler (effective April 17, 2021)
Small Business Administration – Isabella Casillas Guzman (effective March 16, 2021)
Commodity Futures Trade Commission – Rostin Behnam (effective December 17, 2021)
- Kristin Johnson, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (September 13, 2021)
- Christy Goldsmith Romero, Nominee for Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (September 13, 2021)
- U.S. Senate Unanimously Confirms Behnam as Chairman (December 17, 2021)
- CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Announces Executive Staff Appointments (January 20, 2022)
- CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam Appoints Initial CFTC Leadership (January 25, 2022)
- Statement of CFTC Chairman Rostin Behnam on the U.S. Senate Confirmations of Christy Goldsmith Romero, Kristin N. Johnson, Summer Kristine Mersinger, and Caroline D. Pham (March 29, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Initial Staff Appointments (April 22, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Goldsmith Romero Announces Staff Appointments (April 27, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Pham Announces Additional Staff Appointments (May 13, 2022)
- CFTC Commissioner Mersinger Announces Staff Appointments (May 16, 2022)
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
National Credit Union Administration – Todd M. Harper
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development – Marcia Fudge (effective March 10, 2021)
Federal Housing Finance Agency – Sandra L. Thompson, (confirmed May 25, 2022)
U.S. Department of Education – Dr. Miguel Cardona (effective March 2, 2021)
PH Client Alerts
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Legislation/Legislative Updates
Click here to view the full text of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), Enacted March 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Increase Act of 2020, Enacted April 24, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, Enacted June 5, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Enacted December 27, 2020.
Click here to view the full text of the American Rescue Plan of 2021, Enacted March 11, 2021.
Click here to view the full text of the PPP Extension Act of 2021, Enacted March 30, 2021.
Click here to view a running list of proposed legislation from the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, House Committee on Financial Services, and House Committee on Small Business.
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