Brokered deposits occupy a unique place in bank funding: widely used, strategically valuable, and nevertheless scrutinized. Banks often rely on them to supplement local deposit bases, particularly when core deposits slow or fail to keep pace with asset growth. Brokered deposits also carry the…
On August 7, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order titled “Guaranteed Fair Banking for All Americans”. The Executive Order prohibits financial institutions from engaging in “politicized or unlawful debanking” practices. “Debanking” is a term used in recent years to describe the…
The Section 184 Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program (the “Program”), administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”), provides a home mortgage product specifically tailored for Native American families and federally recognized tribes. For banks and mortgage lenders, the…
Krieg DeVault LLP is pleased to announce that attorney Keaton J. Miller has joined the firm as a member of its Financial Institutions Practice. Mr. Miller brings with him a distinctive combination of legal and financial industry experience, having served as Senior Vice President and Senior…
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (“OBBBA”) into law. The OBBA is sweeping legislation that introduces significant reforms across multiple sectors, including financial services, agriculture, education, energy, and consumer protection. This alert highlights the…
On May 9,2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) filed a formal notice withdrawing 67 regulatory guidance documents in the Federal Register (here). The withdrawal of these various policy statements, interpretative rules, and advisory opinions (collectively, the “Withdrawal”) is…
On April 7, 2025, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted a limited waiver delaying the effective date of part of Section 64.1200(a)(10), which was issued in a February 2024 Order amending the rules implementing the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). This action comes after the…
On January 24, 2025, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) one-to-one consent rule1 issued in 2023 under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). In Insurance Marketing Coalition, Ltd. (IMC) v. Federal Communications Commission, the Court…
Many financial institutions use the services of technology companies like Facebook or Google to track and record customer interactions with their website through the use of Meta Pixels, Internet Cookies, or other tracking technology to continually improve the ways in which they service their…
On October 22, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) released its final rule (the “Rule”) on Personal Financial Data Rights under Section 1033 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act. The Rule requires data providers to make consumer’s covered data electronically available to…
With the pace of regulatory rulemaking and overall regulatory burden facing the financial services industry, it would be understandable if the significance of a U.S. Supreme Court decision about the number of observers on a fishing vessel required under a regulation from the National Marine…
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released a comprehensive report on managing artificial intelligence (AI) specific cybersecurity risks within the financial services sector. The Report was issued as just one of the steps mandated by Executive Order 14110 on Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy…
