Data privacy

Brown blasts data brokers' refusal to testify to Senate banking panel

06/11/19

The top Democrat on the Banking Committee suggested the absence of data brokers at a hearing on privacy legislation was "cowardice."

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Data privacy, AI, regulation: Small-business lending is changing fast

05/14/19

The forces reshaping small-business lending are also leading to “a moment of reckoning” for small banks, says former SBA head Karen Mills.

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Is Senate Banking’s Facebook inquiry the start of something big?

05/13/19

Lawmakers are taking a closer look at the company’s data collection practices and its work on cryptocurrency payments, raising the possibility of more action down the line.

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Crapo, Brown probe Facebook over financial data collection

05/10/19

Sens. Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown are asking Facebook about its consumer financial data collection practices as they consider data privacy legislation.

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Obey Congress or Trump? Deutsche Bank, Capital One in no-win situation

04/30/19

Congress has broad subpoena powers to demand the president’s financial records, but no bank wants to disclose confidential information about a powerful client.

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A 'Marshall Plan for America:' Takeaways from Jamie Dimon's shareholder letter

04/04/19

The CEO of the nation's largest bank urged policymakers to ease capital rules for banks and tackle inefficiencies in the housing markets, while offering bold ideas of his own on education and health care.

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What the new Apple credit card means for Goldman Sachs

03/25/19

The Silicon Valley partnership represents an extension of — but also a departure from — the consumer strategy that Goldman has been pursuing since the launch of its digital consumer bank, Marcus.

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State regulators should take the lead on data privacy: CSBS

03/15/19

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors urged Sens. Mike Crapo and Sherrod Brown to establish a baseline for consumer protection in data privacy and security that would leave room for stricter state rules.

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Banks won’t be able to remain on sidelines of privacy debate

03/03/19

The data breach at Equifax and Facebook's scandals have made data privacy a big issue to state and federal lawmakers. Here's why banks need to be worried.

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The states at the forefront of consumer privacy legislation

03/03/19

California and others have passed consumer privacy laws, and lawmakers in Congress are beginning to address the issue.

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