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Many businesses ask employees to sign confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements to protect trade secrets and proprietary information. Likewise, when employment ends...

COVID-19 has dominated the agenda for health and welfare benefits in 2020. From suspended deadlines to mid-year election changes to enhanced cost-free coverage...

The podcast show we are releasing this week focuses generally on the so-called "Unitary Executive Theory" and specifically on the legality of President Trump firing without cause the Democratic Commissioners...

The Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has granted a request for an en banc rehearing in the National Treasury Employees Union's (NTEU) and others' challenge...

We are proud to announce that podcast database service Million Podcasts has ranked Ballard Spahr’s Consumer Finance Monitor podcast among the top business and financial services podcasts in the country.

A distinguished panel of banking, fintech, crypto, and consumer financial services professionals examines the growing movement by fintech companies, payments firms, lenders, and crypto-native businesses to obtain...

In this episode of the Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast, we examine one of the most closely watched and increasingly controversial developments in consumer finance: earned wage access (EWA) products.

A federal judge has rejected the Trump Administration's request to release from court supervision a bank that had been accused of discriminatory lending.

NCUA Chairman Kyle S. Hauptman said that through the issuance of a policy statement he is reenforcing an agency policy to prohibit officials from setting new policy through enforcement actions.

A divided federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump illegally fired Lisa Cook from her position as a member of the Federal Reserve Board.

For-profit paycheck protection program (PPP) borrowers – and their tax advisors – have wondered whether they can claim tax deductions in TY 2020 for forgivable expenses paid with PPP loan...

A distinguished panel of banking, fintech, crypto, and consumer financial services experts examines the transformative trend of fintech companies, payments firms, lenders, and crypto-native businesses seeking their own banking charters instead of relying on traditional bank partnerships. The discussion reveals how this strategic shift is reshaping the financial services industry and what it means for nonbank financial services companies considering regulatory pathways to market access.

Contending that it cannot abolish the CFPB on its own, the Trump Administration said that the union arguing that such a plan exists should not be entitled to an en banc hearing before an appeals court.

President Trump has nominated Brian Johnson for a five-year term as Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, marking the third attempt to fill this position.

A federal court this week found that the U.S. CFTC had jurisdiction to regulate a cryptocurrency business, raising the possibility of jurisdictional tension among the CFTC and other federal agencies over the...

On April 30, 2026, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published a notice and request for comment (the “Notice”) in connection with its renewal of Form 107, which Money Services Businesses utilize...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Office of Inspector General has released a report detailing significant operational disruptions stemming from workforce reductions and contract cancellations in early 2025. The findings reveal a substantial backlog of consumer complaints, paused enforcement activities, and service interruptions affecting the agency's core functions.