This Article takes stock of post-financial crisis regulatory developments to tell a tale of two markets within a political economy of financial regulation. The financial crisis stemmed from excessive risk-taking and dodgy practices in the subprime home mortgage market, a market that owed its...

In November 2017, a successorship controversy ensued over the rightful Acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or the Bureau) following the resignation of the Bureau's first Senate-confirmed Director. President Donald Trump appointed the Director of Office of Management...

Consumer protection in financial services has failed. A crisis is now playing itself out in the mortgage, credit card, auto loan, title loan, refund anticipation loan, and payday loan markets. Consumer protection was a traditional element states' regulatory power until federal preemption ousted...

This research brief examines the potential impact of overdraft regulation on credit unions using a unique data set developed from a survey of 185 credit unions' overdraft practices. It provides the first-ever empirical overview of credit unions' overdraft practices, as well as data on credit...