Watch SFA CEO Michael Bright discuss inflation and how decisions made by the Federal Reserve this week could affect American families. Watch Here Related Resources: SFVegas 2021: 101: Consumer ABS Bright Ideas: Macroeconomics: Debt, Global Inflation, and...
Read MoreOn March 15, Allison Herren Lee announced she will step down as a Commissioner at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Her term is set to expire in June but will stay in her position...
Read MoreOn March 15, President Joe Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 – also known as the “omnibus” government funding bill – into law. The bill included the Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act, a bipartisan bill that...
Read MoreIn a newly released blog post, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) expressed they are closely monitoring what practices servicers are conducting to help borrowers avoid foreclosures. Lorelei Salas, Assistant Director for Supervision Policy, wrote...
Read MoreOn March 14, the European Central Bank (ECB) published a new report reviewing the progress of European banks on disclosing climate risks. The ECB concludes that while banks are making advancements on disclosing environment related...
Read MoreIn an op-ed for Credit Union Times, SFA’s Head of Research Elen Callahan argues “private capital invested with CDFIs can create a stable, long-standing source of financing for underserved communities and promote a financially inclusive economy.” The...
Read MoreThe American Banker reports that regulators are expected to issue a long-anticipated proposal for modernizing the framework under the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) as early as this month. In July 2020, the Federal Reserve, Federal...
Read MoreAn article by The New York Times describes a two-year, 50-millions-person experiment in changing how we work. Kristen Egziabher was all jitters just before the pandemic, awaiting news of a possible raise, until her manager...
Read MoreOn Thursday, March 10, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced their plan to “consider whether to propose amendments that would enhance and standardize registrants’ climate-related disclosures for investors” during a meeting that will...
Read MoreStructured Finance Association Applauds Inclusion of LIBOR Language in ‘Omnibus’ Government Funding Bill The Structured Finance Association (SFA) applauded inclusion of language in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 – also known as the “omnibus” government...
Read MoreAn article by Harvard Business Review, explains how we can harness the power of age diversity. Conflict between generations is an age-old phenomenon. But at the end of 2019, when the retort “OK, Boomer” went viral, the vitriol...
Read MoreThe March 8 NFIB Optimism Index continued to fall in February to 95.7 compared to the average score of 98. Inflation was again reported by 26% of business owners as their biggest concern with 68%...
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