CBA General Programs

Items about the Consumer Bankers Association and its initiatives, including CBA Advanced Education, CBA LIVE, CBA Team news and more.

  • January 8, 2016
    Impending Deputy Director Appointment Highlights Key Flaw at CFPB Let's start 2016 off with a trivia question. Can you name a federal agency where the Director or Chair is allowed to handpick their successor without Senate confirmation or a presidential appointment? If you guessed the Securities Exchange Commission, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or the Consumer Product Safety...
  • January 8, 2016
    A life in associations was the last thing John Gray contemplated when he went back to school to earn his MBA after spending the first part of his career as a lawyer. His direction changed when he responded to an ad posted on a bulletin board at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. The ad described an opening at the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Gray didn’t have the qualifications...
  • January 5, 2016
    • Molly Haigh has been named as the communications director at the Progressive Change Campaign Committee. Prior to that, she worked at Fitzgibbon Media and 350.org. • The Consumer Bankers Association has hired Sam Whitfield as a senior vice president of congressional affairs, a post in which he will lead the government relations team at the trade group. He most recently serviced as the deputy...
  • January 4, 2016
    Washington, D.C. (January 4, 2016) – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) welcomes the appointment of Samuel (Sam) Whitfield, Jr. as Senior Vice President of Congressional Affairs, effective today. Whitfield, a seasoned public policy professional, joins CBA with an extensive background in the public and private sectors, ranging from associations to Capitol Hill and the White House. In his role...
  • December 18, 2015
    KESSEL RUN IN LESS THAN 12 PARSECS: Alibaba hired Kenneth Duberstein and his Duberstein Group to lobby on counterfeiting. The American Apparel & Footwear Association has urged the U.S. Trade Representative to put Alibaba's Taobao marketplace back on its watchlist. Durberstein's Steven Champlin previously lobbied for Alibaba as a subcontractor for Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Now also...
  • December 18, 2015
    Thankfully Congress Wraps Up 2015 Earlier this month, Congress chose political expediency over sound policy by voting to pay for the highway bill with a tax on banks, rather than gasoline. Many of us were hopeful cooler heads would prevail and this policy would be walked back in this week's final, year-end spending package, also known as the omnibus. Congress also had the opportunity to advance...
  • December 11, 2015
    T-Minus 7 Days to CBA LIVE Early Bird Deadline Our committees have been heads down planning a host of sessions for CBA LIVE, which will now feature 11 concurrent tracks including our first-ever Risk F orum. View the session lineup for each forum as well as the full event program to customize your CBA LIVE experience. Just like the holidays sneak up on you, so does our Early Bird registration...
  • December 4, 2015
    NY Times : Free Tuition Is Not the Answer Catharine Hill, president and professor of economics at Vassar College, penned a very interesting op-ed in the New York Times this week to explain why free tuition is not a silver bullet for our college affordability problems. President Hill noted, "...if our real goal is to improve college access and affordability for students from low- and moderate-...
  • November 20, 2015
    Happy Thanksgiving! We are truly blessed to live in such a wonderful and free country and work in an industry helping people with their financial needs in a responsible manner. The entire CBA Team wishes you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving. Report: Errors Abound in CFPB's Complaint Portal This week, American Banker published a very disturbing story outlining a host of problems with the...
  • November 13, 2015
    Keep it Going... Thank a Vet Thanking a veteran should not be a one-day thing. As we approach the holiday season, take a moment to thank our military personnel—retired and present—and their families for their service and commitment to our great Nation. Marketplace Lending As marketplace lending continues to expand, regulators have begun to turn their attention to this fast growing industry. Late...

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