Evan Weinberger
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Banking reporter at Bloomberg Law, the fellas' dad. Reach me at reporterev.85 on Signal. I have friends everywhere.
The final accounting on FDIC job cuts is around 1,330 people, including buyouts and not filling vacancies. That's around 100 more than the agency was looking for.
The Biden administration had budgeted for around 6,500 full-time FDIC employees in 2025.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
The Biden administration had budgeted for around 6,500 full-time FDIC employees in 2025.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
FDIC Under Trump Will Shrink Workforce by More Than 1,300 Jobs
A key federal banking regulator will have 1,330 fewer employees through buyouts, other departures, and electing not to fill vacancies, people familiar with the matter said.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The final accounting on FDIC job cuts is around 1,330 people, including buyouts and not filling vacancies. That's around 100 more than the agency was looking for.
The Biden administration had budgeted for around 6,500 full-time FDIC employees in 2025.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
The Biden administration had budgeted for around 6,500 full-time FDIC employees in 2025.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Earlier in the week, the CFPB said it could run out of money because it can only get money when the Fed is profitable (a position even Texas AG Ken Paxton! disagrees with).
If that theory holds, everything the CFPB is doing now is probably illegal, too. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
If that theory holds, everything the CFPB is doing now is probably illegal, too. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
CFPB Funding Question Threatens to Upend New Deregulatory Agenda
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s argument that it’s running out of money and can’t request additional funding brings more chaos for banks, financial technology firms, and other companies ove...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Earlier in the week, the CFPB said it could run out of money because it can only get money when the Fed is profitable (a position even Texas AG Ken Paxton! disagrees with).
If that theory holds, everything the CFPB is doing now is probably illegal, too. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
If that theory holds, everything the CFPB is doing now is probably illegal, too. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
This is too much Vassar even for me.
First look at ‘THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2’
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are all reprising their roles.
Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci are all reprising their roles.
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is too much Vassar even for me.
Don't sleep on just how broad this fair lending rule rewrite the Trump administration is proposing (out of the CFPB, which doesn't have money, apparently): news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Trump’s CFPB Proposes Gutting Fair Lending Enforcement Standards
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is proposing to weaken fair lending laws by eliminating efforts to combat unintentional bias and tightening standards for going after lenders that discourage c...
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Don't sleep on just how broad this fair lending rule rewrite the Trump administration is proposing (out of the CFPB, which doesn't have money, apparently): news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Despite its funding being still illegal (at least according to the White House), the CFPB is set to release a proposed a rewrite of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19864.pdf
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November 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Despite its funding being still illegal (at least according to the White House), the CFPB is set to release a proposed a rewrite of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act: public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-19864.pdf
This is all very confusing to write. This ruling only applies to state-chartered banks, not federally chartered ones regulated by the OCC and protected by federal preemption.
Thanks, @jonathanjoshua.com.
Anyway, here's an update including a dissent. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Thanks, @jonathanjoshua.com.
Anyway, here's an update including a dissent. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This is all very confusing to write. This ruling only applies to state-chartered banks, not federally chartered ones regulated by the OCC and protected by federal preemption.
Thanks, @jonathanjoshua.com.
Anyway, here's an update including a dissent. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Thanks, @jonathanjoshua.com.
Anyway, here's an update including a dissent. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
A federal appeals court says Colorado can block banks chartered in other states from issuing loans that violate Colorado interest rate caps to borrowers in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, etc.
Sorry, that's all the Colorado municipalities I can remember.
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Sorry, that's all the Colorado municipalities I can remember.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Colorado Beats Fintechs on Law Targeting ‘Rent-a-Bank’ Schemes
Colorado won its bid to restore a law barring out-of-state banks from issuing loans that violate the state’s interest rate caps.
news.bloomberglaw.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
A federal appeals court says Colorado can block banks chartered in other states from issuing loans that violate Colorado interest rate caps to borrowers in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, etc.
Sorry, that's all the Colorado municipalities I can remember.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Sorry, that's all the Colorado municipalities I can remember.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Over the weekend I saw that there were still Kalshi live odds posted for the NYC mayor's election despite it being mercifully finished last week. Andrew Cuomo still had a 1% chance!
Normally I find those ads extremely annoying, but I hope some jamoke made a bet (er, bought a futures contract)
Normally I find those ads extremely annoying, but I hope some jamoke made a bet (er, bought a futures contract)
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Over the weekend I saw that there were still Kalshi live odds posted for the NYC mayor's election despite it being mercifully finished last week. Andrew Cuomo still had a 1% chance!
Normally I find those ads extremely annoying, but I hope some jamoke made a bet (er, bought a futures contract)
Normally I find those ads extremely annoying, but I hope some jamoke made a bet (er, bought a futures contract)
Not for nothing, but Meta announced that the CFPB dropped an investigation into financial products advertising just last week! news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
November 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Not for nothing, but Meta announced that the CFPB dropped an investigation into financial products advertising just last week! news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
I've grown to hate the phrase "use cases." Just say uses, people.
November 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
I've grown to hate the phrase "use cases." Just say uses, people.
Not the biggest Meta story today, but the CFPB dropped an investigation into third-party financial services offerings on Facebook and Instagram.
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Meta Escapes CFPB Probe Into Financial Services Advertising
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta Platforms Inc. said it is no longer facing potential penalties from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over advertising for financial services on its platforms...
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October 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Not the biggest Meta story today, but the CFPB dropped an investigation into third-party financial services offerings on Facebook and Instagram.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Never miss your shot.
October 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Never miss your shot.
Folks, I waded into the nearly 14,000 comments on the CFPB's open banking proposal (more like broad questions and ideas) so you don't have to. JPMorgan's data access fees were at center stage.
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JPMorgan Data Fees Take Center Stage in Open Banking Battle
Fees announced by JPMorgan Chase & Co. to access its customers’ data, and its deal with data aggregator Plaid Inc., emerged as key flash points for banks and fintechs weighing in on the Consumer Finan...
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Folks, I waded into the nearly 14,000 comments on the CFPB's open banking proposal (more like broad questions and ideas) so you don't have to. JPMorgan's data access fees were at center stage.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
We've now got more than 13,500 comment letters on the CFPB's open banking proposal, said the guy who has to read them.
a man wearing a suit and tie is making a funny face
ALT: a man wearing a suit and tie is making a funny face
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October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We've now got more than 13,500 comment letters on the CFPB's open banking proposal, said the guy who has to read them.
Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.
October 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. A long time.
My wife doesn't think the Louvre jewel heist is as cool as I do.
October 20, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My wife doesn't think the Louvre jewel heist is as cool as I do.
I owed the younger boy a trip to the movies, his choice. So yesterday, he chose the new Tron. Before yesterday I've never felt the urge to throw a rotten tomato at a screen.
And I never, ever need to see Jared Leto onscreen again.
And I never, ever need to see Jared Leto onscreen again.
October 20, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I owed the younger boy a trip to the movies, his choice. So yesterday, he chose the new Tron. Before yesterday I've never felt the urge to throw a rotten tomato at a screen.
And I never, ever need to see Jared Leto onscreen again.
And I never, ever need to see Jared Leto onscreen again.
This is Times Square in NYC. The people keep on coming. Lots of One Piece flags and "we have friends ever" signs.
Not pictured: famed character actor Dylan Baker, who walked right past me a few minutes ago.
Not pictured: famed character actor Dylan Baker, who walked right past me a few minutes ago.
October 18, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This is Times Square in NYC. The people keep on coming. Lots of One Piece flags and "we have friends ever" signs.
Not pictured: famed character actor Dylan Baker, who walked right past me a few minutes ago.
Not pictured: famed character actor Dylan Baker, who walked right past me a few minutes ago.
The OCC has suspended all fair lending exams until February while the Trump administration reviews how its fair lending posture, according to an internal email obtained by Bloomberg Law.
The debanking probe continues, however. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
The debanking probe continues, however. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
OCC Pauses Fair Lending Exams Even as It Probes ‘Debanking’
A top federal banking regulator has halted all fair lending examinations until early next year as the Trump administration reviews its approach to anti-discrimination efforts.
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The OCC has suspended all fair lending exams until February while the Trump administration reviews how its fair lending posture, according to an internal email obtained by Bloomberg Law.
The debanking probe continues, however. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
The debanking probe continues, however. news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
This here pad of paper costs $100. No pad of paper is worth $100. What are we doing, folks?
This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This here pad of paper costs $100. No pad of paper is worth $100. What are we doing, folks?
Here's my story about potential pushback to the Trump administration's RIF of the entire CDFI Fund staff.
Is it for show? Maybe. But it's one of the few instances where the GOP has said peep about a Trump move.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Is it for show? Maybe. But it's one of the few instances where the GOP has said peep about a Trump move.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Trump Bid to Fire Community Finance Staff Faces Bipartisan Fight
The Trump administration’s plan to terminate all staff at a Treasury Department agency supporting community financial institutions is drawing pushback from industry groups and even some Republican law...
news.bloomberglaw.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Here's my story about potential pushback to the Trump administration's RIF of the entire CDFI Fund staff.
Is it for show? Maybe. But it's one of the few instances where the GOP has said peep about a Trump move.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
Is it for show? Maybe. But it's one of the few instances where the GOP has said peep about a Trump move.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...
I'm listening to something where a tech person referred to a farm as a "diversified veggie and livestock operation."
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I'm listening to something where a tech person referred to a farm as a "diversified veggie and livestock operation."
Hey! This stinks!
October 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Hey! This stinks!
Farewell, Kramerica Industries joke.
October 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Farewell, Kramerica Industries joke.
Took the older boy to see One Battle After Another yesterday afternoon. Spectacular. It's rare a movie as hyped up as that one lives up to it.
Sean Penn should get an award just for the way he made his Lockjaw character move. Just a fabulous physical performance.
Sean Penn should get an award just for the way he made his Lockjaw character move. Just a fabulous physical performance.
October 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Took the older boy to see One Battle After Another yesterday afternoon. Spectacular. It's rare a movie as hyped up as that one lives up to it.
Sean Penn should get an award just for the way he made his Lockjaw character move. Just a fabulous physical performance.
Sean Penn should get an award just for the way he made his Lockjaw character move. Just a fabulous physical performance.