The Honorable Kathleen L. Kraninger Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Request for Information Regarding Tech Sprints; Docket No. CFPB-2019-0048 Dear Director Kraninger: The Milken...

Former House Financial Services Committee chair to help Center for Financial Markets efforts to facilitate the smooth and efficient operation of financial markets WASHINGTON, October 17, 2019 – Jeb Hensarling, the respected former Member of...

Several housing finance reform models, including the Treasury and HUD plans recently issued at the direction of the White House, support an expanded role for Ginnie Mae in the future housing finance system. Understanding Ginnie Mae’s...

Regional programs will help local officials attract investment to spur economic development JACKSON, MISS., September 30, 2019 – A unique collaboration of leading cross-sector groups today announced the launch of a series of regional...

Dear Mr. Dinwiddie: The Milken Institute (the Institute) 1 appreciates the opportunity to comment on the Internal Revenue Service’s request for comment regarding the proposed Opportunity Zones regulations. 2 The Institute is a nonprofit...

The Honorable Kathleen L. Kraninger Director Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 1700 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: Docket No. CFPB-2019-0039; RIN 3170-AA98; Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Qualified Mortgage...

FinTech regulatory regimes started emerging in the Gulf region in 2017. Since then, the region has become a hotbed for FinTech activity and regulatory development, with several jurisdictions competing to establish themselves as the FinTech...

Housing finance program director Eric Kaplan says "The ramifications of these plans ... cannot be overstated." WASHINGTON, September 5, 2019—The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD...

The Milken Institute Center for Financial Markets provided a response to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) upon request for comments regarding special purpose national bank charters for FinTech companies. The white paper...

In this letter, we provide initial reactions and thoughts with regards to both the proposed policy on No-Action Letters (NALs) and the Product Sandbox proposal, and propose several recommendations to further strengthen the proposal.