Banking and Finance Law Daily Wrap Up, BLOG TRACKER—Noteworthy blog posts and other commentary, (Jul 17, 2025)

By WK Editorial Staff

The week’s most insightful, intriguing, or entertaining blog posts from the banking and financial services community.

• Consumer Financial Services Review, California Enacts Servicing Requirements for Subordinate Residential Mortgages, by Krista Cooley, Ian Brown and Kris D. Kully

• Consumer Law & Policy Blog, AP’s Ken Sweet: Employees at the nation’s consumer financial watchdog say it’s become toothless under Trump, by Jeff Sovern

• The CLS Blue Sky Blog, What We Talk About When We Talk About “Fed Independence”, by Todd H. Baker

• The CLS Blue Sky Blog, Davis Polk Discusses New Permission for Banks to Collect Customer SSNs from Third Parties, by Kendall Howell, Neil H. MacBride, David L. Portilla, Will Schisa and Daniel P. Stipano

• Consumer Federation of America Blog, Does Your State Allow Medical Bills to Appear on Credit Reports?, by Brad Lipton, Ethan Weiland and Rockaya Ndoye

• Consumer Finance and Fintech Blog, Rhode Island Enacts Ban on Reporting Medical Debt to Credit Bureaus, by A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia and Maxwell Earp-Thomas

• Consumer Finance Monitor, Supreme Court allows massive firing of government employees, but CFPB case is on separate track

• Liberty Street Economics, How Shadow Banking Reshapes the Optimal Mix of Regulation, by Kinda Hachem

• Radical Compliance, State-Level AML Enforcement Gets Wise, by Matt Kelly

Have you seen (or written) a blog post that fits the bill? Send the Banking and Finance Law Daily editors a note at [email protected], with a link to the suggested post.

Attorneys: A.J. Dhaliwal, Mehul Madia and Maxwell Earp-Thomas (Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP). (Ballard Spahr L.L.P.) (Baker & Hostetler LLP).

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