Hi, thanks so much for joining us. I’m Samantha Kirby, chair of financial services here at Goodwin, and today, we’re going to talk to you about what we’re watching with respect to the bank regulatory agencies and the Consumer...more
4/23/2025
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
OCC ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Trump Administration
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed interpretive rule that, if finalized as written, would bring certain virtual currency products and services, such as stablecoins and digital wallets, within...more
1/14/2025
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Wallets ,
Electronic Fund Transfer Act ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinTech ,
Fraud ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Proposed Rules ,
Regulation E ,
Stablecoins ,
Virtual Currency
On July 30, 2024, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a proposed rule that would make significant revisions to the FDIC’s regulations implementing the provisions of Section 29 of the Federal Deposit...more
8/5/2024
/ Bank Deposits ,
Banking Sector ,
Broker-Dealer ,
Brokered Deposits ,
Brokers ,
Comment Period ,
Depository Institutions ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Proposed Rules
In the first quarter of 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued two Consumer Financial Protection Circulars, putting remittance transfer providers, digital comparison-shopping tools operators, and lead...more
California enacted its own version of New York’s “BitLicense” law, the Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL), becoming one of the first US states to implement a virtual currency-specific regulatory regime. ...more
With more fintech’s looking to expand their businesses internationally, it can be daunting to navigate varying regulations across borders. This article focuses on regulations in the United States. For those also focused on...more
5/1/2023
/ Banks ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FDIC ,
Financial Regulatory Agencies ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Payment Systems ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements
On May 26th, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) published a Consumer Financial Protection Circular (the “Circular”), confirming that creditors must provide specific reasons for taking adverse action...more
Continuing a trend of expanding its supervisory scope, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on April 25, 2022 that it will examine fintechs and other nonbank financial enterprises, based on reasonably...more
5/10/2022
/ Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
FinTech ,
FOIA ,
New Rules ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Risk Mitigation ,
Supervision ,
Transparency
On February 4, 2022, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) jumped into the regulatory discussion about non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”) - more with a whisper than a bang - in a report on its...more
2/18/2022
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Art Dealers ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Blockchain ,
BSA/AML ,
Compliance ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
Fine Art ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
U.S. Treasury
On March 23, 2021, the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (the “PLPA”) was signed into law by Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. The PLPA imposes a 36% military annual percentage rate (“MAPR”) cap on all loans made to Illinois...more
3/25/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Consumer Loan Companies ,
FinTech ,
Governor Pritzker ,
Military Annual Percentage Rates (MAPR) ,
Military Lending Act ,
Military Service Members ,
Partnerships ,
Predatory Lending ,
Secondary Markets ,
Valid When Made Doctrine
Three California laws that affect fintech companies will go into effect on January 1, 2021. The California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) expands the scope of the Department of Business Oversight’s (DBO) current...more
11/20/2020
/ Banking Sector ,
California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Business Oversight ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Depository Institutions ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Popular ,
Private Right of Action ,
Registration Requirement ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Student Loans
On June 24, 2020, New York’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced a series of steps it is taking to promote development and opportunities in the virtual currency space. These actions would build upon New York’s...more
The sudden financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on consumers has led to calls for loan servicers and other interested parties to provide temporary or permanent relief for borrowers who are unable to continue making loan...more
The first wave of class actions relating to the COVID-19 pandemic is here, including a number of cases concerning so-called “gating” eligibility rules that are legitimately applied by many lenders to manage the flow of...more
FinCEN has taken the position that a person or developer that sells convertible virtual currency, including in the form of tokens sold in an ICO, in exchange for real currency or a substitute for currency, is a money services...more