In May, Montana enacted Senate Bill 297, which amends the Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MCDPA) to eliminate the broad exemption for financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA). Connecticut...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk are joined by Orrick partner Jedd Bellman, former Maryland Assistant Commissioner of Financial Regulation, for a deep dive into the evolving role of state regulators in...more
Orrick Partners Matthew Coleman and Jeanine McGuinness join RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk to explore the implications of the Justice Department’s recent issuance of a final rule prohibiting and restricting...more
Jo Ann Barefoot, founder and CEO of the Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR), and Kabir Kumar, partner at Flourish Ventures, join co-hosts Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt and Sherry Safchuk for a special RegFi episode...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk welcome fellow Orrick partner Katy Ryan to discuss the state financial regulatory landscape. Katy provides an overview of how federal agencies and states interact in our...more
3/14/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Blockchain ,
BSA/AML ,
Data Privacy ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
NMLS ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State Attorneys General ,
State Regulators
Ian P. Moloney, Head of Policy and Regulatory Affairs at the American Fintech Council, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a conversation about earned wage access (EWA), a service that affords workers...more
Justin Wiseman, Vice President and Regulatory Counsel at the Mortgage Bankers Association, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk to discuss how housing availability and affordability have moved to the...more
3/13/2025
/ Affordable Housing ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
GSE ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgage Servicers ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
RESPA
At no time in recent memory has consumer finance regulation faced more prospects for change. RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt, Sherry Safchuk and Caroline Stapleton discuss what could be in play for consumer...more
RegFi Co-Hosts Jerry Buckley, Sherry Safchuk and Sasha Leonhardt explore the implications of the CFPB’s recently proposed amendments to Regulation V that would apply the Fair Credit Reporting Act to data brokers. The...more
Brandon Milhorn, President and CEO of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, joins RegFi co-hosts Sherry Safchuk and Jerry Buckley to share his perspective on the challenges facing community banks and the role of...more
Over the past several years, data brokers have been subject to increased scrutiny from regulatory and enforcement agencies at both federal and state levels. On Dec. 3, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau took a...more
Hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk sit down with Susan Milazzo, the CEO of the California Mortgage Bankers Association (CMBA), to discuss the current state and future of mortgage banking in California. As the voice of the...more
Orrick Partner John Coleman joins the RegFi podcast for a conversation about what lies ahead for the CFPB’s finalized 1033 rule, including uncertainties created by litigation challenges, election results and the need for...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a final rule implementing Section 1033 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), which addresses personal financial data rights. The final rule mandates that...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk are joined by Kelvin Chen, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Policy at the Consumer Bankers Association, to discuss the rapidly evolving business and regulatory...more
RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk welcome Orrick partner Aravind Swaminathan for a conversation exploring the critical and evolving role of the Chief Information Security Officer in today’s corporate landscape.....more
If passed, the proposed American Privacy Rights Act would dramatically transform data privacy compliance obligations for companies operating in the United States. Shannon Yavorsky — head of Orrick’s global Cyber, Privacy &...more
5/2/2024
/ Covered Entities ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Legislation
Data is the lifeblood of the financial system, making cybersecurity threats a critical economic and national security risk. During this episode, RegFi cohosts Jerry Buckley, Sherry Safchuk and Sasha Leonhardt explore the...more
Orrick Partner Edward Somers joins Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a conversation about the regulatory frameworks affecting electronic records and signatures for the origination and servicing of financial products. The...more
Jerry Comizio joins RegFi cohosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a conversation about the intricate world of virtual currencies. Professor Comizio is Associate Director of the Business Law Program at American...more
3/28/2024
/ Blockchain ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Digital Assets ,
Digital Currency ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Financial Markets ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
FinTech ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Virtual Currency
The CFPB’s Proposed Larger Participant Rule for Payments Providers, if adopted, will subject large tech companies providing payments services and mobile wallets to bank-like supervisory examinations of their payments...more
In this episode of RegFi, Orrick Partner Jeff Hydrick joins Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk for a look into the growing role of fintechs and other non-bank financial institutions in commercial financing. The conversation...more
In this episode, RegFi hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk welcome Chris Hilliard, COO and founding member of Winnow Solutions, LLC. Chris draws upon his experience as the former chief compliance officer at Happy Money and...more
The CFPB’s proposed rulemaking on digital wallets and payment apps would bring new regulatory supervision and compliance obligations to technology companies. RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley, Sasha Leonhardt, Sherry Safchuk and...more
As the year draws to a close, we welcome Peter Renton to the RegFi podcast for a conversation about fintech trends from 2023 and what to anticipate moving ahead. Peter is the chairman and co-founder of Fintech Nexus and has...more