Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. and Josh Hawley, R-Mo. have introduced bipartisan legislation that could cap credit card interest rates at 10%....more
A new “Auto Finance Special Edition” of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB or Bureau) Supervisory Highlights was released on October 7, 2024, and it is important for those overseeing compliance in their auto...more
Last Week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced that its so-called “Payday, Vehicle Title and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans” rule (Rule) will go into effect on March 30, 2025. While ostensibly aimed...more
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) filed a complaint against SoLo Funds, Inc., a fintech company operating a small-dollar, short-term lending platform. The CFPB alleges that SoLo Funds...more
Rhode Island, Minnesota, and Nevada have joined the list of jurisdictions considering proposals to legislatively opt out of federal interest rate preemption established under the federal Depository Institutions Deregulation...more
Recently, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its first report on the results of its updated Terms of Credit Card Plans survey. The report found that for the first half of 2023, small banks and...more
One of the primary challenges with working in U.S. financial services is keeping up with the ever-changing federal and state regulatory landscape. Juggling the day-to-day fire drills while staying atop of regulatory changes...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a final rule adjusting the Truth in Lending Act (TILA) dollar amounts for certain provisions, including under the Home Ownership and Equity Protection Act of 1994...more
Minnesota recently enacted the Commerce Omnibus Finance Bill, which includes amendments to several provisions of Minnesota law related to consumer loans and financial institutions....more
Minnesota - On May 24, 2023, the governor of Minnesota signed SF 2744, bringing amendments to various state statutes related to financial institutions. The amendments address the regulation and licensing of money...more
On March 29, the New Mexico Financial Institutions Division of the Regulation and Licensing Department’s (NM FID) new rule on the New Mexico-Annual Percentage Rate (NM-APR) becomes effective. We previously blogged about New...more
In the third in our series on the California Commercial Financing Disclosure Regulations, we focus on the disclosure requirements for merchant cash advances (MCAs)....more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule to increase market transparency regarding short selling and extended the comment period for its proposed rule requiring reporting on...more
FDIC Board Governance Dispute on Review of Bank Mergers Aired Publicly - CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on December 9 published on the CFPB’s website a blog post captioned “How Should Regulators Review Bank Mergers?” in...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued “pre-proposed” rules under New York’s commercial financing disclosure law that was enacted at the end of 2020. The pre-proposed rules are 45 pages in length...more
As forewarned in our January 15, 2021 posting, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has signed into law SB 1792, which takes effect immediately. SB 1792, also known, as relevant here, as the Predatory Loan Prevention Act,...more
COVID-19- Attorneys General Express Concern Over Contact Tracing Apps- •The National Association of Attorneys General (“NAAG”) sent a letter signed by a bipartisan group of 39 AGs to Apple, Inc. and Google, LLC, seeking...more
On March 21, 2018 the Federal Reserve lifted its federal funds rate by a quarter percentage point to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%, the highest level since 2008. ...more
Introduction - By now you’ve likely heard that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a final small-dollar lending rule. The hallmark of the rule is the requirement That lenders make a reasonable...more