News & Analysis as of

Banking Sector Banks Small Business

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Guaranteeing Fair Banking For All Americans (Trump EO Tracker)

This executive order directs federal banking regulators and the Small Business Administration (SBA) to eliminate guidance, practices, and regulatory frameworks that enable politicized or unlawful debanking, particularly...more

GeoDataVision

CRA Size Standards

GeoDataVision on

As all CRA officers know by now on December 19, 2024, the agencies announced the new size thresholds to determine what asset size qualifies as a “small bank”, “intermediate-small bank”, and “large bank” for CRA purposes. The...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

FDIC Chairman remarks on 2024 Small Business Lending Survey

Recently, FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg remarked on the 2024 Small Business Lending Survey (SBLS) report at a community banking conference. He highlighted that technological advancements have not altered the...more

Mintz - ML Strategies

2024 Pre-Election Analysis: Financial Services

Mintz - ML Strategies on

Financial services encompass a wide range of services offered by the nation’s financial institutions, including banking, mortgage, investment, and credit services. The next administration and Congress’s financial services...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: August 2024

CFPB Issues Filing Instructions Guide for Small Business Lending Data - The CFPB has published instructions for banks and other covered financial institutions to submit small business lending data that is required to be...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: June 2024

The CFPB, as part of its initiative to accelerate the shift to open banking in the United States, issued a final rule on June 5 that outlines the qualifications to become a recognized industry standard setting body, which can...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Kentucky banks win injunction on Small Business Lending Rule enforcement

On September 14, U.S. District Judge Karen K. Caldwell issued an order granting an injunction sought by the Kentucky Bankers Association and eight Kentucky-based banks to enjoin the CFPB from implementing and enforcing...more

Cooley LLP

Banking Sector Events May Affect Qualified Small Business Stock Treatment

Cooley LLP on

Startups and emerging companies that are reevaluating their cash management policies following recent events in the banking sector should be aware of the implications of such policies on qualified small business stock (QSBS)...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Legal Report - September 2021

Perkins Coie on

Federal Banking Agencies Issue Guide for Community Banks on Conducting Due Diligence on Fintech Companies - On August 27, 2021, the federal banking agencies (Federal Reserve, FDIC, and OCC) published “Conducting Due...more

Goodwin

SEC Stays Busy With Amendments And Extensions To Various Rules, Definitions And Disclosures

Goodwin on

In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more

Goodwin

Financial Services Weekly Roundup: Madden Fix/Valid When Made Rule Faces New Challengers

Goodwin on

In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...more

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC

Temporary Bank Forbearance on Loans Due to COVID-19 Hardships

On March 21, 2020, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued New York Executive Order 202.9, “Continuing Temporary Suspension and Modification of Laws Relating to the Disaster Emergency" (the “Executive Order.”) The Executive Order...more

Alston & Bird

How the CARES Act Will Affect Banking During the Coronavirus Emergency

Alston & Bird on

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act sprawls across 800 pages. Our Financial Services & Products Group delves into the sections that deal specifically with banking and lending....more

Allen Matkins

The IBank May Someday Be California's Bank

Allen Matkins on

Yesterday, I wrote about legislation that would authorize local governments to form their own local or regional public banks. Senator Ben Hueso has a somewhat different idea. He has introduced a bill, SB 528, that would...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

OCC Establishes New Third-Party Risk Management Expectations, Including for Bank Relationships With Marketplace Lenders

Troutman Pepper Locke on

The bulletin requires relationships between banks and marketplace lenders to be treated with the same rigor of due diligence and ongoing oversight as other relationships with third parties. On January 24, the Office of...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Community banks trade group asks Trump Administration to curb fair lending enforcement

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The Independent Community Bankers of America issued a statement calling on the Trump administration “to rein in the overzealous application of fair lending laws.” ICBA stated that community banks are threatened by a recent...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CFPBs Meeting with Community Bank Advisory Council Provides Insights into Upcoming Debt Collection Rules

Last week , the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) met with the Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC) to discuss the CFPB’s July 28, 2016, outline of the proposed debt collection rules (Outline) intended to...more

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider

Wells Fargo Unveils Plan to Better Protect Small Business Customer Account Information

On June 7, Wells Fargo announced a partnership with software firm, Xero, that is intended to allow small businesses to share bank information without sharing their bank passwords with third parties, such as Quicken, who...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Update on arbitration SBREFA panel

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The CFPB has now taken two more significant steps towards issuing a proposed arbitration rule. On October 20, 2015, the CFPB convened its Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panel to review the...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

CFPB Hearing on Arbitration Agreements: Initial Impressions

DWT recently attended a CFPB field hearing on arbitration agreements relating to consumer financial products or services. The CFPB conducted the hearing in conjunction with the agency’s publication of an outline of proposals...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

CFPB Proposal Would Make Class Actions More Likely. Here's What's Next.

Pierce Atwood LLP on

On Wednesday, October 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued proposals that would, if adopted, limit the use of arbitration provisions in contracts for consumer financial products. The CFPB’s proposals would not...more

BakerHostetler

CFPB Expands “Small Creditor” and “Rural Area” Definitions for Qualified Mortgages

BakerHostetler on

On September 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released final and revised versions of mortgage rules regarding small creditors. These changes should ease lenders’ ability to originate qualified mortgages...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Federal, State Law Preempts New York City Responsible Banking Act, Federal Court Rules

Ballard Spahr LLP on

New York City’s Responsible Banking Act (RBA) is preempted by federal and state law, a federal court has ruled. Pursuant to the New York City Charter, only financial institutions that are designated “deposit banks” by the...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

House Financial Services Committee passes CFPB-related bills including bill creating TRID Rule hold harmless period

Ballard Spahr LLP on

On July 29, the following four CFPB-related bills were passed by the House Financial Services Committee: H.R. 3192, the “Homebuyers Assistance Act”: The bill would provide a hold harmless period for the TILA/RESPA Integrated...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Treasury Department RFI on Online Marketplace Lending Signals Potential Shift Towards Regulation of Small Business Loans

The Treasury Department recently issued a request for information to explore various aspects of “online marketplace lending.” The RFI seeks comment on a broad array of online financial services companies that lend not only to...more

27 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide