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UK FCA publishes final rules on fees and levies for 2025/26

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued final policy statement PS25/8, accompanied by an updated webpage, confirming the regulatory fees and levies for the financial year 2025/26. This follows the FCA's April...more

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UK PRA publishes annual fees for 2025/26

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The UK Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has issued final policy statement PS10/25, setting out the annual fees for the 2025/26 financial year, following the consultation in April (CP8/25). The final policy introduces...more

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Georgia Governor Updates Legislation Impacting Banking and Financial Services Industries

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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp recently signed legislation that will impact the banking and financial services industries in the state. It becomes effective July 1, 2025. The Georgia General Assembly adjourned the 2025 legislative...more

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UK PRA proposed fees for 2025/26

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The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a consultation setting out proposals for its fees for 2025/26. The proposals would make amendments to the Fees Part of the PRA Rulebook (Appendix) and include: (i) the...more

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Illinois ‘Swipe Fee’ Law Faces Continued Pushback as Court Partially Extends Injunction

On February 6, 2025, the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Illinois declined to issue a preliminary injunction to stop an Illinois “swipe fee” law that would ban certain credit and debit card fees from applying...more

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NYDFS Proposes Limits on Overdraft and NSF Fees

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On January 22, 2025, the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) announced proposed regulations that would limit fees associated with overdrafts, nonsufficient funds (NSF) transactions and returned deposit...more

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New York Governor Hochul proposes new financial protections

On January 14, Governor Kathy Hochul announced new proposals to protect New York consumers as part of her 2025 State of the State. Her proposals included legislation to: (i) combat algorithmic price discrimination by...more

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CFPB’s “Overdraft Lending” Rule Faces Immediate Legal Challenge

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What Happened? On December 12, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its final “overdraft lending” rule aimed at curbing overdraft fees charged by banks and credit unions with more than $10 billion in...more

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California Increases the Pressure on Alleged “Junk Fees”: New Law Targets ATM Charges

The topic of “junk fees” has been in the headlines, spurred by legislative action across various sectors. From regulations on credit card late fees to the Federal TICKET Act targeting concert event fees, lawmakers are...more

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Payments Docket – December 2024

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The latest edition of the Payments Docket, our roundup of key litigation and enforcement involving the payments industry, features why the CFPB’s open banking rule is under fire, a convenience fee that steals your lunch...more

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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

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CFPB Reports on Potential ‘Junk Fees’ From School Lunch Payment Platforms

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On July 25, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report on the costs and potential risks to families using electronic payment platforms to load money to their children’s school lunch accounts. The...more

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Nutter Bank Report: May 2024

Headlines 1. Supreme Court Upholds the Constitutionality of the CFPB’s Funding Structure The Supreme Court has ruled that the statutory authorization that allows the CFPB to draw funds from the earnings of the Federal Reserve...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

House questions CFPB's rules on NSF fees and impact on small businesses

On May 9, the House Committee on Small Business expressed concerns in a letter addressed to CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra, on a proposed rule that would ban charging insufficient fund fees (NSF fees) on declined transactions...more

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CFPB Announces Update in Continued War on Mortgage Servicing Junk Fees

On April 24, the CFPB released its latest edition of Supervisory Highlights detailing the agency’s actions taken to combat “junk fees” it alleges are charged by mortgage servicers. This spotlight on fees in mortgage servicing...more

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FDIC wins dismissal as defendant in NSF fee challenge

On April 8, the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota granted the FDIC’s motion to dismiss in a case brought by a trade association and a commercial bank challenging the FDIC’s guidance related to insufficient...more

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The CFPB’s “Junk Fees” Initiative: Recent Developments and Trends

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The term “junk fee” is not defined under federal law, but the CFPB has focused on factors such as whether the fee would be unexpected to or take advantage of a reasonable consumer, the amount of the fee compared to the cost...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - March 2024 - Here Comes the Sun and the CFPB

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the March 2024 webinar. Bite 10: CFPB Issues Statement on Privacy and Personal Data - On February 28, 2024, the CFPB issued a statement on...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 8 - 14 Mar 2024

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There were some key publications this week in relation to financial crime, including a Commission request for the EBA to advise on standards and guidelines under the future AML/CFT framework in Europe and, in the UK, an HMT...more

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Key Regulatory Topics: Weekly Update 23-29 Feb 2024

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Amongst the broad range of updates this week, at international level, the FSB published its thematic peer review on MMF Reforms and the BCBS published the outcomes of its meeting held on 28 and 29 February, including that it...more

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Nutter Bank Report: February 2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more

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California DFPI Orders Consumer Financing Platform To Cease Hidden Junk Fees

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On January 9, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued an order against a consumer financing platform that enables merchants to offer installment contracts to their customers. The...more

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CFPB Continues its War on Fees

The CFPB recently proposed two rules on its continuing war on so-called junk fees. The first rule, proposed on January 17, target’s bank overdraft programs. Currently, financial institutions that extend overdraft loans...more

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The Latest Chapter in the Government's War on Purported "Junk" Fees: The CFPB Moves to Define Overdraft Services as Credit and to...

On January 17, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding proposed changes to overdraft fee rules for certain banks and credit unions. In the widely...more

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CFPB Issues Report on Overdraft and NSF Fees

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On December 19, 2023, the CFPB issued a new report on OD/NSF Fees entitled “Insights From the Making Ends Meet (MEM) Survey and Consumer Credit Panel (CCP)”. Overdrafts (ODs) occur if the financial institution elects to cover...more

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