Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
Daily Compliance News: July 31, 2025. The Forgotten Generation Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Citibank and Continuous Monitoring
Wire Fraud Litigants Beware: Fourth Circuit Ruling Protects the Banks — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Top challenges with Compliance Management
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Understanding MALPB Charters: A Collaborative Approach to Banking Innovation — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule
Fraud, the silent epidemic
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Private Civil Consumer Financial Services Litigation to Partially Fill CFPB Void - Part 1
Daily Compliance News: April 21, 2025, The Tribute to Pope Francis Edition
Predictions regarding the 2023 CRA Rule and Section 1071 and how to prepare for expected developments
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Stablecoins: Regulatory Issues for UK and EU Banks To Consider
Strengthening Compliance: Lessons From the OCC's Consent Order With Patriot Bank — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Navigating 2025: Federal Legislative and Regulatory Updates on Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Third-Party Risk The competitive world of banking struggles to keep up with technological advances, particularly in a regulatory environment.
Deposit Account Litigation: Highlights From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025 — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The debt settlement industry is fast emerging as a significant portion of the overall consumer financial services market, yet many still do not understand the space. Please join Hudson Cook partner Cathy Brennan as she...more
In early March, nearly a year and a half after it was initially proposed, the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office finalized the Commonwealth's "junk fee" regulation (the "Final Rule") while simultaneously issuing a...more
On December 18, 2024, the Advertising Standards Authority ("ASA"), the UK's regulator of advertising, issued a ruling against Lloyds Bank plc ("Lloyds") following a complaint by Adfree Cities, a network challenging corporate...more
The FDIC has signaled the reversal of key, controversial proposals from 2024. In doing so, it has provided welcome clarity on important areas that implicate banks of various sizes and charter types, allowing banks to focus on...more
On December 2, the FDIC updated its Q&As related to its final rule “FDIC Official Signs and Advertising Requirements, False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured Status, and Misuse of the FDIC Name or Logo,” affecting 12...more
The FDIC is providing financial institutions with additional time to comply with parts of the new FDIC signage and advertising rule by extending the compliance date from January 1, 2025 to May 1, 2025....more
On October 17, the FDIC issued a notice delaying the deadline to comply with its final rule governing its official signage from January 1, 2025, to May 1, 2025. The final rule, titled “FDIC Official Signs and Advertising...more
The FDIC has issued a revised list of Q&As concerning the agency’s new rule governing the use of the agency’s official sign....more
Last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published Frequently Asked Questions on the final rule governing FDIC Official Signs and Advertising Requirements, False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured...more
Welcome to the Class Action & MDL Roundup, our quarterly review of decisions and settlements in the class action arena. In this edition, student-athletes win an NIL round, Canadians in California isn’t personal...more
After an intense 2023 rulemaking, supervisory, and enforcement cycle for the federal banking agencies, the FDIC issued a final rule on FDIC official signs and advertising requirements right before the new year. The rule comes...more
In December 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) finalized amendments to its rules on official FDIC signage, bank advertisements, deposit insurance misrepresentations, and the misuse of the FDIC’s name or...more
A recent OCC report identified key issues facing the federal banking system, including increasing credit risk due to higher interest rates, increasing risk in commercial real estate lending, prolonged inflation, declining...more
The Federal Trade Commission recently issued a final rule that is squarely aimed at changing the way dealers interact with customers in the financing process. The final rule takes effect on July 30, 2024....more
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced it has reached a settlement with the bankrupt crypto company Voyager over the company’s alleged deceptive crypto marketing practices. Specifically, the FTC’s complaint alleges that...more
Through a new interpretive rule announced this week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has declared that digital marketing providers can be held liable under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA)...more
The Editors' Note - Welcome to the third issue of Decoded, Spilman's e-newsletter focusing on technology law, including data security, privacy standards, financing technologies, and digital-based means of conducting...more
The unprecedented health emergency and closely related economic crisis created by COVID-19 have triggered a wave of putative class action and individual lawsuits targeting a wide range of businesses. ...more
Investors and investment managers around the globe are seeing increasing rules and regulations on how they can deploy their money, how they can advertise their services, and how they have to report to regulators. ...more
On December 28, 2016, the New York Department of Financial Services ("DFS") released a revised version of a proposed regulation that would require banks, insurance companies, and other financial services institutions...more
The Volcker Rule Under the Trump Administration - The so-called Volcker Rule—named after Paul Volcker, a former chairman of the Federal Reserve Board—was part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection...more
More details have emerged from the February cyberheist that resulted in the theft of more than $81 million from Bangladesh’s account at the NY Fed, including a pretty significant lack of critical concern from the bank itself....more
This alert addresses the explosion in popularity of daily fantasy sports (“DFS”) sites and the money-laundering potential that DFS sites may offer to criminals around the world. It then explains potential legal liability...more
On July 10, 2015, the Federal Communications Commission released the Omnibus Declaratory Ruling and Order (the Order) it adopted on June 18. The Order addresses requests for clarification regarding requirements under the...more
Bankers care deeply about the communities they serve. I need look no further than recent CBE interviews or the good work in my own community funded by local banks or their employees. Stalwarts in community arts, fundraising...more