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The fatal flaws in the 2023 CRA rule
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Daily Compliance News: April 21, 2025, The Tribute to Pope Francis Edition
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The Capital Ratio Podcast | Stablecoins: Regulatory Issues for UK and EU Banks To Consider
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Navigating 2025: Federal Legislative and Regulatory Updates on Stablecoins and Decentralized Finance — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
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Deposit Account Litigation: Highlights From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025 — The Consumer Finance Podcast
HM Treasury has announced the launch of a permanent mortgage guarantee scheme, aimed at supporting first-time buyers and home movers across the UK. The scheme enables access to 91–95% loan-to-value mortgages, allowing buyers...more
Recently, the OCC released its Spring 2025 Interest Rate Risk Statistics Report detailing interest rate risk data gathered during examinations of OCC-supervised midsize and community banks and federal savings associations....more
Attorney General James sued a national bank and its holding company for the bank's alleged practices relating to its offering of online savings accounts. Specifically, the AG claims that the bank offered a "high interest"...more
New York AG Letitia James sued Capital One N.A. and Capital One Financial Corporation (collectively, “Capital One”) over alleged violations of state and federal consumer protection laws stemming from the marketing of their...more
A number of states have considered - and some have enacted - laws to regulate strategic partnerships between banks and technology companies that act as service providers....more
LEVEL-SETTING - The banking industry finds itself in the early stages of a transformation. Existing balance sheets have been shaped by more than a decade of low interest rates that fueled asset appreciation, muted...more
On March 31, the New York Fed published a research paper discussing credit card interest rates and what is behind how they are set. The research explored the relationship between the federal funds rate and the annual...more
On March 20, the OCC released a list of recent enforcement actions taken against national banks, federal savings associations, and individuals affiliated with supervised banks. Among the actions taken, the OCC issued a cease...more
On January 8, Senate Bill No. 1252 (SB 1252) was introduced to the Virginia General Assembly, aiming to amend and reenact sections of the Code of Virginia related to the application of usury rates. Just two weeks ago, the...more
On October 1, 2024, the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (UK FCA) phased out ‘Zombie’ LIBOR, as a transitional benchmark, with the move to alternative “risk-free” rates....more
On January 14, 2025, the federal government sued Capital One, accusing it of deceptive practices related to its “360 Savings” accounts. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Capital One Financial Corp., No. 25-cv-00061...more
On January 14, 2025, the CFPB announced that it had filed a complaint against a large national bank for alleged violations of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA), the Truth in Savings Act (TISA) and TISA’s...more
Lender optimism toward the US economy is on the rise in the near term following the presidential election and is expected to continue that upward trend heading 2025. Meanwhile, interest rates and consumer activity are the two...more
With inflation still affecting the US economy, lenders are now focused on the economic impact of the upcoming presidential election. Lenders’ expectations for the US economy’s performance in the longer term – beyond the next...more
On May 30, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Cantero v. Bank of America, vacating and remanding a decision by the Second Circuit that concluded that the federally authorized powers of national banks under...more
In the same 2023 bill (House Bill 23-1229) that included Colorado’s DIDMCA opt-out**, Colorado adopted a statute excepting certain “general-purpose credit cards”, as defined, from the state’s limitations on finance charges...more
On April 16, 2024, the Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister presented the Canadian Government’s 2024 budget. The government reiterated that it was “reinforcing its efforts to crack down on predatory lending, and moving...more
Monday, three trade organizations filed a complaint in Colorado federal court challenging H.B. 1229, Colorado’s effort to limit interest charges by out-of-state financial institutions, which is set to take effect on July 1,...more
In 1980, Congress passed Public Law 96-221, called the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (“DIDMCA”), which, in part, allowed federally insured state banks, state credit unions, and state savings...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
On February 12, ten Rhode Island senators introduced S 2275, a bill proposing to opt Rhode Island out of §§ 521-523 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act (DIDMCA). On February 13, HF 3680 was...more
As we previously reported in April 2023 in our blog, It's Official—Proposed Criminal Interest Rate Amendments Introduced, the Government of Canada is proposing to lower the current criminal rate of interest to 35 percent. At...more
Le 23 décembre 2023, le gouvernement fédéral a publié son Règlement sur le taux d’intérêt criminel (le « Règlement ») tant attendu dans la Gazette du Canada. Le Règlement proposé aura des répercussions importantes pour les...more
The federal government released its highly anticipated Criminal Interest Rate Regulations (Regulations) in the Canada Gazette on December 23, 2023. The proposed Regulations have important implications for lenders across...more
A group of non-profit consumer advocacy organizations, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, and the American Association of Residential Mortgage Regulators filed two separate briefs asking the U.S. Supreme Court to...more