The Road to Regulation: Vehicle Service Contracts Explained — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Unpacking Leases and RTO Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Current State of the Holder Rule: Friend or Foe? — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Point-of-Sale Finance Series: The Great Debate of Loans vs. Credit Sales — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The FinReg Frontier: AI and Machine Learning in Consumer Finance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts - A Guide for Judges
Mock Jury Exercises: Enhancing Litigation Strategy in Consumer Financial Services Cases — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating 2025: Regulatory Shift to the States and the FTC in the Digital Asset Landscape — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Requiem for the Rules: The Rise and Fall of the Junk Fee and CARS Rules — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
2024 in Review: Major Debt Collection Trends and 2025 Outlook — The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's Inquiry Into Payments Privacy — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
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TABLE OF CONTENTS: • President Trump Signs GENIUS Act Into Law • Joint Statement on Crypto Risk Management • Federal Agencies Propose Rescission of the 2023 Community Reinvestment Act Final Rule • FDIC Seeks Input...more
Federal banking regulators continue to promote a more "crypto-positive" regulatory environment through recent joint guidance issued to clarify risk management and compliance expectations for banks providing crypto-asset...more
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In the rapidly evolving financial ecosystem, financial institutions (FIs) increasingly rely on third parties, including Fintech companies, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) providers, and other financial service entities—to expand...more
On June 16, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), the Federal Reserve Board, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a joint request for public comment on potential ways to address payments...more
In the consumer deposits and payments products space, the banking as a service (BaaS) model creates significant opportunities for fintech innovation and consumer choice — but BaaS arrangements have also drawn the attention of...more
On May 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) published a proposed rule to rescind amendments to its Procedures for Supervisory Designation Proceedings, originally adopted in 2022 and 2024. This...more
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On April 9, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City published a research briefing examining how video game platforms are reshaping the digital payments landscape. As in-game purchases and platform-based transactions grow in...more
Republicans on the House Financial Services Committee have sent letters to financial regulators asking them to rescind a variety of measures the regulators issued during the Biden Administration....more
In this episode of the Consumer Finance Podcast, Chris Willis, co-leader of Troutman Pepper Locke's Consumer Financial Services Regulatory practice, delves into the current state of machine learning and artificial...more
Following feedback to its July 2024 Call for Input (CfI) on placing greater reliance on the Consumer Duty instead of specific rules and guidance, the FCA won’t be carrying out a wholesale Handbook review. It has instead...more
FCA outlines its priorities and areas in which it plans to reduce the regulatory burden for firms. On 25 March 2025, the FCA published its five-year strategy (Strategy), alongside the outcome of its review of retail conduct...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published an engagement paper which seeks views on increasing or removing the current £100 contactless limit, giving payment service providers (PSPs), consumers and businesses...more
Following the FCA’s January 2025 response to the government’s request for ideas to support its growth mission for the UK economy, the FCA has now published an engagement paper seeking feedback on the different ways that it...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a statement informing firms, consumers and stakeholders of next steps in its review of the past use of motor finance discretionary commission arrangements. The Court...more
On March 6, Sens. Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) from the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee requested information from the CEO of a company that collects and reports consumer information in the...more
Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, regulatory risk has not disappeared—it has shifted. ...more
During 2024, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) carried out a review of firms’ treatment of customers in vulnerable circumstances. After a lengthy and detailed review, the FCA published its findings on how firms support...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a portfolio letter explaining its current supervision priorities for asset management and alternatives. Firms must discuss this letter with their Board, Executive...more
In the latest edition of its Consumer Compliance Outlook, the Federal Reserve (Fed) identified the four most significant fair lending violations that it found in examining state member banks in 2022. These are violations that...more
In February 2025, Camille Blackburn, director at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), set out the FCA’s current supervisory priorities for the asset management and alternatives sector (Sector) in a “Dear CEO”...more
With federal regulatory pressure easing, consumer financial services companies are well positioned to pursue growth with fewer potential roadblocks. ...more