Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Mock Jury Exercises: Enhancing Litigation Strategy in Consumer Financial Services Cases — The Consumer Finance Podcast
UDAAP and Fair Lending Developments: 2024 Year-in-Review and 2025 Predictions — The Consumer Finance Podcast
2024 Privacy Trends and Their Impact on Auto Finance – Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Consumer Federation of America (“CFA”) Speaks Out About CFPB’s and FTC’s Direction During the Trump Administration
The CFPB's Nonbank Registry Rule: Challenges and Implications — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating CFPB Enforcement: Key Takeaways From the Global Tel Link Consent Order — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Post-Election Insights: Impacts on the Banking and Consumer Financial Services Industry
Lemon Law Shakeup: Rodriguez vs. FCA US Has Unexpected Result – Moving The Metal Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Reconciling AI With Fair Lending and Consumer Protection
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: An Empirical Study of Boilerplate in Consumer Contracts
The CFPB Highlights Alleged Deceptive Debt Collection Practices
CFPB's Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
CFPB’s Supervisory Highlights on Auto-Finance and Auto-Servicing — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Breaking Granite: Understanding New Amendments to the New Hampshire Retail Installment Sales Act — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Introducing Heryka Knoespel: A New Partner at Troutman Pepper — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Podcast - Supreme Court Upholds CFPB Funding Structure
Navigating the CFPB's Controversial Interpretive Rule on BNPL Products — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Now that the Trump Administration has announced its intention to repeal the 2023 CRA rule many bankers are way too eager to move on and forget about the soon-to-be-repealed rule. It was unbelievably complex, confusing and...more
When the new 2023 CRA Rule was approved by regulators FDIC Chairman Martin Gruenberg indicated one of the goals was to “raise the bar” for CRA performance ratings. Now that the final 2023 CRA performance ratings are in it...more
Now that a Texas court has issued a temporary injunction delaying the April 1, 2024, scheduled implementation of the new CRA Rule should bankers relax and assume that the new rule’s effective date has been delayed for at...more
The March 21, 2024, announcement that the prudential bank regulators have decided to postpone the scheduled April 1, “applicable” date for the Facility-based assessment areas, the new Public File section and the Public Notice...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
The Retail Lending Test in the new CRA will measure bank performance against “market” benchmarks (lending activity reported by other lenders) and “community” benchmarks” (community demographics). Many bankers, although not...more
Most of the articles published about the new CRA rule have repeated the party line – that the new rule “modernizes” the Regulation, that it will make CRA exams more objective and CRA ratings more consistent, etc. But the new...more
On November 2, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued a report on the community reinvestment laws of seven states (Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, Washington, West Virginia), and...more
The federal banking agencies have jointly issued a final rule that will modify how examiners assess compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Among other changes to the CRA regulations announced on October 24, the...more
A new essay published in the Emory Law Journal argues that two empirical studies of advertising by certain banks and payday lenders in Houston, Texas indicate that payday lenders steer African Americans and Latinos to their...more
New York enacted a new law on Nov. 1, 2021, extending the requirements in the state's analog to the federal Community Reinvestment Act (CRA Requirements) to New York-licensed mortgage bankers, thereby becoming the third state...more
CFPB Amends Mortgage Rule to Protect Borrowers Affected by COVID-19 The CFPB issued a final rule to amend its Regulation X—which implements the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act—to assist home mortgage loan borrowers...more
This week LenderLaw Watch covers developments related to small-dollar loans in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Every year the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) conducts its Survey of...more
At the September open meeting, the National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) voted 2-1 to approve the final rule related to expanding payday alternative loan options (PAL II). Although the NCUA made clear in the final rule...more
Last week, the Connecticut Fair Housing Center, Inc. filed a complaint against Liberty Bank in Connecticut federal district court alleging that the Bank engaged in discriminatory mortgage lending in violation of the federal...more
Hiding somewhat in the shadows during the rise of virtual currencies over the past year or two has been blockchain, the ledger technology that undergirds bitcoin and other cryptos, and its potential application beyond digital...more
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) on which it invites public comment “to solicit ideas for building a new framework to transform or on ways to...more
As reported in American Banker, consumer advocacy groups are concerned that financial inclusion expectations for fintechs chartered as special-purpose national banks may not perfectly mirror the requirements of the Community...more
Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting appeared before the House Financial Services Committee yesterday and before the Senate Banking Committee yesterday....more
In addition to the CFPB’s Spring 2018 rulemaking agenda that we have already blogged about, the Spring 2018 rulemaking agendas of several other federal agencies contain some items of interest to consumer financial services...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has issued a memorandum in which it makes recommendations to modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). ...more
The US Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced changes to their respective regulations under the Community...more
Agencies Propose Simplifying Regulatory Capital Rules - On September 27, 2017, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced a proposed...more
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently commenced a redlining lawsuit against KleinBank, a state-chartered Minnesota bank subject to the regulatory authority of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). The...more