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The California Financing Law — Commercial and Consumer Lenders Beware

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Lenders or loan brokers based in California or lending to either commercial or consumer borrowers based in California are subject to the California Financing Law (CFL), which imposes licensing requirements on both lenders or...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

After the Supreme Court Judgement – What’s Next for Motor Finance Claims in the UK?

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The types of consumer credit arrangements at issue in all of the relevant motor finance cases are “three-cornered” transactions. Motor dealers would offer a car for sale, which a member of the public would then see and wish...more

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Going Through Changes: Transitioning to a LIBOR-less World for Consumer Loans

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It is widely anticipated that the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) will be discontinued in 2021. As LIBOR commonly is used as an index rate for both residential mortgage and consumer loans, its discontinuance has the...more

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NYDFS requires regulated institutions to submit plans describing preparations for LIBOR transition by Feb. 7

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The New York Department of Financial Services has sent a letter to the institutions that it regulates requiring each such institution, by February 7, 2020, to provide to DFS a description of its “plan to address its LIBOR...more

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CA DBO concludes certain point-of-sale financing arrangements are loans, not credit sales

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On December 30, 2019, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) announced two actions regarding companies offering unregulated, point-of-sale financing to California residents.  In the first action,  the DBO...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

CRA-like Standards for Fintechs Could Reduce Access to Credit

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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

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House Financial Services Committee schedules Oct. 11 mark-up of “Madden fix” bill

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Among the more than 20 bills that the House Financial Services Committee is scheduled to mark-up this Wednesday, October 11, is a bill to provide a “Madden fix” as well as several others relevant to consumer financial...more

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NY Licensing Proposal Threatens New Burdens on Financial Services Providers, Reduced Credit Availability

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Proposed legislation to implement New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2018 Fiscal Year Executive Budget would amend the New York Licensed Lender Law to significantly extend its licensing requirements. The proposal threatens to...more

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Can You be Regulated by the CFPB?

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or CFPB, was created to enforce various consumer finance laws like the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Home Mortgage...more

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Wells Fargo Ends Marketing Services Arrangements with Builders

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Concerned about “increasing uncertainty surrounding regulatory oversight of these types of arrangements,” Wells Fargo is ending all of its roughly 200 mortgage marketing services and desk rental agreements with builders and...more

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