Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Understanding the Development and Regulation of Buy Now, Pay Later Products — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Tracking Trends in State-Level Consumer Protection Enforcement
10 For 10: Top Compliance Stories For the Week Ending August 9, 2025
Podcast - An Overview of State Attorney General Consumer Protection Enforcement
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Understanding BBB Ratings: Building Trust and Mitigating Risks — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Podcast - Tips for Maintaining FTC Compliance When Using AI
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Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
Podcast - FTC to Focus on Deceptive AI Claims: Compliance Management Strategies
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Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB’s FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Compliance Needs are Alive and Well: FTC's Recent Enforcement Activity
Regulatory Rollback: Inside the CFPB's FCRA Guidance Withdrawal — FCRA Focus Podcast
State AG Pulse | A FAIR Go For NY Consumers
Regulatory Rollback: Impact on Industry of CFPB's Withdrawal of Fair Lending and UDAAP Informal Guidance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The CFPB has scaled back some enforcement priorities, and the states have noticed. Certain states – including California, New York, Texas, and Connecticut – are particularly active, pursuing UDAP violations, privacy issues,...more
Over the past few years, one of the more noteworthy types of new financial services rules at the state level has been the so-called fair access to banking law. Concerns about ideological debanking have gained political...more
Welcome to Wilson Sonsini’s Focus on Fintech newsletter. This quarterly newsletter provides ongoing analysis and commentary on regulatory developments impacting the fintech industry. In this issue, our attorneys discuss...more
On August 5, the FDIC released its list of state nonmember banks evaluated for CRA compliance, covering ratings assigned in May 2025. The FDIC released the ratings of 69 institutions, with 63 receiving a satisfactory rating,...more
On August 7, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order titled “Guaranteeing Fair Banking for All Americans.” The order asserts that financial institutions have restricted the access of individuals and...more
- What is new: Preliminary findings from the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA’s) market study of premium finance, which focuses on motor and home insurance, highlight concerns about affordability, value and transparency,...more
On February 26, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Financial Services Committee, sent a letter addressed to the presidents and chief executive officers of two financial industry trade organizations. The...more
On September 19th, 2024, the CSSF published its 2023 annual report, highlighting key regulatory challenges, particularly in the realm of crypto-assets following the implementation of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation...more
Amid wildfires and viral plague, a new consumer protection agency rises in the West: The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). Holland & Knight recently noted that a bill was pending on...more
Noting, among other things, “retrenchment” on the federal level, the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (HB 1634) was signed into law on May 15, 2018. ...more
The CFPB’s newly-released Summer 2018 edition of Supervisory Highlights represents the CFPB’s first Supervisory Highlights report covering supervisory activities conducted under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. ...more
Over the last several weeks, two notable cases in federal court challenging certain aspects of the business model of marketplace lending companies headed down separate paths. ...more
The Conference of State Bank Supervisors has filed a complaint in D.C. federal district court to stop the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) from implementing its proposal to issue special purpose national bank...more