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Does the Recent Earned Wage Access Law Change the Regulatory Environment in Arkansas?

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The Arkansas legislature recently passed House Bill 1517, which creates an earned wage access law in the state. It will be one of the relatively few such laws in the country. One interesting question is whether the law...more

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Texas Commercial Financing Disclosure and Registration Law Threatens Sales-Based Financing Industry

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Texas has enacted a law that has the potential to place substantial impediments on sales-based financing providers, including merchant cash advance companies, seeking to operate in Texas. The new Texas law prohibits...more

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State Watch: Consumer Protection Enforcement Update

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While uncertainty continued to loom over the CFPB, the states did not take a spring break. Instead, we saw an eye-popping settlement from NY DFS involving BSA/AML claims. And both republican and democratic AGs continued to...more

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New York attorney general files two complaints against wage access providers

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On April 14, the Attorney General (AG) for the State of New York filed two complaints in the New York State Supreme Court, alleging two earned wage access (EWA) providers violated civil and criminal usury provisions, as well...more

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New York AG Sues Earned Wage Access Companies for Allegedly Unlawful Lending Practices

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On April 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced two separate lawsuits against earned wage access providers—one against a company that issues advances directly to consumers, and another targeting a provider that...more

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Philadelphia court receives usury claim against payday loan company

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On March 11, a class action lawsuit was filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas against a financial technology company offering cash advances up to $200 through a lending app. The lawsuit alleged the company...more

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Despite Noble Intentions, Va. Usury Bill Is Bad For Consumers

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In the last few years, state legislatures have enacted legislation to curtail online bank lending in response to advocacy efforts by consumer activists. Such programs, in which nonbank financial technology companies...more

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Iowa AG Usury Investigation into Bank Partnership Ends in Settlement

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In December, a Utah-based bank and its service provider entered into an assurance of discontinuance with the Iowa Attorney General and the Iowa Division of Banking, settling an investigation into allegedly usurious...more

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NYDFS calls for application of NY usury limits to all online lending and more regulation in online lending report

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The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued an Online Lending Report that calls for the application of New York usury limits to all online lending and increased regulation of online lenders making loans...more

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Marketplace Lending Update: Who’s My Lender?

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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

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