Deposit Account Litigation: Highlights From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025 — The Consumer Finance Podcast
On February 26, the FDIC withdrew its amicus brief in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging Colorado’s 2023 opt-out law which aimed to restricting higher-cost online lending. The FDIC’s decision follows a shift in the...more
In recent years, several state legislatures have enacted consumer credit laws designed to regulate FinTech companies operating through partnerships with depository institutions, or more generally to limit the interest rates...more
Missouri and Washington introduced new true lender bills intended to regulate companies, largely FinTechs, that operate under bank partnership models with federally insured depository institutions. Under these models, the...more
On November 30, Washington D.C. introduced District of Columbia Council Bill B 25-0609, which would opt the state out of Section 521 of the Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act of 1980 (“DIDMCA”) with...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more