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Troutman Pepper Locke Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter – May 2025 # 4

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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

Cornerstone Research

Securities Class Action Filings Increase for Second Consecutive Year in 2024

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AI-related filings more than double and 1933 Act filings continue to decline. The number of securities class action filings increased for the second consecutive year in 2024, with artificial intelligence (AI)-related...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

A Measured Approach - US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy Review and Update: Looking back on our 2023 articles and planning ahead...

Technological advances, especially in Artificial Intelligence and quantum computing, will continue to amaze in the coming years. They will open up vast new opportunities while presenting profound regulatory, litigation, and...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

CFPB Orders National Bank to Pay Nearly $21 Million For Alleged Misconduct Relating to COVID-era Unemployment Payments

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On December 19, 2023, the CFPB issued an administrative consent order alleging that a Minneapolis-based National Bank inappropriately froze the accounts of "tens of thousands" of recipients of unemployment benefits via...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month: A December to Remember

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In this month's Top 10 article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the December 21, 2022, webinar. So, what happened last month?...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (July 12, 2022)

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Regulatory Announcements- CFPB Issues Advisory Opinion on FCRA Permissible Purposes for Providing Consumer Reports. On July 7, the CFPB issued an Advisory Opinion on the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) that outlines...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Signals Foray into Protecting Small Businesses from Abusive Debt Collectors

On April 15, the CFPB and FTC announced the release of a joint annual report to Congress administering the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).  The annual report highlights both agencies’ efforts to protect and...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: October 2021

Federal and State Financial Regulators Publish New Guidance on LIBOR Transition - The federal banking agencies, the NCUA and the CFPB, in conjunction with the state bank and state credit union regulators, have issued joint...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

[Podcast] The SEC and FCA Annual Reports: Facts, Figures, Trends

In this episode, Akin Gump financial regulatory partner Helen Marshall and white collar defense and government investigations practice co-head Michael Asaro look at SEC and FCA’s annual reports to discuss similarities,...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 9.17.2021 | Top Story: World Bank Withdraws “Doing Business” Report After Probe Suggests Improper Influence

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In what appears to be a serious black eye for the organization, the World Bank has canceled its prominent “Doing Business” report (which rates the “business environment of the world’s countries”) after an “investigation...more

Wiley Rein LLP

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (April 26, 2021)

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Welcome to Wiley’s update on recent developments and what’s next in consumer protection at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In this newsletter, we analyze recent regulatory...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Week in Review - March 2021 #3

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Visa and Mastercard Delay Hike to Interchange Fees—US and UK Developments Visa and Mastercard announced on March 16 that they have postponed the scheduled plan to boost interchange fees, i.e., fees that U.S. merchants pay...more

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SBA Implemented Changes to PPP as a Part of American Rescue Plan Act

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In this Issue. The federal bank regulatory agencies announced that the temporary change to the supplementary leverage ratio for depository institutions will expire as scheduled on March 31, 2021; the Small Business...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

US Cybersecurity and Data Privacy review and update: Looking back on our 2020 articles and planning ahead for 2021

It was a tumultuous year for privacy and cybersecurity, and further uncertainty is all but guaranteed. The key to navigating this volatility, as 2020 proved, is to develop and maintain a proactive, agile and holistic data...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 12.11.2020 | Top Story: Banner Airbnb Public Trading Debut Has Some Worrying About Tech Bubble

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Because too much of a good thing is always trouble (especially on Wall Street), market watchers are warning of a new tech bubble after Airbnb’s monster IPO on Thursday. The home-sharing app’s shares rose more than 112% to...more

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ISS Publishes 2021 Proxy Voting Guidelines

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In the News. Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) published its proxy voting guidelines updates for 2021, which include new and updated voting recommendations on federal forum and exclusive forum provisions in companies’...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

SEC Amends Rules to Permit Use of Electronic Signatures for SEC Filings

In April 2020, Wilson Sonsini, together with two other leading Silicon Valley-based law firms, submitted a formal rulemaking petition to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) asking the SEC to amend Rules 11 and...more

Moore & Van Allen PLLC

The Future After Forbearance: What’s Next?

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The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) requires lenders on all government-backed loans to provide forbearance agreements on residential loan payments for a period of 180 days to any borrower that...more

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CFPB Grants No-Action Letter for Proposed Small-Dollar Credit Product

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In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) granted a no-action letter (NAL) regarding a proposed small-dollar credit product and sought comment on the CFPB’s plan to study how consumers locate, comprehend...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 8, October 2020

Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act - What You Need to Know - Between the Civil War and 1940, the United States periodically had legislation that prevented lawsuits against soldiers and sailors during times of conflict. Then,...more

Goodwin

SEC Charges Trust Company With Operating Unregistered Investment Companies

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SEC Charges Trust Company with Operating Unregistered Investment Companies and Failing to Register Securities Offerings. On September 30, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it had settled charges with...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The CFPB Digs Into “Seasoned” Qualified Mortgages

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In the News. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to create a new category of “seasoned” qualified mortgages; the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Office of...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: SEC Proposes Modified Disclosure Framework For Funds

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In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed modifying the disclosure framework for mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (funds), which would create a new layered disclosure regime that attempts to...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

[Webinar] In the Trenches: Operating During the Crisis -- CFPB Agenda for 2021 and Beyond - July 16th, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT

The impact of the coming election, current pandemic and recent SCOTUS decision all have enormous impacts on the CFPB and the regulation of consumer finance. Join us for a review of the probable direction of the CFPB and what...more

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Financial Services Weekly Roundup: The Supreme Court Strikes Back On Single Director Leadership Structures

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In This Issue. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down the single director leadership structure of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) in a ruling that could have far-reaching implications for the CFPB and other...more

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