Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Understanding the Development and Regulation of Buy Now, Pay Later Products — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Enhancing Card Partnerships and Compliance: A Conversation With Matthew Goldman — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: CFPB’s Withdrawal of Informal Guidance Sparks New Litigation Dynamics – The Consumer Finance Podcast
Sunday Book Review: August 10, 2025, The More Books from The Ethicsverse Library Edition
AI Today in 5: August 6, 2025, The Rethinking Compliance Episode
Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
Suluki Secrets: Behind the Scenes of Reasonable Investigations — FCRA Focus Podcast
The Current State of the Holder Rule: Friend or Foe? — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Daily Compliance News: July 22, 2025, The I-9 Hell Edition
Compliance Tip of the Day: Avoiding CCO Liability
2 Gurus Talk Compliance: Episode 55 – The From Worse to Worser Edition
Balch’s Consumer Finance Compass: How Standing Can Make or Break Certification for Class Action Lawsuits in Debt Collection
Top challenges with Compliance Management
Sittenfeld v. United States – Campaign Contributions as Crimes?
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
Daily Compliance News: July 7, 2025 the Disaster on the River Edition
On August 18, 2025, Illinois enacted Senate Bill 1797, the Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act (the “Act”), establishing a regulatory framework designed to enhance customer protections for digital asset activities and...more
On 1 August 2025, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd, Wrench v FirstRand Bank Ltd and Hopcraft & Anor v Close Brothers Ltd – reported together as [2025] UKSC 33....more
FTC Obtains Temporary Restraining Order and Asset Freeze Against Seven Debt Relief Companies and Their Owners for Allegedly Deceptive Practices. On July 14, the FTC filed a complaint and motion for temporary restraining order...more
One could be forgiven, amidst the noise and glamour of the Leeds Reforms and the Mansion House speech, for having missed the snappily titled Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment)...more
A bill that would substantially expand solar and home improvement financing requirements is making its way through the California legislature. Senate Bill 784 (“SB 784”) passed the California Senate on June 2, and is now...more
Connecticut has enacted a law (the amendment) amending the state’s existing small loan act (the act). In this alert, we focus on the amendment’s application of the act to “earned but unpaid wage or salary income advances”...more
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
Louisiana has enacted a law that establishes a financial services oversight regime for earned wage access services, also known as on-demand pay services, which allow workers to access earned but unpaid income before payday....more
As part of an omnibus 2026 budget bill, New York passed a new law that will broadly govern point-of-sale (POS) installment financing offered to New York residents. The Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) Act was signed into law in early...more
In this episode of Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast, hosts Brooke Conkle and Chris Capurso delve into the intricacies of "doc" fees in vehicle transactions, focusing on recent legislative developments in California...more
Louisiana and Connecticut recently passed legislation establishing regulatory frameworks for earned wage access (EWA) providers. Connecticut’s SB 5140 passed the legislature on June 4 and awaits Governor Ned Lamont’s...more
The regulatory environment for “Buy Now, Pay Later” (or “BNPL”) loans is entering a new era. On May 9, 2025, New York enacted legislation that will require providers of BNPL loans to be licensed by the state and adhere to...more
Maryland has enacted a law that establishes a financial-services oversight regime for earned wage access services, also known as on-demand pay services, which allow workers to access earned but unpaid income before payday....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published examples of good and poor practices following its review into international payment pricing transparency. Under the consumer duty, in line with the FCA's Handbook (PRIN...more
The FCA has published the findings from its review of firms’ approach to pricing transparency when offering UK customers international money remittance and cross border payments. It highlights proactive and clear disclosure...more
Utah and Arkansas have enacted new legislation governing earned wage access (EWA) services, establishing state-level registration obligations and consumer protection standards. Both laws clarify that EWA services are not...more
On February 27, 2025, by a vote of 52 to 0, the Georgia Senate passed Senate Bill 69, titled “Georgia Courts Access and Consumer Protection Act.”...more
Today’s podcast show features a discussion with Professor Gregory Klass of Georgetown University Law School about an article he co-authored with Professor Ian Ayres, entitled “How to Use the Restatement of Consumer Contracts:...more
Last month, we reported several laws scheduled to take effect this year. The first was the Commercial Financing Disclosure Law in Missouri. We have previously summarized this statute for commercial finance brokers who engage...more
The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (FSR Committee) published a report on the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA's) proposal to publicise enforcement investigations, in the spirit of "naming and...more
As political tides shift, so too does the regulatory outlook for consumer financial services. Among the key documents that could shape the direction of U.S. financial regulation is a January 2021 report by the CFPB Taskforce...more
Third-party financing services are frequently used by patients to finance out-of-pocket dental expenses. Effective January 1, 2025, dental practices in Illinois are prohibited from facilitating or assisting with patient...more
The Financial Conduct Authority has updated its perimeter report. The report describes issues the FCA has identified with its regulatory perimeter and the action it is taking in response....more
On 11 December 2024, the FCA published two pieces of feedback on the Consumer Duty, setting out good practices and areas for improvement in relation to Consumer Duty board reports and complaints and root cause analysis....more
With the governor’s signature, Colorado has enacted a new consumer protection law focused on artificial intelligence (“AI”) systems. The “Colorado AI Act” will go into effect on February 1, 2026. It will have a minor impact...more