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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
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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
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The Capital Ratio Podcast | Entering the US Banking Market
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published an Advance Notice of Public Rulemaking on August 22, 2025, reopening the rulemaking process for Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which deals with how consumers can...more
Our monthly regulatory newsletter monitors all relevant developments regarding German and European regulatory law in English language. BMF: Draft bill for the Banking Directive Implementation and Bureaucracy Relief Act...more
On August 26, FDIC Acting Chairman Travis Hill spoke at a press conference to outline the agency’s policy agenda for the fall, highlighting implementation of the newly enacted GENIUS Act as a top priority. Hill noted that the...more
On August 21, a Massachusetts superior court denied a motion to dismiss filed by a financial technology company offering a home equity investment (HEI) product. The financial technology company asserted that the HEI is an...more
On August 18, Governor Pritzker of Illinois announced he had signed two comprehensive pieces of consumer protection legislation: The Digital Assets and Consumer Protection Act, which will regulate digital asset companies; and...more
On August 21, the CFPB filed an adversary proceeding complaint with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California against a debtor fintech company, along with a proposed stipulated final judgment and order,...more
The CFPB has filed a complaint against Synapse Financial Technologies Inc, alleging that the company engaged in unfair acts and practices in violation of the Section 1036(a)(1)(B) of the CFPA by failing to maintain sufficient...more
The Bank of England (BoE) has published its 2024/25 annual report for the Real-Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) system and CHAPS, marking the successful completion of the RTGS Renewal Programme with the launch of RT2 in April....more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has released the second report on generating and using synthetic data in financial services, offering comprehensive insights into the governance, ethical, and regulatory considerations...more
HM Treasury (HMT) has published five new webpages, each with a collection of joint statements from key international financial partnerships reflecting their shared commitments and the outcomes they are seeking to achieve....more
La Superintendencia Financiera de Colombia (SFC), publicó el 6 de agosto de 2025, la Circular Externa 009 de 2025 por medio de la cual se amplía el plazo que inicialmente se había otorgado a las entidades sometidas a la...more
As digital assets continue to reshape the financial landscape, regulatory clarity around stablecoins is increasingly vital. The GENIUS Act, signed into law by President Trump in July, establishes the first-ever federal...more
On August 6th, 2025, following a four-week trial, a jury found Roman Storm, the founder of a crypto mixing service called Tornado Cash, guilty of conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business. The jury was...more
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
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a feedback statement on the design of the Future Entity for UK open banking (FS25/4). The feedback statement responds to the feedback received to the consultation, which...more
The cryptocurrency industry has been around for about 15 years. For much of that time, insurance carriers have found it difficult—sometimes unpalatable—to provide well-tailored insurance to crypto companies. ...more
On August 4, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice FIN-2025-NTC1 (the “Notice”) to address mounting concerns over regulatory risks related to convertible virtual currency (“CVC”) kiosks, also...more
Active First Half: The first half of 2025 saw 72 U.S. banking mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions announced, representing a combined deal value of $10.39 billion....more
The next episode in McGlinchey’s Deep Dive into Lending series takes a close look at unsecured lending with insights from Aaron Kouhoupt and Adam Maarec. They discuss innovations in loan applications, underwriting, and...more
On August 19, Wyoming launched the Frontier Stable Token (FRNT), under the supervision of the Wyoming Stable Token Commission (WSTC), making it the first state in the U.S. to issue a government-backed stablecoin. The...more
In the latest episode of CryptoCounsel, Frank is joined by his Wiley colleague Duane Pozza for a deep dive into open banking with guest Steve Boms, Founder and President of Allon Advocacy and Executive Director of the...more
The UK government has unveiled a comprehensive package of reforms aimed at recalibrating the regulatory environment, unlocking productive capital, and reinforcing the country’s status as a global financial hub. For asset...more
In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros, guest host Taylor Gess is joined by Jason Cover and Jeremy Sairsingh to discuss buy now, pay later (BNPL) products as they continue to dive into the...more
The FCA published a policy statement (PS25/12) setting out changes to the safeguarding regime for payments and e-money firms. The FCA consulted on the proposals in CP24/20 in September 2024. The changes to the rules are in...more
Schwab’s latest 2025 RIA Benchmarking Study—based on self-reported data from approximately 1,288 independent advisory firms holding over $2.4 trillion in client assets—delivers powerful insights into what’s driving growth,...more