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On June 13, the governor of Florida signed HB 1549 and approved amendments to the state’s financial institutions codes and money services business chapter. For financial services, the act (i) changes the due dates for...more
Massachusetts H4840 requires a license for anyone who transmits money or holds itself out as providing money transmission services, expanding an existing licensing requirement covering only foreign remittance transactions....more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has issued a new rule addressing its supervision of large nonbank companies offering US consumers certain digital funds transfer services and payment wallets and apps....more
In April 2024, Wisconsin and Maine enacted the Model Money Transmission Modernization Law (“MTML”) to implement the Conference of State Bank Supervisors’ Model Money Transmission Modernization Act. As of April 22, 2024,...more
On March 22, a group of 39 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia (participating states) entered an interim consent order against Sigue Corporation, a licensed money transmitter corporation, ordering it to cease...more
In November 2023, S.B. 668 was introduced in the Wisconsin Senate. S.B. 668 would make sweeping changes to the state laws governing financial service providers. The bill creates a pathway for the Wisconsin Department of...more
Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more
The Act aims to modernize and streamline state regulation of money transmitters while promoting innovation and consumer protection. More than a dozen US states have enacted the Money Transmission Modernization Act (MTMA)...more
Minnesota recently enacted the Commerce Omnibus Finance Bill, which includes amendments to several provisions of Minnesota law related to consumer loans and financial institutions....more
While all states except Montana currently require licensure at the state level for entities seeking to act as a money transmitter, generally defined as an intermediary receiving money or monetary value for transmission to...more
On April 4, the Tennessee governor signed HB 316 / SB 268 to enact the Money Transmission Modernization Act, the money transmitter model law created by industry and state experts. Provisions under the Act amend Tennessee Code...more
On September 15, the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) announced that money transmitters operating in 40 or more states will be able to take advantage of a new, comprehensive exam designed to satisfy all state money...more
In recent interviews including a podcast with the ABA Banking Journal reported by Forbes, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Brian Brooks previewed the OCC’s plans to introduce another special purpose national bank charter...more
Last Wednesday, FinCEN Deputy Director Jamal El-Hindi appeared at the annual conference of the Money Transmitter Regulators Association and delivered prepared remarks. The topics of his address covered three issues of...more
Significant changes to Connecticut’s licensing laws for consumer financial services providers will take effect on October 1, 2018. In addition to changes impacting mortgage-related licensees (e.g. mortgage lenders,...more