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Know Now or Pay Later: Navigating New York's Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act

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Once hailed as the sleek, interest-free alternative to credit cards, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans have become a defining feature of modern consumer finance. Consumers like them because with just a few clicks, they can...more

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CFPB will kill Section 1033 Open Banking Rule

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The CFPB is planning to repeal its Section 1033 Open Banking Rule, according to a filing in a federal lawsuit challenging the rule. On the same day the Final Rule was issued, the Banking Policy Institute (BPI) and Kentucky...more

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Trump signs resolution voiding CFPB large nonbank supervision rule

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President Trump has signed a resolution nullifying the rule implementing the CFPB’s power to supervise large nonbank financial services providers of general-use digital consumer payment applications....more

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CFPB Overdraft and Digital Payment Rules Repealed by Trump Administration

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President Donald Trump on May 9, 2025, signed into law measures to eliminate two CFPB rules established under the Biden Administration. The first rule repealed was the CFPB's Overdraft Rule, one aspect of the Biden...more

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US Fintech Landscape for 2025

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With the change of presidential administrations in January, there has been a significant shift in the landscape for financial technology companies in the United States for 2025 and beyond. First, the new administration...more

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CFPB to Conduct Comprehensive Review of Previously Issued Guidance Documents

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The CFPB will begin the process of discontinuing regulatory "guidance" and instead enforce the Administrative Procedure Act's rulemaking process. In a pair of internal memos circulated to all divisions and offices within the...more

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Congress overturns two CFPB rules via congressional review

On April 9, the House of Representatives passed two resolutions that it received from the Senate, overturning two CFPB rules from the Biden administration. The House considered S.J. Res. 18, disapproving the CFPB’s final rule...more

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The State of the CFPB During a Fraught Transition Period: Part II

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It has been a little over two months since President Donald Trump returned to office, and since then, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has been in flux—to put it mildly. As of this writing, it is unclear...more

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2024 Year in Review - Overview: 2024 Lessons and 2025 Emerging Trends

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Welcome to the “Overview: 2024 Lessons and 2025 Emerging Trends” chapter of our annual report, Consumer Financial Services: 2024 Year in Review. As Goodwin predicted in our previous year in review, the enforcement and...more

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New Frontiers: CFPB Proposes Extending Consumer Protections to Other Digital Payment Mechanisms

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In the waning days of the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Jan. 10, 2025, issued a proposed interpretive rule that would provide a framework for determining when the Electronic Fund...more

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CFPB Provides an Update on its Long Awaited and Highly Anticipated Financial Data Rights Rule

Whether your company is a new fintech or a traditional financial institution with deep roots, you should be taking notice of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB) October 27, 2022 announcement concerning Section...more

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[Event] Financial Services Conference - May 18th, Washington, DC

Please join us for the annual Nelson Mullins Financial Services Conference, which will feature a lineup of national speakers on the future of financial services....more

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CFPB Fall Supervisory Highlights Shed Light on Agency Priorities

Yesterday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its Fall Supervisory Highlights. The report covers examinations completed between January and June of 2021. Over the last year, the Biden-era CFPB has made...more

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President’s Working Group Report: Stablecoin Issuers Should Be Banks; Status as Securities or Commodities Still Unclear

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US President Joe Biden’s Working Group on Financial Markets (PWG), along with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), released a report on the risks and...more

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The Road Ahead for Open Banking in the US

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A new Executive Order could help open the door for the portability of consumer financial data. Definitive regulation for open banking may be on the horizon in the US. On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 5

Biden Administration May Undo Certain Trump-Era Mortgage Rules - "Consumer advocates believe the rules may promote the sort of risky borrowing that led to the financial crisis in 2008." Why this is important: The...more

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Fintech Week in Review - February 2021 #3

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FDIC Appoints First Chief Innovation Officer - On February 16, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) appointed Sultan Meghji as the agency’s first Chief Innovation Officer. Meghji has been made responsible...more

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Could the FTC Pass the Torch to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to Oversee the Fintech Industry?

The change in the White House administration combined with a potential ground-breaking Supreme Court decision may move the oversight and enforcement for marketing by the fintech sector from the Federal Trade Commission...more

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SEC Issues No-Action Relief On Registered Funds’ Custody Of Loan Interests

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In this Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was very active this week, having (i) issued no-action relief allowing registered funds to engage in self-custody of interests in loans that are originated,...more

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Fintech Week in Review - February 2021

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UK Set to Move Forward on BNPL Regulation - The United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently issued a report on the market conditions for buy-now pay-later (BNPL) unsecured lending. The report recommends...more

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Fintech Week in Review - January 2021 #3

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Federal Regulation Actions Frozen Pending Review from New Administration - On January 20, 2021, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden issued a memorandum to the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies asking current...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights: Issue 11, December 2020

Welcome to the Last All Consuming Issue of 2020 - Welcome to our last issue of All Consuming for 2020, a year of unprecedented obstacles. We all watched as the financial industry responded to those obstacles, with...more

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Financial Services Regulation in a Biden Administration: Personnel Is Policy

A closely divided Congress will limit financial services legislation but Biden appointees in key regulatory positions will have a large impact on the financial services policy agenda. The Biden administration is likely to...more

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Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our financial services clients make sense of the U.S. election results

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Brace for increased regulation of the financial services industry and federal enforcement under the Biden Administration with a focus on consumer protection and debt collection, discrimination in the housing and consumer...more

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