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Troutman Pepper Locke

Regulatory Rollback: Legal Challenges and Opportunities in Earned-Wage Access — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this special joint episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros, Chris Willis, co-leader of Troutman Pepper Locke's Consumer Financial Services Regulatory Practice, is joined by Keith Barnett and Jason Cover...more

K&L Gates LLP

Why Financial Institutions Should Stay the Course

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Introduction - Many regulated businesses believe that the only thing worse than strict regulations is a wholly uncertain regulatory environment. With many rule changes on hold and enforcement actions and investigations being...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Continues Lawsuit Over Alleged Military Lending Act Violations

On March 1, and despite recent policy shifts under the new administration, the CFPB sent a letter to the judge overseeing its lawsuit against a fintech lender in the United States District Court for the Southern District of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Federal Court Pauses Open Banking Rule Litigation

On February 25, a federal judge in the United District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky approved a joint motion between the CFPB and banking trade groups to pause litigation over the agency’s 1033 open banking rule....more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB obtains fortnight extension to inform the court of its intent to pursue action

On February 12, the U.S. SDNY granted the CFPB’s request to extend its deadline to explain if the Bureau wishes to continue its litigation efforts. The Bureau filed a letter with the SDNY requesting a two-week extension. The...more

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CFPB Reboots No-Action Letter and Sandbox Policies: A New Approach to Financial Innovation…Not

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On January 3, 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced a comprehensive reboot of its No-Action Letter (NAL) and Compliance Assistance Sandbox (CAS) policies. The proposed policies on its face, marks a...more

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Maximizing the Benefits (and Minimizing the Risks) of Payment Orchestration

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The payments industry continues to evolve in response to the demand for flexible, fast, and secure payment options. Innovations have included payment facilitation, push-to-card services, and real time payments, among others....more

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Complying With the New "Open Banking" Regime: Primer and Fact Sheet

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized its “open banking” rule in late 2024. As required by Section 1033 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act, the CFPB promulgated the rule to require certain financial...more

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CFPB Updates No-Action Letter and Compliance Assistance Sandbox Policies to Spur Innovation

On January 3, 2025, the CFPB announced a reboot of its no-action letter and compliance assistance sandbox policy, aimed at promoting consumer-beneficial innovation in financial services. The new policies are designed to...more

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Massachusetts Adopts the Model Money Transmission Modernization Act, Joining 25 Other States

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With the passage of H.B. 4840 (the Act), the Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes the 49th state to regulate domestic money transmission and repeals the existing money transmission law, which solely regulated foreign...more

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The Way Out is Through: A Guide for Navigating U.S. Consumer Privacy Laws

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It can be daunting for Fintechs, money services businesses (MSBs), and other non-bank entities operating in the consumer financial products and services space to navigate privacy legislation and determine which provisions of...more

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Money20/20 Zeros in on AI, Open Banking, and Payment Innovation

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The end of October marked the conclusion of another successful year of Money20/20, the premier event for the payments, banking, fintech, and financial services industries. If you missed the conference, fear not. Below is a...more

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CFPB Keeps to Its Word by Issuing Additional Buy Now, Pay Later Guidance

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purred by increased online and mobile app shopping during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) market has experienced higher growth and popularity as an innovative consumer finance offering, particularly for...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter Bank Report: July 2024

The federal banking agencies have published joint guidance for banks about risks posed by fintech companies and other third parties to deliver bank deposit products and services. The joint guidance issued on July 30...more

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CFPB Takes Action Against Fintech Company for Alleged Withholding of Consumer Refunds

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On May 7, 2024, the CFPB imposed a total of $4.6 million in redress and fines on the Company for allegedly withholding account-closure refunds to its consumers for an unreasonable amount of time....more

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What the CFPB’s ‘Larger Participants’ Rule Means for FinTech Firms

Certain financial technology (FinTech) firms will soon be subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) supervisory authority under the Consumer Financial Protection Act, and should be prepared accordingly....more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

First Impressions on CFPB's Proposed Open Banking Rule: Considerations for Key Stakeholders

On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long-awaited "Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights" (Proposed Rule) for public comment. The Proposed Rule was issued under...more

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CFPB's Policy Statement on Abusiveness (Part 1) - The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Please join Troutman Pepper Partner Chris Willis and his colleagues Alan Wingfield, James Kim, and Taylor Gess for the first installment of a special two-part series about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFPB)...more

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Fintech Legal Report - October 2022

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FTC explains that merchants using BNPL services are also subject to consumer protection obligations. CFPB ends its no-action letter and compliance sandbox policies. CFPB sues an online lender for Military Lending Act...more

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Focus on Fintech: CFPB plans to use its UDAAP authority to expand its anti-discrimination efforts to non-credit financial products...

The CFPB recently updated  its examination manual to, in Director Chopra’s words, “combat discriminatory practices across the board in consumer finance.” Under the CFPB’s revised manual, any discriminatory conduct that the...more

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CFPB to Supervise Fintechs Based on Consumer Risk

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Continuing a trend of expanding its supervisory scope, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced on April 25, 2022 that it will examine fintechs and other nonbank financial enterprises, based on reasonably...more

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CFPB and Dodd Frank: What FinTechs Need to Know

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The Fintech industry has been experiencing rapid growth in recent years, and it is not surprising that this level of growth generates a lot of attention from regulators. Fair or unfair, Fintech firms have been scrutinized as...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Closes Online Lending Fintech for Violating ECOA and CFPB Consent Order

On December 21, an online lending fintech agreed to a stipulated final judgment with the CFPB to resolve a September 2021 complaint alleging that the company deceived consumers and violated the Equal Credit Opportunity Act...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Chambers Global Practice Guide: Fintech 2021 Trends and Developments

Crisis has set the stage for fintech companies in 2021, creating both new opportunities and potentially unprecedented challenges to innovation. While the coronavirus pandemic continues to accelerate the digital transformation...more

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Consumer financial services: The road ahead: Payment processing

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The CFPB continued to be active in the consumer payments space in 2018, while the Federal Reserve and market participants considered the future of payment processing, including the development of faster payment systems....more

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