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BNPL UK statutory instrument partially in force

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The UK statutory instrument (The Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment) Order 2025) implementing the necessary legislative changes for progressing buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) regulation...more

Holland & Knight LLP

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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Connecticut Enacts Law Regulating Earned Wage Access Services

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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

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Nevada Enacts Law Allowing Remote Licensing for Internet Consumer Lenders

On May 28, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo approved SB 437, creating a new framework for internet-based consumer lenders that lend to Nevada residents. The law defines an “Internet consumer lender” as any entity that exclusively...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Welcoming a New Payment Pro: Jason Cover Joins the Payments Pros Podcast — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast

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In this episode of Payments Pros, Carlin McCrory introduces Jason Cover as a new co-host. Jason, a partner in Troutman Pepper Locke's Consumer Financial Services practice, brings extensive knowledge in consumer lending and...more

Hudson Cook, LLP

Despite Noble Intentions, Va. Usury Bill Is Bad For Consumers

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In the last few years, state legislatures have enacted legislation to curtail online bank lending in response to advocacy efforts by consumer activists. Such programs, in which nonbank financial technology companies...more

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Virginia Legislature Contemplates Radically Reshaping Existing Interest Rate Authority for Many Lenders

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Virginia's Interest and Usury Chapter (the "Chapter"), found in the Financial Institutions and Services Title of the Virginia Code, sets out basic rules for what rates of interest various entities may charge in the state. ...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Sues Fintech for Deceptive Practices Surrounding Tipping Service

On May 17, the CFPB filed a lawsuit against a California-based fintech that operates a nationwide website and mobile-application based peer-to-peer lending platform through which consumers can obtain small-dollar, short-term...more

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