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Hudson Cook, LLP

No AI Law? No Problem. How Massachusetts Attacked AI Underwriting Under Existing State Statutes

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On July 10, 2025, the Massachusetts Attorney General (AGO) entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (AOD) with a private student loan lender (the Company), resolving allegations that the Company's underwriting practices...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Point-of-Sale Finance Series: Banking on Lending Models — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this crossover episode of The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros, Chris Willis, Jason Cover, and Taylor Gess continue the Point-of-Sale Finance Series to discuss licensed lending and bank model lending programs....more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

MoForecast: State AGs and Consumer Financial Protection: Anticipating Shifts in Enforcement Focus

As the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) faces uncertainty, state attorneys general (state AGs) are poised to fill the enforcement gap in consumer financial protection. With the CFPB’s future in question, state AGs...more

Stinson LLP

Trump's First 100 Days: Banking & Financial Services

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While existing regulations won't be erased overnight, the Trump Administration can quickly rescind informal agency guidance, including advisory opinions, interpretive rules and policy statements, creating opportunities for...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

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Buy Now, Pay Later: A Roadmap for Providers as Regulators Continue to Increase Scrutiny

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Point-of-sale financing arrangements payable in four or fewer interest-free installments, known as buy now, pay later (BNPL) arrangements, have soared since their initial breakthrough during the pandemic. Unlike conventional...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Connecticut Stops FinTech from Unlicensed Lending Activities

On May 4, the Connecticut Department of Banking issued a temporary cease and desist order directing a peer-to-peer lending platform that connected borrowers with third-party lenders to cease its lending-related activities on...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

OCC Prevails in Challenge to “Valid When Made” Rule

On February 8, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled against three states – California, Illinois, and New York – challenging the OCC’s rule on the “valid when made” doctrine. In 2020, the OCC...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Wyoming and Maine Issue New Licensing Requirements Potentially Impacting Passive Loan Investors

Wyoming and Maine recently amended their laws related to licensure requirements for consumer lending: - In July, Wyoming adopted House Bill 0008 (HB 0008), which amends provisions of the Wyoming Uniform Consumer Credit...more

Hogan Lovells

OJK's fintech sandbox

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Until very recently, the Financial Services Authority (OJK) only regulated peer-to-peer fintech lending platforms (P2P Firms). A recently issued OJK regulation (POJK 13/2018) increases its regulatory mandate over fintech...more

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