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CFPB's Overdraft Rule and Big Tech Payment Apps Rule Set for Repeal After Congressional Votes

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Among other significant rulemakings that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized in the waning days of the Biden Administration were 1) an overdraft fees final rule that applies to banks and credit unions...more

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Maryland Banking Regulator Settles with Bank/Fintech Partnership For Unlicensed Lending, Credit Repair, and Debt Collection...

On May 16, the Maryland Office of Financial Regulation (“OFR”) announced a settlement with a Missouri-based bank and its fintech partners for engaging in unlicensed lending, credit repair, and debt collection activities....more

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Connecticut Banking Dept. issues cease and desist order to stop fintech loan finder from operating without small loan license

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The Connecticut Department of Banking (“Department”) has issued a temporary cease and desist order (“Order”) that directs SoLo Funds, Inc., (“SoLo”) a fintech company that uses peer-to-peer technology to assist consumers in...more

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CFPB Opts Not to Take Action Against Banking App

Ahead of an upcoming merger between a digital banking platform and a special purpose acquisition company, both parties disclosed in a regulatory filing last week that the platform received a Civil Investigative Demand (“CID”)...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Legal Report - July 2021

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President Biden Issues an Executive Order on Competition with Implications for Financial Institutions - On July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy. The...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Noteworthy developments in payments and fintech - March 2021

Industrial bank charters continue to gain momentum with approval of Square’s charter; payments and tech companies have become interested in industrial banks lately since the FDIC started approving them after a moratorium from...more

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How is Open Banking Regulated?

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In previous posts in our BankBCLP.com series on this topic, we’ve attempted to define “open banking” and the ways in which it is attracting increasing industry attention through open APIs. As our series continues, we describe...more

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State Attorneys General Criticize the CFPB’s Proposal to Create a Fintech Regulatory Sandbox and Revise its No-Action Letter...

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We have previously reported on the initiatives of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) to foster innovation in the fintech sector. In December 2018, the CFPB issued proposed revisions to its 2016 final...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Regulatory Landscape for Fintech, Electronic Commerce, and Electronic Banking: Part One

Part 1: Electronic Commerce - This is the first part of a two-part article discussing the regulatory landscape for financial technology as applied to electronic commerce and electronic banking. This article focuses on...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Fintech in Brief: Issues to Consider in Connection with the CFPB’s Proposed Product Sandbox and Policy Changes for No-Action...

Bank, nonbank, and Fintech providers of consumer financial products and services may be able to reduce their exposure to compliance risk under the December 13, 2018 No Action Letter (“NAL”) Policy changes proposed by the...more

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Director Cordray and Comptroller Curry speak at LendIt USA conference

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Earlier this week, we attended the LendIt USA conference in New York City, a leading annual fintech conference, at which CFPB Director Richard Cordray and Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry both spoke....more

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Innovation versus consumer protection: emerging battle lines

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The announcement by the Office of Comptroller of Currency that it will allow financial technology (fintech) companies to apply for national bank charters as way of fostering “responsible innovation” has already drawn fire...more

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