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Alaska's Anti-Evasion Bill: A Threat to Small Business Lending and Modern Bank-Fintech Partnerships

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A number of states have considered - and some have enacted - laws to regulate strategic partnerships between banks and technology companies that act as service providers....more

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Virginia’s SB 1252: Potential Impact on Banks and Fintechs

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On January 8, Senate Bill No. 1252 (SB 1252) was introduced to the Virginia General Assembly, aiming to amend and reenact sections of the Code of Virginia related to the application of usury rates. Just two weeks ago, the...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

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Lenders Sue to Block Colorado’s Interest Rate ‘Opt-Out’ Law

On March 25, a coalition of trade groups filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, challenging a Colorado law which would have opted the state Section 521 of the Depository Institutions...more

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California Court Denies DFPI’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against Fintech

On October 30, the Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles denied the DFPI’s motion for a preliminary injunction to force a Chicago-based fintech company to stop facilitating loans to California borrowers from its...more

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Promissory Notes - Banking & Finance Insights: V 3, Issue 8, November 2023

FTC Amends Safeguards Rule to Require Non-Banking Financial Institutions to Report Data Security Breaches - “Amendment will require non-bank financial institutions to report when they discover that information affecting...more

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against FinTech Lender Opportunity Financial For Evading Texas State Usury Laws

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On June 1, 2022, plaintiff Kristen Michael filed a class action lawsuit against FinTech lender Opportunity Financial, LLC (“OppFi”) on behalf of herself and a putative class alleging, inter alia, that OppFi loans money at an...more

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Preemption Update and Future Implications: Congress Repeals The OCC’s True Lender Rule

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Congress has voted to overturn the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (“OCC’s”) “true lender” rule under the Congressional Review Act (“CRA”), and the President has signed the resolution. Repeal of the “true lender”...more

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NYDFS Requires LIBOR Transition Plans by Early February

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On December 23, 2019, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) issued an Industry Letter instructing each institution it regulates, including banks and licensed Fintechs, to make submissions describing the...more

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House Financial Services Committee announces January hearings on CRA, “rent-a-bank schemes,” mobile payments

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The House Financial Services Committee has announced that it will hold the following hearings this month: On January 14, the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions will hold a hearing entitled, “The...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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A review of the Fed minutes released yesterday shows the willingness of some Fed Governors to start rate raising again sooner rather than later....more

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Class Action Against Lending Club and WebBank Headed to Defeat

On Monday, a federal district court in the Southern District of New York granted a motion to compel arbitration in Bethune v. Lending Club Corporation, et al., a closely watched putative class action raising important issues...more

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