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Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — The Consumer Finance Podcast
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Explore the Impact of Point-of-Sale Finance in Our Upcoming Series — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Regulatory Rollback: Impact on Industry of CFPB's Withdrawal of Fair Lending and UDAAP Informal Guidance — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Tenant Tales and Reseller Realities: Inside the FCRA Arena With Eric Ellman — FCRA Focus Podcast
Under the Hood: Exploring the CFPB's 2025 Focus — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Driven by Data: Auto Finance Trends Uncovered - Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The Next FCRA Frontier: Identity Theft and CFPB Updates — FCRA Focus Podcast
Shifting Gears: Adapting to Regulatory Changes in Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Unlocking the Secrets of Reverse Mortgages — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Dialing In: The TCPA and Auto Finance — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
1071 Rule Status — The Consumer Finance Podcast
International News Spotlight on Private Equity and Private Wealth with Merrick White
International News Spotlight on Private Equity with Aymen Mahmoud
Bar Exam Toolbox Podcast Episode 146: Listen and Learn -- Mortgages and Priority
Healthcare Headlines: Episode 8 – Healthcare Lending Deal Landscape Trends and Forecasts for the Future
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As part of an omnibus 2026 budget bill, New York passed a new law that will broadly govern point-of-sale (POS) installment financing offered to New York residents. The Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) Act was signed into law in early...more
A new law in New York took effect on June 11, 2025, requiring banking organizations, licensed lenders, and mortgage bankers provide a disclosure pamphlet titled “What Mortgage Applicants Need to Know” (the “Pamphlet”)....more
Providers of commercial financing that are subject to the New York State Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL) must provide disclosures to potential recipients of commercial financing at the time a specific offer of...more
The New York State Department of Financial Services issued its final rule on February 1, 2023, implementing the state's new Commercial Finance Disclosure Law. Commercial financing providers that are subject to the law have a...more
Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne A. Harris announced on February 1, 2023 that the New York State Department of Financial Services has adopted a final regulation relating to early disclosure requirements on...more
On December 22, 2021, New York State Senate Bill 2767A was signed into law. The Bill establishes the Private Student Loan Refinancing Task Force (the “Task Force”), which was charged with “study[ing] and analyz[ing] ways...more
NYDFS is closely evaluating fair lending compliance at the institutions it regulates, and bringing enforcement actions based on statistical analyses of lenders’ loan portfolios. NYDFS has entered into a series of consent...more
On March 24, Utah Governor Spencer Cox signed S.B. 183, the Commercial Financing Registration and Disclosure Act ("CFRDA"). This makes Utah the third state to adopt a commercial financing disclosure law, following California...more
We reported last year on New York’s newly enacted commercial finance disclosure law and the legislature’s quick pivot thereafter, expanding the law’s reach to all loans up to $2,500,000 - a change from the previous limitation...more
New York’s Department of Financial Services (“DFS”) announced on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that an independent mortgage lender, Residential Mortgage Services Inc. (“RMS”), has agreed to pay a $1.5 million fine to the agency...more
In this Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was very active this week, having (i) issued no-action relief allowing registered funds to engage in self-custody of interests in loans that are originated,...more
On December 15, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law Senate Bill 4408, which amends the Real Property Law by adding a new section 280-d. The amendment will become effective on April 14, 2021, and the...more
On July 23, 2020, the New York legislature passed A10118A/S5470B requiring disclosures in various commercial financing transactions, including loans, merchant cash advances ("MCA"), and factoring transactions (the "Disclosure...more
New York has been the American epicenter for the exploding coronavirus pandemic. Informed by recent systemic challenges to the financial services sector, New York's regulators have responded. Among the responses is an...more
For the past few weeks, federal administrative, legislative, and regulatory bodies have been pushing financial institutions to offer far-reaching relief programs for consumers impacted by COVID-19 and governmental action...more
On March 21, 2020, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.9, which is in effect through April 20, 2020. The order provides financial relief to consumers and businesses with outstanding bank loans....more
No one can predict all the effects of the pandemic on the borrower/lender relationship, but some of those effects will be severe. Both parties place a high value on predictability in their dealings. A borrower must know that...more
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
Proposed legislation to implement New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's 2018 Fiscal Year Executive Budget would amend the New York Licensed Lender Law to significantly extend its licensing requirements. The proposal threatens to...more
The New York Department of Financial Services (DFS) has finalized a new regulation setting forth rigorous standards for monitoring and filtering programs to monitor transactions for potential anti-money laundering (AML) and...more