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Wild Times for the Community Reinvestment Act
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast
From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Cruising Through Change: The Auto-Finance Industry’s New Era Under Trump Unveiled — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
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
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When regulators propose a new rule, financial institutions can often find themselves pushed into a reactionary position, left to deal with consequences that rule makers may not have foreseen. Once a rule hits the books, legal...more
One could be forgiven, amidst the noise and glamour of the Leeds Reforms and the Mansion House speech, for having missed the snappily titled Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities etc.) (Amendment)...more
On July 16, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) (collectively, the federal banking agencies) jointly published a proposed rule...more
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues to redefine its priorities, and among the many policies targeted for change, the “Registry of Nonbank Covered Persons Subject to Certain Agency and Court Orders”...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/11) on simplifying its rules on mortgage lending and increasing flexibility, with an updated webpage and press release. This is the first set...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a consultation paper (CP25/7) on its rates proposals for regulated fees and levies for 2025/26 and proposed amendments to the FEES manual. The annual funding requirement...more
Republicans on the House Financial Services Financial Institutions Subcommittee have sent Acting CFPB Director Russell Vought a letter calling for the CFPB to withdraw a wide variety of final and proposed rules....more
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) proposed a rule to amend its regulations governing its VA-guaranteed home loan program to modernize and enhance reporting requirements and oversight. The proposed changes will...more
CFPB Director Rohit Chopra on Thursday defended his agency’s proposed rule to prohibit the listing of medical debt on credit reports, contending that such debts are not a fair indication of a person’s financial health....more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
As part of the CFPB’s crusade against junk fees, CFPB Director, Rohit Chopra addressed credit report fees in prepared remarks at the Mortgage Bankers Association’s Secondary & Capital Markets Conference & Expo 2024. While...more
Welcome to the Market Overview chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. For the consumer finance industry, 2023 was all about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau)....more
Last week, the CFPB issued its Semi-Annual Report to Congress covering the period beginning October 1, 2022 and ending March 31, 2023. ...more
The federal banking agencies have jointly issued a final rule that will modify how examiners assess compliance with the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). Among other changes to the CRA regulations announced on October 24, the...more
In Short: The Situation: The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (collectively, the "Agencies") have proposed rules...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed a new rule to increase market transparency regarding short selling and extended the comment period for its proposed rule requiring reporting on...more
In This Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed changes to private fund regulation; the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) succeeded in validating its “valid-when-made” rulemaking; the...more
In This Issue. The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a proposed rule about the establishment of a limited-duration pilot program for sharing suspicious activity reports (SARs); FinCEN published the final...more
As we reported last year, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (Dodd-Frank Act), among other things, required the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to adopt regulations governing the...more
Over the past year and a half, the CFPB has been quietly taking steps toward implementing regulations around collecting data from commercial lenders regarding commercial loans. Those efforts culminated on September 1, 2021,...more
In This Issue. Several federal financial regulatory agencies updated their Spring 2021 regulatory agendas; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced its intention to restart Military Lending Act examinations;...more
In this Issue. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized reforms under the Investment Advisers Act to modernize rules that govern investment adviser advertisements and payments to solicitors, and published a risk...more
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) issued a long-awaited rule seeking comment on its proposed approach to determine the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) evaluation measure benchmarks, retail...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more