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Government of Canada Doubles Funding for Federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program

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On March 21, 2025, Prime Minister Carney announced important changes to the federal Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program (Program). The Government of Canada doubled funding for the Program from C$5billion to C$10 billion and...more

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VA Winding Down VASP Program

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As previously reported, last year the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) launched a Veterans Affairs Servicing Purchase (VASP) program, which VA characterized as a “last-resort tool” for VA home loan borrowers facing...more

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Canadian Government Financing for Large Enterprises Impacted by US Tariffs and Canadian Countermeasures

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Canada Development Investment Corp. (CDEV) has announced the launch of the Large Enterprise Tariff Loan (LETL) facility, a new government-backed loan facility to support large Canadian enterprises affected by actual and...more

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Pawnshop chain cannot use ‘bona-fide error defense’ in MLA suit filed by CFPB

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FirstCash, a national pawnshop chain, cannot use the “bona-fide error defense” in its defense of a Military Lending Act (MLA) suit filed by the CFPB against the company, a federal judge has ruled in a case of first...more

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Supreme Court Holds Government Agencies are Not Immune from FCRA Liability

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On February 8, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision in Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service (USDA) v. Kirtz, holding that the Fair Credit Reporting Act’s (FCRA) clear statutory text...more

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