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The term "mortgage" typically refers to a mortgage loan. A mortgage loan is a financing instrument where an individual or business borrows money to purchase property (usually real property) and... more +

EBA consults on amendments to RTS for risk weights on immovable property exposures

A&O Shearman on 5/7/2025

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has issued a consultation paper on draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/206, supplementing Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 (CRR). The EBA is...more

Key Regulatory Topics Weekly Update 16 February to 22 February 2024

A&O Shearman on 2/26/2024

Of particular note this week in the EU, the Council adopted the legislative package to strengthen market data transparency which includes changes to the EU’s trading rules on market data, payment for order flow and commodity...more

European Enforcement Guide

Alston & Bird on 2/5/2024

In the current economic climate, it is important that lenders understand how they can enforce security and debt claims, to help in assessing options in the event of default by their customers, and when structuring new...more

EU Unveils Landmark Digital Markets Act Aimed at Increasing Competition in Tech

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/28/2022

The European Union is putting the final touches on its latest landmark digital legislation, the Digital Markets Act—one of “the world’s most far-reaching laws to address the power of the biggest tech companies.” The DMA is...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 12/6/2017

The Senate Banking Committee has voted out of committee a bipartisan effort to ease Dodd-Frank regulations. The bill in question could “drastically cut” the number of banks subject to heightened Fed oversight and “would ease...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 11/29/2017

Wells Fargo is again in federal regulators’ crosshairs. The OCC has dubbed the bank a repeat offender and is weighing a “formal enforcement action” over “improprieties in its auto-insurance and mortgage operations”....more

Guidelines for best practices in real estate enforcement proceedings

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 11/22/2017

The avalanche of bad loans that has hit Italy in recent years has drawn attention on the inefficiency of the judicial debt collection system, one of the leading causes of the banking crisis and the low prices that the banks...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/20/2017

SEC Proposes Rules to Implement FAST Act Mandate to Modernize and Simplify Disclosure - On October 11, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed amendments "to modernize and simplify disclosure...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/13/2017

France Welcomes Foreign and Alternative Capital Providers with Latest Reform of Finance Sector - Long a cornerstone of the French banking system, the "French banking monopoly" largely prevents non-bank entities from...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 9/15/2017

CFPB Issues Final Rule Temporarily Raising Reporting Threshold for Home Equity Loans Under Home Mortgage Act Rules - On August 24, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the "CFPB") issued a new rule that amends...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 8/18/2017

On August 8, 2017, the Federal Reserve Board and Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. extended the deadline for 19 foreign banks and two domestic bank holding companies to file their next round of "living wills" detailing how they...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 4/7/2017

Financial Industry Developments - CFPB Proposes to Provide Flexibility in Collecting Information - On March 24, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ("CFPB") released a proposal to amend Equal Credit...more

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on 3/30/2017

A group of current and former Citizen Bank branch employees from five states has admitted to fabricating information about the results of the Bank’s much-touted “Citizens Checkup” program (in which real customers are invited...more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.28.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/28/2016

A pair of whistleblowers is seeking discovery-related sanctions against Wells Fargo for allegedly concealing “crucial evidence” for their False Claims Act claims over fees added to government-backed mortgages....more

Your daily dose of financial news - The Brief – 7.1.16

Robins Kaplan LLP on 7/1/2016

Yesterday, Hershey rejected Kraft spinoff Mondelez’s $23 billion takeover offer, but the dealmaking efforts may not be over. The success of any increased offer lies in the hands of the Hershey Trust Company, a charitable...more

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