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Congress Passes Legislation to Help Protect Veterans from Foreclosure by Reauthorizing Partial Claims with VA Home Loans

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The U.S. Senate recently passed H.R. 1815, the VA Home Loan Program Reform Act, to reauthorize partial claims with U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) guaranteed home loans. The U.S. House of Representatives passed the...more

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Know Now or Pay Later: Navigating New York's Buy-Now-Pay-Later Act

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Once hailed as the sleek, interest-free alternative to credit cards, buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) loans have become a defining feature of modern consumer finance. Consumers like them because with just a few clicks, they can...more

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From Banks to FinTech: The Evolution of Small Business Lending — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this special crossover edition of Payments Pros and The Consumer Finance Podcast, Carlin McCrory and Jason Cover are joined by their colleague Caleb Rosenberg to explore the evolving landscape of small business financing....more

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Texas Enacts New Commercial Sales-Based Financing Bill Severely Restricting Automatic Debits

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On June 20, the Texas Legislature passed H.B. 700, which introduces several new regulatory requirements for providers and brokers of commercial sales-based financing operating within the state. The law applies to merchant...more

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North Dakota Broadens Licensing Law to Include Alternative Financing

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North Dakota recently enacted legislation that amends the state’s main non-mortgage lender licensing law, the North Dakota Money Brokers Act (the “Act”), to define a “loan” to include any “alternative financing product” that...more

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North Dakota Law Regulates "Alternative Financing" as a "Loan"

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The state legislature in North Dakota recently passed House Bill 1127. This bill made a simple amendment to a 1970s-era law called the Money Brokers Act ("MBA")....more

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New York Enacts BNPL and Overdraft Fee Restrictions

On May 9, the NYDFS announced that Governor Kathy Hochul signed New York’s FY2026 Budget into law, enacting two major consumer financial protection measures. The budget establishes a licensing and supervision framework for...more

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UK Government Sets Out Next Steps on BNPL Regulation

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On 19 May 2025, HM Treasury published its consultation response on the regulation of certain buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) products, setting out its final position, and laid a draft statutory instrument before Parliament to effect...more

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Texas Legislature Proposes Disclosure Rules for Commercial Financing 

The Texas House and Senate introduced House Bill 700 and Senate Bill 2677 to regulate commercial sales-based financing transactions. The proposed legislation would impose standardized disclosure requirements, require broker...more

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Consumer Finance State Roundup

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The latest edition of the Consumer Finance State Roundup highlights recently enacted measures of potential interest from three states: Arkansas: House Bill 1184, which we expect to take effect on or about August 8, amends...more

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Illinois Dental Practices Face New Third-Party Financing Guardrails in 2025

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In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law HB 4891 that amends the Illinois Dental Practice Act to include significant guardrails for dental practices looking to offer third-party financing in dental offices in...more

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Canadian Government (Finally) Provides Certainty on Criminal Interest Rates

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As we have reported in prior blogs, the Government of Canada is moving forward with plans to lower the criminal interest rate to an annual percentage rate (APR) of 35 percent (the current criminal interest rate, being an...more

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California Bill Would Deem Some Lenders As Licensed

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California generally requires that persons engaged in the business of making loans be licensed.  If not licensed under some other statute (such as the banking, credit union or residential mortgage lending laws), a lender will...more

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Nebraska Enacts Loan Licensure Requirement for Marketers, Servicers and Purchasers of Interests in Certain Bank Loans

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On June 6, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed into law Legislative Bill 92, which, among many other subjects, amends the Nebraska Installment Loan Act (the NILA). Previously, a license was required for a lender seeking to...more

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DFPI Charges Digital Asset Company With More Than 50,000 CFL Violations

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Yesterday's post concerned a bill pending in the California legislature that would impose a licensing requirement on persons engaging in "digital financial asset business activity", or holding itself out as being able to...more

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New Mexico Governor Signs Bill to Impose 36% Rate Cap and Tough Anti-Evasion Provisions

Beginning next year, New Mexico will join a handful of other states (including, among others, California, Illinois, and Colorado) setting stringent interest rate caps on consumer loans. House Bill 132, which Gov. Michelle...more

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Hawaii Amends Small Dollar Lending Law

Hawaii recently enacted HB 1192, which amends the state’s small dollar lending law by setting forth a new licensing requirement for “installment lenders” and specifies various consumer protection requirements.  The...more

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DFPI Wants To Know: Whom Shall We Regulate?

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Last year, California enacted AB 1864, Cal. Stats. 2020, Ch. 157, creating the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) under Division 24 of the Financial Code.  Remarkably, the legislature left it up to the...more

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DFPI Rings In The New Year By Issuing A Dozen Subpoenas

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Yesterday, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced that it had issued "subpoenas to a dozen companies with significant California customer bases, representing the first major action to be taken under...more

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Certain Exemptions of the New California Consumer Financial Protection Law Need To Be Clarified

In our Legislative Alert of October 13, 2020, we reported on the California legislation enacted in late September, Assembly Bill 1864, that created the new California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL”), and we set...more

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Industry News: Recent Developments Affecting Manufactured Housing

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Several industry updates that affect manufactured housing either take effect October 1, 2020, or will be unveiled sometime later this month. Detailed below is a summary of recent developments....more

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Federal Reserve Proposes Rules To Modernize Regulations That Implement CRA

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In the News. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) proposed rules to modernize the regulations that implement the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA); the Conference of State Bank Supervisors...more

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