Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Debate About The Need, If Any, For a Federal Charter for Non-Banks Engaged in the Payments Business
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Proposal to Supervise Large Nonbank Providers of Digital Wallets and Payment Apps
In The Cross-Hairs? Protecting Your Company Against Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Investigations and Investors' Mortgage Buyback Claims
On July 18, 2025, President Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins Act (the “GENIUS Act”), after it passed both the U.S. Senate by a vote of 68-30 and the U.S. House in a...more
Through joint guidance and an information request, federal bank regulators underscored banks’ compliance responsibilities in their banking-as-a-service (BaaS) relationships with third parties. Our Financial Services Team...more
On July 30, 2024, the FDIC proposed substantive changes to the 2020 Brokered Deposit Rule (2020 Rule) that, if finalized, could meaningfully impact a wide group of bank and nonbank stakeholders who rely on the current rule’s...more
It is no secret that the Federal Reserve, the FDIC, and the OCC have zeroed in on banks' use of third parties for products, services, and other operations, the risks those arrangements may pose, and banks' responsibility to...more
The executive order signed by United States President Joseph Biden in February 2024 states that the violence being committed by Israeli settlers has reached intolerable levels; poses a serious threat to peace, security, and...more
On January 12, Fiserv announced that it filed an application with the state of Georgia for a merchant acquirer limited purpose bank (MALPB) charter. This application is a seismic development and positive sign for those in the...more
On November 3, the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) voted unanimously to finalize the procedures for designating a nonbank financial company for Federal Reserve supervision. FSOC’s Interpretive Guidance aims to...more
Yet another unopposed emergency motion for leave to intervene has been filed in the Texas lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule). The latest proposed intervenors are XL Funding, LLC d/b/a...more
Financial technology firms and certain banks and bank holding companies can expect to face increased scrutiny as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System takes another step to stem risks related to crypto-assets,...more
On May 22, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that when a nonbank entity purchases loans from a national bank, the interest rate the nonbank entity may charge is limited to the rate of interest of the state of...more
In a new compliance bulletin (2015-01), the CFPB reminds supervised financial institutions, including nonbanks, of their obligations regarding the disclosure of confidential supervisory information (CSI)....more
On May 7, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) highlighted regulatory efforts to enhance financial institutions’ cybersecurity during a webinar for approximately 5,000 chief executive officers and...more