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Hudson Cook, LLP

[Webinar] Compliance Coffee Break: Hot Topics in Debt Settlement - July 8th, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET

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The debt settlement industry is fast emerging as a significant portion of the overall consumer financial services market, yet many still do not understand the space. Please join Hudson Cook partner Cathy Brennan as she...more

WaterStreet Company

Texas FAIR Plan: Opportunities and Challenges for Private Insurers

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As natural disasters continue to impact the insurance market, Texas has seen a surge in policyholders relying on the Texas FAIR Plan Association for coverage....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors Pushes Back on STABLE Act

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The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS), a nationwide organization of state banking and financial regulators from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories, has raised significant concerns...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

RegFi Episode 59: Don’t Sleep on the States: Financial Regulatory, Compliance & Enforcement Trends

RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk welcome fellow Orrick partner Katy Ryan to discuss the state financial regulatory landscape. Katy provides an overview of how federal agencies and states interact in our...more

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Navigating the New Consumer Financial Services Landscape: Enforcement, Compliance, and Litigation Risks

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Financial services companies may feel relief from the aggressive federal oversight and regulation that defined the past decade. However, regulatory risk has not disappeared—it has shifted. ...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Massachusetts AG sues Hometap, saying company offers illegal home equity investments that really are reverse mortgages

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Alleging that a Boston company “pervasively and systematically violated the state’s consumer protection laws, including mortgage and foreclosure prevention laws, putting financially vulnerable homeowners at high risk of...more

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State Regulators Step Up: Responding to the CFPB's New Leadership — Regulatory Oversight Podcast

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In this special joint edition of the Consumer Finance Podcast and the Regulatory Oversight Podcast, host Chris Willis is joined by colleagues Stephen Piepgrass, James Kim, Jesse Silverman, and Lane Page to discuss the ongoing...more

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State Regulators Step Up: Responding to the CFPB's New Leadership — The Consumer Finance Podcast

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In this special joint edition of the Consumer Finance Podcast and the Regulatory Oversight Podcast, host Chris Willis is joined by colleagues Stephen Piepgrass, James Kim, Jesse Silverman, and Lane Page to discuss the ongoing...more

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Understanding the DFPI's Proposed Rules: A Deep Dive Into California's Digital Financial Assets Law — The Crypto Exchange Podcast

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In this special crossover episode of the Payments Pros and Crypto Exchange podcasts, our hosts are joined by colleague Alexandra Steinberg Barrage to discuss California's Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s...more

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Pay Now or Pay Later, But Paying Later May Cost a Whole Lot More

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has long required that an institution within the scope of its supervision or enforcement authority, including both depository institutions like banks and non-depository consumer...more

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Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: State-Level Developments — The Crypto Exchange Podcast

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In the third episode of this four-part series, Ethan, Addison, and Trey discuss several state-level developments that occurred in the digital asset sector during 2023. The group discusses the inception of New York Department...more

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State AGs and State Money Transmission Regulators Settle With Payment Processor Over Unauthorized Mortgage Withdrawals

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On October 17, 52 state and territorial attorneys general, in addition to state money transmission regulators, entered into settlements amounting to more than $20 million with ACI Worldwide (ACI), to resolve claims involving...more

Burr & Forman

New Front in ESG Wars: Securities Industry Sues Missouri

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On August 10, 2023, the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (“SIFMA”) – a leading Wall Street industry association – filed suit to enjoin new Missouri regulations requiring investment advisors (“IA’s”) and...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Arizona amends licensing provisions

On May 19, the Arizona governor signed HB 2010 to amend certain sections of the Arizona revised statutes relating to the Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions. Amendments make changes to several licensing...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

NYDFS to impose supervision fees on virtual currency licensees

On April 17, NYDFS announced the adoption of a final regulation establishing how certain licensed virtual currency businesses will be assessed for supervision and examination costs. Under 23 NYCRR Part 102, licensed virtual...more

Perkins Coie

Fintech Week in Review - June 2021

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Federal Financial Regulators Extend Deadline for RFI on AI - On May 17, 2021, five financial regulatory agencies announced a deadline extension for the ongoing comment period on financial institutions’ use of AI from June...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Climate Change and State Insurance Regulation: What Could Change After President Biden’s May 20 Executive Order

US President Joe Biden’s May 20, 2021, executive order laid out an aggressive, whole-of-government plan to address climate change risk, including a set of directives that will have a major impact on the operations of the...more

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Fintech Week in Review - February 2021 #2

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California DFPI Enters MOUs with Multiple Earned Wage Access Companies- California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has continued to expand its jurisdiction over financial service providers under...more

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The Different Flavors of RegTech and SupTech: How Companies and Regulatory Agencies Are Leveraging Technology to Improve...

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When the calendar turned to 2020, my first thought was about how futuristic the year sounded and what kind of interesting things it had in store. At that time, no one could possibly have imagined that some of those...more

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States Issue Work-From-Home Guidance for Mortgage Lenders (UPDATED)

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, state mortgage regulators are daily issuing guidance (1) about whether work from home arrangements are permissible under their existing licensing requirements and/or (2) are granting...more

Carlton Fields

New York's Relaxed BitLicense Could Still Take Lessons From Wyoming's Permissive Approach

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New York’s slogan “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere” seems like it was written specifically for cryptocurrency companies. Since 2015, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) established a...more

Proskauer - Blockchain and the Law

New York Proposes Conditional BitLicense Framework

The New York State Department of Financial Services (the “NYDFS”), as a part of a series of virtual currency initiatives, proposed in June a framework for applying for and obtaining a virtual currency Conditional BitLicense....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads

Interactive COVID-19 Regulatory Map for Consumer Financial Institutions

To assist consumer financial services lenders, servicers and investors, Hinshaw has developed an interactive tracker of state regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic...more

McGlinchey Stafford

Federal and State Regulators Issue Joint Guidance Encouraging Financial Services Companies to Responsibly Accommodate Borrowers...

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We have been in close communication with our financial services clients to provide timely guidance on how to handle the evolving implications of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19).  Many clients have raised concerns...more

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State Regulators Continue to Issue Special Guidance Allowing Financial Services Companies to Work Remotely Due to COVID-19

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As noted in a previous alert, the ongoing global spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has created a conflict between the legal requirements that financial services companies conduct regulated activity only from...more

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