On December 14, 2017, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) published final interpretive rules (the “2017 Interpretive Rule”) amending previously issued interpretive rules on the Military Lending Act (“MLA”). The 2017...more
EDITOR’S NOTE -
Hope you survived all of those awkward Thanksgiving holiday conversations— amazing how divided people are on whether the court got it right in the PHH case, isn’t it? So on we go into the holiday season,...more
12/7/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Article III ,
Blockchain ,
CalOPPA ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Distributed Denial of Service ,
ECOA ,
FDCPA ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinTech ,
HMDA ,
HUD ,
LGBTQ ,
Military Lending Act ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
OIG ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Risk Management ,
SCRA ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
On August 26, 2016, the Department of Defense (“DOD”) issued an interpretive rule (the “Interpretive Rule”) providing guidance on the DOD’s regulations implementing the Military Lending Act (“MLA”). That same day, we...more
9/16/2016
/ Credit Agreements ,
Credit Cards ,
Creditors ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
EFTs ,
Financial Institutions ,
Interpretive Rule ,
Loans ,
Military Annual Percentage Rates (MAPR) ,
Military Lending Act ,
Safe Harbors
On August 26, 2016, the Department of Defense (DOD) issued an interpretive rule providing guidance on the DOD’s regulations implementing the Military Lending Act (MLA). Specifically, the interpretive rule aims to clarify...more
On June 2, 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its long-anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking on short-term consumer lending. The proposed rule follows the CFPB’s March 2015 release of an outline of...more
6/15/2016
/ Ability-to-Repay ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Debt Collection ,
Installment Agreements ,
Military Lending Act ,
Payday Loans ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Short-Term Loans ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UDAAP
BELTWAY -
Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
9/18/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Class Action ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collectors ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
eClosing Pilot Program ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Information Sharing ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
NYDFS ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
SCRA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule
On July 22, 2015, the Department of Defense (DOD) published sweeping changes to its rules that implement the Military Lending Act (MLA). The amended rules significantly expand the scope of the MLA provisions by covering both...more
8/3/2015
/ Active Duty ,
Amended Regulation ,
Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Credit Cards ,
Creditors ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Finance Charges ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Military Lending Act ,
Payday Loans ,
Regulation Z
On July 21, 2015, the Department of Defense (DOD) adopted sweeping changes to its rules that implement the Military Lending Act (MLA). The amended rules significantly expand the scope of the MLA provisions by covering both...more
On December 29, 2014, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a report, entitled “The Extension of High-Cost Credit to Servicemembers and Their Families” (“Report”). According to the CFPB, the Report provides...more
On September 29, 2014, the Department of Defense (DOD) published a proposed rule in the Federal Register to amend its regulation implementing the Military Lending Act (MLA), 32 C.F.R. Part 232, to significantly expand the...more