We start this issue with a feeling of déjà vu all over again. Decisions made during the mortgage crisis are back in the news with a powerhouse legal ruling and the Treasury’s initial thinking on how to turn back time. First,...more
9/12/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Libor ,
Money Laundering ,
No-Action Letters ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Secured Overnight Funding Rate (SOFR) ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
SHIELD Act ,
TCPA ,
Volcker Rule
On August 20, 2019, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) approved a final rule (the “2019 Final Rule”) to amend the rules implementing Section 13 of the Bank...more
On August 20, 2019, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) approved a final rule (the “2019 Final Rule”) to amend the rules implementing Section 13 of the...more
The Federal Reserve and the FDIC published proposed changes to resolution plan (or “living will”) requirements applicable to U.S. and foreign banking organizations. The regulatory changes are necessary because the 2018...more
EDITOR’S NOTE -
In the words of Willie Wonka: “Wait a minute — strike that, reverse it!” As loyal readers will recall, in our last issue, we tried to stay current in referring to the CFPB by what Mick Mulvaney declared...more
3/11/2019
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Payday Loans ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Volcker Rule
The 2018 Winter Olympics are over. We watched two 17-year-olds win gold medals in sports that didn’t exist when we were 17. The Garlic Girls, with nicknames from their favorite breakfasts, and the U.S. men’s team won medals...more
3/13/2018
/ Arbitration ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Cybersecurity ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Restitution ,
TCPA ,
Vicarious Liability
EDITOR’S NOTE -
The holidays came early for the financial services industry. First, the Senate voted to repeal the CFPB’s rule banning class waivers in arbitration agreements in consumer financial contracts. Then,...more
12/12/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Biometric Information Privacy Act ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt ,
ECOA ,
FDIC ,
FinCEN ,
HMDA ,
NYDFS ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
TCPA ,
Trump Administration ,
U.S. Treasury ,
Virtual Currency
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, and its implementing regulations (the “Volcker Rule”) generally prohibit a “banking entity” from engaging in proprietary trading and from investing in,...more
On May 11, 2017, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced that it had reached settlements with Bank of Lake Mills (Bank) and two of its “institution-affiliated parties” (IAPs)—Freedom Stores, Inc. (FSI) and...more
On December 15, 2016, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”) issued final rules requiring global systemically important banks (“G-SIBs”) in the United States, including bank holding...more
On December 2, 2016, Comptroller of the Currency Thomas Curry confirmed that the agency will begin considering applications from FinTech companies to become special purpose national banks, saying that the OCC will charter...more
Editor’s Note -
So much for summer! The weather is cooling, the kids are back to school, and we better not see you wearing white so long after Labor Day! For those of you having a little trouble getting back in the...more
9/21/2016
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Digital Currency ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FinCEN ,
Foreclosure ,
Homeowner Bill of Rights ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Municipalities ,
OCC ,
Online Banking ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Standing ,
Tax Revenues ,
TCPA ,
Telemarketing ,
Volcker Rule
On September 8, 2016, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Federal Reserve”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC,” and...more
9/12/2016
/ Bank Holding Company Act ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Bank Regulatory Agencies ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Holding Company ,
Financial Institutions ,
Hedging ,
OCC ,
Prudential Standards ,
Risk Management ,
Savings and Loan Companies ,
Volcker Rule
On May 18, 2016, five federal banking agencies—the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“Board”), the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), the...more
On April 26, 2016, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) proposed a rule (the “Proposed Rule”) that would implement a quantitative long-term liquidity requirement—the net stable funding ratio (“NSFR”)—for...more
Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
Widespread problems in the banking system are often associated with sharp declines in asset prices, or the economy more broadly. When these declines result in loan defaults, bank capital can erode, leading to more stringent...more
Where do we go from here? As we mark another milestone in regulatory reform with the fourth anniversary of the enactment of the Dodd-Frank Act, it strikes us that although most studies required to be undertaken by the Act...more
8/6/2015
/ Accredited Investors ,
AIF ,
Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) ,
Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive (BRRD) ,
Capital Rules ,
CFTC ,
Compliance ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Covered Banking Entity ,
Covered Funds ,
Credit Cards ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Debt Collection ,
Derivatives ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
EMIR ,
EU ,
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) ,
Executive Compensation ,
Exemptions ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Transaction Tax ,
Foreign Banks ,
FSOC ,
HMDA ,
HOEPA ,
Incentive Compensation ,
Investment Company Act of 1940 ,
IOSCO ,
Liquidity Risk Management Rule ,
MiFID II ,
Mortgage Servicing Rules ,
NRSRO ,
OCC ,
Privacy Notice Rule ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Prudential Standards ,
Remittance Transfer Rule ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
Security-Based Swaps ,
Shadow Banking ,
SIFIs ,
Stand-Alone SBSDs ,
Swap Execution Facilities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Transparency ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UCITS ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule
When the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the “Board”) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the “FDIC”) finalized the Liquidity Coverage...more
On December 10, 2013, the Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC, SEC, and CFTC (the “Agencies”) issued the long-awaited final rule (“Final Rule”) construing the Volcker Rule. The Volcker Rule generally prohibits banking entities — a...more
12/12/2013
/ CFTC ,
Exemptions ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Foreign Banks ,
OCC ,
Proprietary Trading ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Sovereign Debt ,
Volcker Rule
This is not about top-shelf liquor, it is about today’s notice of proposed rulemaking…. At an open meeting today, the Federal Reserve Board (“FRB”) approved a proposed rule implementing a liquidity coverage ratio (“LCR”)...more
The Federal Reserve Board today approved the publication of the long-awaited final regulatory capital rules (“Final Rules” ), which were proposed one year ago (the “Proposed Rules”). While today’s action was taken by the...more
In This Issue:
Bureau Report; Operations Report; Beltway Report; Arbitration Report; Mortgage Report; Privacy Report; Preemption Report; and Plastics Report.
Excerpt from the Bureau Report:
World’s Most...more
12/18/2012
/ American Express ,
Chase Bank ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Dodd-Frank ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Google ,
Mobile Apps ,
MySpace ,
Project Catalyst ,
Stress Tests ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)