2024 State Legislative Review: Key Payment Laws and Their Impacts — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
First Republic Executives Fail in Attempt to Recover Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan Assets
The Future of Bank-Fintech Partnerships and Banking as a Service — The Consumer Finance Podcast
In That Case: Cantero v. Bank of America
Navigating Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Avoiding Common Pitfalls — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Revisiting Financial Institution Incentive Compensation Rules Under Dodd-Frank — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Redlining Complications Caused by Implementation of 2020 Census Tracts
U.S. District Court Addresses Federal Preemption for State Credit Reporting Laws
How to estimate how your performance will look under the new CRA
Instant Decline, Instant Relief? Unpacking the CFPB's Proposed Rule on NSF Fees — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Are Regulators Dictating Fintech Deal Terms?
The Coming Perfect Storm
2023 Payments Year in Review: CFPB and FTC Regulatory Trends — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Year in Review and a Look Ahead: Fintech Developments — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The CFPB Targets Data Brokers with Latest Proposed Rule
State Laws on Screening and Federal Preemption – Where Are We Now and Where Are We Heading? — FCRA Focus Podcast
Redefining Banking: A Conversation on the CFPB's Proposed 1033 Rule — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
Garnishment Practices: Has the Dust Settled or Is It Still Flying? — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Importance of Assessment Areas
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Community Reinvestment Act Reform: A Close Look at the Final Rule
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On September 9, CFPB Director Rohit Chopra spoke at the National Housing Conference on how a decrease in interest rates could impact mortgage refinancing. Chopra noted that over a fifth of all mortgages currently have...more
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On September 5, the FFIEC announced the sunsetting of the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT) on August 31, 2025. The CAT, introduced in June 2015, was a voluntary tool designed to help financial institutions identify...more
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McGlinchey attorneys Robert Savoie and Rachael Aspery are joined by Phil Goldfeder, the CEO of the American Fintech Council, in this installment of the Deep Dive into Bank Partnerships. The podcast focuses primarily on...more
El pasado 28 de agosto de 2024, la Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público (“SHCP”) publicó la “Resolución que reforma, adiciona y deroga diversas de las Disposiciones de carácter general a que se refiere el artículo 115 de...more
On 28 August 2024, the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (“Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público – ‘SHCP’”) published the ‘Resolution that amends, adds and repeals several of the General Provisions referred to in...more
Following feedback from industry and other stakeholders, the Payments Systems Regulator published a consultation paper on reducing the maximum level of reimbursement for the Faster Payments APP fraud reimbursement limit from...more
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On September 3, Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu delivered remarks on the evolution of bank supervision at a recent international conference, focusing on the transformation of bank supervision over the last...more
The FCA has published a report setting out its findings from follow-up work on payment account access and closures, together with the results of independent research on the experiences some of the most financially excluded...more
On August 30, the FDIC released a list of seven administrative enforcement actions taken against banks and individuals in June and July. The public orders comprised six safety and soundness orders, two of which were consent...more
The Digital Operational Resilience Act EU 2022/2554 (DORA) constitutes a groundbreaking EU regulation designed to establish a unified framework for bolstering cybersecurity and operational resilience within the financial...more
Recently, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia received a complaint from an individual plaintiff suing the FDIC, its heads, board members and an administrative law judge (ALJ) for allegedly subjecting the...more
