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FTC CFPB Enforcement Report — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Earned Wage Access: Exploring the CFPB's Proposed Interpretive Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's New Interpretive Rule: Buy Now, Pay Later as Credit Cards — The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: California Consumer Finance Law - Hot Topics and Recent Developments
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part II
Redlining Complications Caused by Implementation of 2020 Census Tracts
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Third-Party Risk Management in Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Strategies and Insights — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: An Insider’s View of the CFPB
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Banks and Their Customer Relationships: What is the Appropriate Role of Bank Regulators?
An In-Depth Analysis of the CFPB's Proposed Overdraft Rule — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Auto Finance – The Holder Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Understanding the CFPB's Rules for Risk-Based Nonbank Supervision — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Kirtz Decision: FCRA and Government Liability Unpacked — FCRA Focus Podcast
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Navigating the 2023 Regulatory Landscape — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Have Cardholders Been Dealt a Winning or Losing Hand?
Navigating Facility Relocation: Legal and Practical Considerations — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Tackling Credit Push Fraud: Understanding Nacha's Risk Management Package (Part One) — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
The CFPB's Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
The European Commission has published a draft Commission Notice on the interpretation of certain legal provisions in the Accounting Directive, Audit Directive, Audit Regulation, Transparency Directive, Regulation (EU)...more
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1700 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, supplementing the EU Securitization Regulation with regard to RTS specifying, for simple, transparent, and...more
The European Commission has published consultation for a draft Delegated Regulation supplementing the Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation as regards OTC derivatives identifying reference data to be used for the...more
The European Commission has published a report addressed to the European Parliament and Council of the European Union on the delegation of power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to the Benchmark...more
On 3 May 2024, the European Commission published a summary of the 2023 consultation on the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”) (the “Summary”)....more
Blick auf den Markt und die bedeutendsten Transaktionen - Die Analyse öffentlicher Übernahmen im Jahr 2023 erscheint auf den ersten Blick wie eine Blaupause des Vorjahres. Die bereits 2022 festgestellten Trends bestätigten...more
Of particular note this week in the EU, the Council adopted the legislative package to strengthen market data transparency which includes changes to the EU’s trading rules on market data, payment for order flow and commodity...more
On 5 February 2024, the European Council and Parliament reached a provisional agreement on a proposal for a new regulation on ESG rating activities with the aim of boosting investor confidence in sustainable products....more
The ELTIF regime was revised earlier this year to address the low uptake of the product in the market. The amended ELTIF regulation will enter into force on 10 January 2024 but many asset managers were awaiting the regulatory...more
On 4 December 2023 the European Supervisory Authorities (the “ESAs”) published their final report on updating the regulatory technical standards of the Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR Level 2”). The...more
The energy transition received a transformative boost when European Union lawmakers approved new voluntary standards for companies that wish to issue "green" bonds. The European Green Bond Standard, which will be finalized on...more
The Foreign Subsidies Regulation (FSR) establishes a new regime, enforced by the European Commission (EC), to regulate subsidies granted by non-EU countries to businesses active in the EU that could distort competition in EU...more
The proposal would substantially reduce the number of benchmarks in scope of the EU BMR. On 17 October 2023, the European Commission published a legislative proposal that would significantly alter the benchmarks in scope...more
Welcome to the Regulation Round Up, a regular bulletin highlighting the latest developments in UK and EU financial services regulation. ...more
The Cayman Islands recently introduced measures to further improve its technical compliance with the 40 Financial Action Task Force (“FATF”) recommendations relating to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of...more
On June 29, 2022, the European Parliament, the Commission, and the Council reached a provisional agreement on the European Union proposal to update Regulation 2015/847 on information accompanying the transfer of funds ("TFR")...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: Queen's Speech 2022 announces forthcoming Financial Services and Markets Bill; European Commission consultations and calls for evidence on PSD2 review and open...more
Summary - On 6 April 2022, the European Commission announced that is has adopted the regulatory technical standards to be used by financial market participants when disclosing sustainability-related information under the...more
On 7 January 2022, the European Commission adopted a delegated regulation (the “Regulation”) proposing revision of its EU AML List to add nine countries, including the Cayman Islands. The EU AML List is the EU’s list of...more
CRR: ECB extends leverage ratio relief for banks until March 2022 due to COVID-19 The European Central Bank (ECB) has adopted a Decision on the temporary exclusion of certain exposures to central banks from the leverage ratio...more
The Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) provides for preferential arrangements in certain areas of trade between the EU and the UK, mainly in goods and continued access to related services such as transport and logistics....more
The European Commission has published a Recommendation for a Decision by the Council of the European Union authorizing the opening of negotiations for a trade deal between the U.K. and the EU...more
The Situation: Three major pillars of the EU action plan on sustainable finance ("EU Action Plan") at varying stages of development have taken steps forward. The Result: We now have a regulation on climate-related benchmarks...more
On October 24, 2019, the European Supervisory Authorities ("ESAs"), consisting of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the European Banking Authority, and the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority,...more
Below is a summary of the main developments in US and EU corporate governance and securities law and certain financial markets regulation developments since our last update in July 2019. ...more