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Missouri Tells Commercial Financing Providers to “Show Me” Disclosures

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Missouri is the latest state to enact a disclosure requirement for commercial financing, joining the growing number of states that have done the same. California, New York, Utah, and Virginia were the first states to pass...more

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EU AI Act: Key Points for Financial Services Businesses

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The European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

VA Announces Temporary Variance Allowing Veterans to Pay Broker Commissions and Announces a Targeted Foreclosure Moratorium

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Buyer-Broker Commissions - In connection with its guaranteed home loan program, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently adopted a temporary local variance allowing veterans to pay the commission of the real estate...more

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Legislator Proposes To Expand CFL To Encompass "Commercial Brokers"

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The California Financing Law currently requires the licensing of "finance lenders" and "brokers".   Cal. Fin. Code § 22100.  A "finance lender" is defined to include "any person who is engaged in the business of making...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Georgia and Rhode Island Amend Consumer Finance Laws to Add Licensing Exemption, Remote Work Authorization

State legislatures in Georgia and Rhode Island recently amended their lending and licensing laws. The following are the noteworthy updates: Georgia - - HB 891 creates an exception from licensure under the Georgia...more

Holland & Knight LLP

California Revives De Minimis Lender License Exemption

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In California, any person engaging in the business of a finance lender or broker must obtain a license from the commissioner of the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. The California Finance Code defines "finance...more

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NMLS Transition Update for Existing California Financing Law Licensees: CA DFPI has Extended the Deadline for Submitting Company...

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Earlier this year, we reported that the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (CA DFPI) published new regulations requiring all existing commercial lenders and brokers licensed under the California...more

White & Case LLP

Mexico’s CNBV updates remote contracting requirements

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On Thursday, September 9, the resolutions that reform, add and repeal the general rules on the prevention and identification of operations with resources of illicit origin applicable to financial cooperative associations...more

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Regulatory update to remote onboarding procedures of various financial institutions

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On Thursday, September 9, the resolutions that reform, add and repeal the general rules on the prevention and identification of operations with resources of illicit origin applicable to financial cooperative associations...more

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Why CFL Licensed Lenders Must Submit New License Applications By Year End

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Several thousand lenders and brokers are currently licensed by the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation under the California Financing Law.   The CFL generally requires that persons engaged in the business of...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Certain Exemptions of the New California Consumer Financial Protection Law Need To Be Clarified

In our Legislative Alert of October 13, 2020, we reported on the California legislation enacted in late September, Assembly Bill 1864, that created the new California Consumer Financial Protection Law (“CCFPL”), and we set...more

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Agent Fee Suits and PPP Loans: Clarity Could Be Coming

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During a House Financial Services Committee (HFSC) oversight hearing on June 30, 2020, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin hinted that clarification may be coming on whether agents helping small businesses apply for Paycheck...more

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California Signs Two New Consumer Protection Bills into Law

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On September 25, 2019, California’s Governor signed into law two bills that impact financial consumer services companies in California: California Assembly Bill 539 and California Senate Bill 187.  Both laws go into effect...more

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CFPB Fines Lender and Real Estate Brokers for Improper Kickback Scheme

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On Jan. 31, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed consent orders against one of the largest independent residential mortgage lenders, two real estate brokers and a mortgage servicer for their roles in an...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Narrowing of Licensing Exemption Under California Finance Lenders Law for Consumer Lenders and Brokers

The California Department of Business Oversight (the “CDBO”) has issued a new regulation that will eliminate a statutory licensing exemption under the California Finance Lenders Law (the “CFLL”) for nonbank operating...more

Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP

New Rhode Island Banking Regulations to Promote Uniformity

Rhode Island has repealed certain banking regulations and replaced them with new regulations in order to promote uniformity. Banking Regulations 98-14 “Licensees”, 98-14.1 “Lenders and Loan Brokers”, and 98-14.4 “Check...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Mortgage Lead Generator To Pay $250,000 in FTC Settlement on Deceptively Advertised Mortgage Rate Charges

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GoLoansOnline.com, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based mortgage lead generator, will pay the Federal Trade Commission $250,000 under a settlement announced earlier this month of claims it operated mortgage lending websites that...more

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