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On April 4, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a new report, titled “Banking in Video Games and Virtual Worlds” (Report), that examines the growth of financial transactions in online video games and...more
The CFPB issued a new circular advising remittance transfer providers that false advertising about the cost or speed of sending remittance transfers can be considered a violation of the Consumer Financial Protection Act even...more
California continues to lead the charge for increased regulation in the commercial finance space. Most recently, on October 13, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 666 into law, which will prohibit...more
After being the first state to impose disclosure requirements on small business finance transactions, California has now added an annual reporting requirement and subjected commercial finance companies to UDAAP claims. On...more
Plaintiffs filed suit in the District Court for the District of Delaware against Shopify Inc. and TaskUs Inc., alleging that the companies failed to implement measures to prevent a data breach that resulted in a breach of...more
The CFPB filed a complaint in a South Carolina federal district court against Upstate Law Group LLC. and two of its individual owners and managers that alleges the defendants violated the Consumer Financial Protection Act’s...more
On May 23, the FTC launched an investigation into unfair or deceptive practices in the small business financing industry. Press reports of this investigation emphasized the investigation’s relevance for online lenders and...more
The CFPB announced on August 14, 2019 that, subject to the approval of the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, the Bureau and the Arkansas Attorney General have entered into a proposed settlement with...more
The 2018 West Virginia legislative session was a busy one regarding consumer finance law. Legislators focused on the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and the West Virginia Safe Mortgage Licensing Act. The West...more
Five federal regulators on Wednesday – the FDIC, the Fed, CFPB, NCUA, and OCC – issued an interagency guidance applicable to all FDIC-supervised financial institutions describing expectations for effective...more