On April 8, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) filed a cross-complaint against a Chicago-based FinTech company alleging that as the “true lender” of consumer installment loans, it is...more
4/29/2022
/ California ,
California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Cross-Complaints ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinTech ,
Interest Rate Caps ,
Loans ,
True Lender ,
UDAAP
On March 23, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) responded to a request for an interpretative legal opinion as to whether the virtual currency services offered by a company require it to...more
On March 7, a Chicago-based FinTech company filed a Complaint for Declaratory and Injunctive Relief in Los Angeles County Superior Court against the Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and...more
3/14/2022
/ Borrowers ,
California ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Fair Access to Credit ,
FinTech ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Interest Rate Caps ,
Loans ,
Local Ordinance ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
State and Local Government ,
True Lender
On February 11, the California DFPI issued an opinion letter in response to an EWA provider’s request for a specific ruling from the DFPI about whether the company’s EWA solution is subject to licensure under the California...more
In two unrelated settlements, the California DFPI and Georgia attorney general each recently settled with rent-to-own companies. In the California settlement that was announced on January 10, the DFPI settled with a Los...more
Pursuant to Financial Code section 22159(a), all DFPI California Financing Law licensees are required to submit the annual report on or before March 15, 2022, even if the licensee had no business activity in the calendar year...more
On December 14, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it entered into a consent order with an LA-based auto title lender to resolve allegations that the company violated...more
On December 16, the DFPI announced that it is extending the deadline for CFL licensees to transition onto NMLS until March 15, 2022. CFL licensees not on NMLS may now transition onto NMLS. To begin the process of...more
On November 16, the California DFPI released Version 2.0 of its Annual Report of Finance Lenders, Brokers and PACE Administrators Licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL). The Annual Report examined unaudited data...more
California Governor Newsom announced the appointment of Clothilde “Cloey” Hewlett as the next Commissioner of the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI). She will start after Thanksgiving, when she will...more
Licensees under the California Financing Law not currently on NMLS must transition onto NMLS by December 31, 2021.
All licensees not yet on NMLS must establish an account in NMLS and transmit their information to the...more
Licensees and applicants under the California Financing Law are reminded of the following:
• Licensees under the California Financing Law not currently on NMLS must transition onto NMLS by December 31, 2021.
• New...more
Last month we wrote a blog relating to a consent order entered into by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) with a servicer of income share agreements. The DFPI determined that, despite...more
On September 1, the CFPB issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act, which amended the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA) to require financial institutions to collect and...more