Illinois adopted a first-of-its-kind law regulating entities that advise consumers about college or career searches, financial aid, or scholarships, or that assist with planning, preparing or submitting applications on behalf...more
Commercial finance providers doing business in New York will have more time to comply with New York’s new law requiring consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain types of commercial financing. ...more
On September 21, 2021, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) released its pre-proposed regulations to implement the commercial financing disclosure requirements in S5470-B and S898. The ten-day outreach...more
California is continuing to lead the way on student lending regulation. Its latest enactment further complicates the efforts of financial entities to collect on defaulted private student loans. ...more
10/13/2021
/ California ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Debt Collection ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
New Legislation ,
Private Right of Action ,
Private Student Loans ,
Regulatory Requirements
In the largest fair lending enforcement action in several years, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) on August 30 announced simultaneous settlements with a national banking...more
9/9/2021
/ Biden Administration ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Lenders ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
ECOA ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
OCC ,
Race Discrimination ,
Redlining ,
Regulatory Violations
On June 25, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published in the Federal Register a proposal to rescind its own 2020 disparate impact rule (2020 Rule). In its place, HUD is proposing to recodify and restore...more
6/30/2021
/ Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Discriminatory Lending Practices ,
Disparate Impact ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Housing Market ,
HUD ,
Public Comment ,
Regulatory Standards
Will consumers gain better-defined insights into their own financial records? Yes, says the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), which issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) concerning...more
On May 20, the OCC issued its final rule intended to modernize and clarify the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA). The rule included the surprising footnote that the FDIC, which had joined as a partner in the Notice of Proposed...more
6/12/2020
/ Banks ,
Community Development ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Lending ,
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
OCC ,
Rulemaking Process