Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...more
3/2/2021
/ Arbitration ,
Banking Sector ,
BSA/AML ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Comptroller ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumer Reporting Agencies ,
Convertible Virtual Currencies (CVCs) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Protection ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Digital Assets ,
Dodd-Frank ,
ECOA ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
False Claims Act (FCA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Interest Rates ,
Interpretive Letters ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Military Lending Act ,
Minority-Owned Businesses ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
PayPal ,
Preemption ,
Regulation D ,
SAR ,
SCOTUS ,
Small Business ,
State Attorneys General ,
TCPA ,
True Lender ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UK ,
Women-Owned Businesses
EDITOR’S NOTE -
In like a lion, out like a lamb—it works for weather; does it work for new administrations? We’ll have to wait and see. We’ll have to wait and see about the length of CFPB Director Richard Cordray’s...more
3/20/2017
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Bank Fraud ,
Bank Holding Company Act ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Civil Monetary Penalty ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Criminal Prosecution ,
Data Security ,
Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Forfeiture ,
NIST ,
OCC ,
Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ,
Opt-In ,
Overdraft Fees ,
Preemption ,
Shaw v United States ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
TLAC ,
True Lender
BELTWAY -
Every Last Penny Counts -
Five federal banking agencies issued a Supervisory Bulletin titled “Interagency Guidance Regarding Deposit Reconciliation Practices” (the “Guidance”). The Guidance outlines...more
6/8/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Article III ,
CID ,
Civil Investigation Demand ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Comptroller ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit ,
Customer Due Diligence (CDD) ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collection ,
ECOA ,
FDCPA ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
FHFA ,
Financial Institutions ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Hawkins v Community Bank of Raymore ,
Mobile Banking ,
Net Stable Funding Ratio (NSFR) ,
Online Marketplace Lending ,
Payday Loans ,
Payment Protection Insurance ,
PCI-DSS Standard ,
Preemption ,
RESPA ,
SCOTUS ,
Spokeo v Robins ,
Standing ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
UDAAP ,
Virtual Currency ,
Volcker Rule
Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
BELTWAY -
Finally Faster than Amazon Prime -
The Federal Reserve Board recently announced that banks and other financial institutions that use its payments system will have to be able to process same-day...more
12/8/2015
/ Arbitration ,
Automotive Loans ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Crowdfunding ,
Cybersecurity ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Preemption ,
Redlining ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
UDAAP ,
Virtual Currency
BELTWAY -
Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
9/18/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Class Action ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collectors ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
eClosing Pilot Program ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Information Sharing ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
NYDFS ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
SCRA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule