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Auto Finance Year in Review, Part 2: Security Clearances, Supervisory Lines, and Connected Cars — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
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Before You Front the Funds: Benefits and Pitfalls of Earned Wage Access Tools — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Taking It to the Bank: Why Fintechs Are Racing for Bank Charters — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Warning Letters and Warren Letters: What the Auto Finance Industry Needs to Know — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Before You Front the Funds: Benefits and Pitfalls of Earned Wage Access Tools — Hiring to Firing Podcast
TCPA Risk Reloaded: Why DNC and Consent Issues Are Fueling the Next Wave of Litigation — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Important CRA Lesson from OCC proposal for all Intermediate-Small and Large Banks
Year in Review and Look Ahead: Servicing and Collections in Flux – How States, Reg F, and Coerced Debt Laws Are Rewriting the Playbook — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Beyond the Buzzwords: Building Bank-Fintech Partnerships That Survive Exams — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Auto Finance Year in Review, Part 1: From FTC CARS Rule Collapse to a State-Led Patchwork — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Lions, Tigers, and Sovereign Citizens, Oh My! UCC and Banking Litigation Trends and a 2026 Forecast — The Consumer Finance Podcast
[Video] New Regulatory Priorities Under Mayor Mamdani’s NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection
Turning Point for Digital Assets: 2025 Year in Review and What Comes Next — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Year in Review and Look Ahead: Fair Lending and UDAAP in the Trump 2.0 Era — Federal Pullback, State Pushback, and What Comes Next — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Year in Review and Look Ahead Announcement — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Bridging the Gap between Cautious Buyers and Eager Sellers
On 31 March 2026, the UK Government's Department for Business and Trade and the Office for Product Safety and Standards launched a consultation on a proposed new product safety framework for the United Kingdom, exercising...more
Never one to shy away from the action, the FTC filed two earnings claims-related cases in a single day. While we covered the first action—FTC v. Wellington—here, the second case is no less instructive and further underscores...more
Nebraska (chatbot) and Maine (health) enacted laws last week, while more than a dozen bills advanced in other states....more
Its getting a little chippy out there in TCPAWorld lately. I’ve been noticing an increasing effort by TCPA litigants to seek sanctions and call each other liars. At issue, ultimately, are the veracity of leads– webform...more
FDA is fighting a bootleg GLP-1 epidemic. The dangers to U.S. consumers are immediate and real. The outcome of FDA’s battle is unknown....more
Alabama enacted a comprehensive consumer privacy law—the Alabama Personal Data Protection Act (HB 351)—that will require incremental, not radical, change for companies with existing privacy-compliance programs....more
In March, President Trump issued an executive order directing the Chairman of the FTC to prioritize enforcement of Made in USA claims. Last week, the FTC announced enforcement actions against three companies that allegedly...more
On April 15, 2026, the Senate Commerce Committee held an oversight hearing with FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson and Commissioner Mark Meador....more
The UK’s Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) published two consultations proposing sweeping reforms to the UK product safety framework....more
On April 1, the Connecticut Department of Banking issued a consent order against a collection agency and two control persons, vacating a February 10 order that had imposed a combined $140,000 in civil penalties for alleged...more
Who let the data out? It’s 6:45 a.m. The overhead fluorescent lights are humming, and the scent of disinfectant is in the air. The boarded pets stir as they begin to wake up. They will want breakfast soon. It’s the start...more
The Texas Attorney General (AG) has issued a Civil Investigative Demand to Lululemon USA Inc. (Lululemon) to examine whether the athletic apparel company misled consumers about the alleged presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
President Donald Trump's March 13 executive order to combat fraudulent "Made in America" claims in advertising takes aim at a familiar enforcement problem in a new venue: online marketplaces. It directs the Federal Trade...more
On April 14, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed into law Senate Bill 784, repealing Section 11-102 of the Maryland Financial Institutions Article, which previously exempted certain persons who acquire or are assigned...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published consultation paper CP26/13, proposing changes to the Perimeter Guidance Manual (PERG) within the FCA Handbook to clarify the scope of the new regulated cryptoasset...more
At the 2026 IAPP Global Summit in Washington, D.C., a panel titled “State Collaboration on Privacy” brought together state privacy enforcers to discuss how they are working together and what businesses should expect....more
The 2026 International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Global Privacy Summit brought thousands of privacy and data governance professionals, including industry leaders, privacy scholars, and representatives from...more
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published its Governing Council's response to the European Commission's targeted consultation on the competitiveness of the EU banking sector. The response builds on the ECB's High-Level...more
In a move that could bolster efforts to reshape the landscape of subscription-based commerce, New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Commissioner Samuel A.A. Levine...more
Alabama became the twenty-first state to enact a broader consumer data privacy law, Kentucky and Virginia finalized amendments to their consumer data privacy laws, and Nebraska amended its Age-Appropriate Design Code Act....more
$1.5 billion. That number got the room’s attention at the 2026 IAPP Global Summit: $1.5 billion is the theoretical penalty exposure for a single data broker that misses just one deletion cycle under California’s new Delete...more
The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its open finance roadmap, setting out its vision for open finance in the UK from now until 2030. The FCA explains that the roadmap draws on lessons from open banking and...more
On April 13, 2026, the Texas Attorney General’s Office issued a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) to Lululemon USA Inc. based on the alleged presence of PFAS in the company’s apparel. According to Paxton’s announcement, the...more
Financial elder abuse is one of the least reported and misunderstood issues affecting families in California. Despite not always looking like theft, it often begins with small, seemingly innocuous shifts. Common patterns...more
On June 2, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 606 into law, significantly expanding disclosure requirements for mandatory fees charged by public food establishments....more
