Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Have State-Chartered, FDIC-Insured Banks Finally Achieved Interstate Usury Parity with National Banks?
CFPB's Focus on Student Loan Servicing: Insights from the Office of Servicemember Affairs Report — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: Why Data Access is Key to Compliance Effectiveness
It’s art, let’s talk about it: Exploring Poetry in Motion: The Art of Al Glann
Pawtastic Friend: Pawtastic Friends – Chance, Shakira and Hope
Welcome Trevor Salter: A Deep Dive Into Financial Services Transactions — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Compliance Tip of the Day: Fostering a Culture of Speak Up
FTC and CFPB Focus on Medical, Rental Debt Collection Practices
Compliance into the Weeds: The 2024 ECCP Update on Data Access
Great Women in Compliance: Vanessa Hans on The Power of Collective Action
Daily Compliance News: October 2, 2024 – The Where is Modern Slavery Edition
Career Can Do: Breaking The Degree Myth When Hiring with Dr. Donald McNeeley
Compliance tip of the Day: Embracing Continuous Improvement in Compliance Programs
Innovation in Compliance: Evie Wentink on Rethinking Compliance
Daily Compliance News: October 1, 2024 – The Not a Bribe in NYC Edition
The Ethics Expert: Episode 184 – Jade Smith
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vs. the Video Game Industry
Corruption, Crime & Compliance: Deep Dive into Deere SEC FCPA Settlement
Compliance Tip of the Day: Highlights from Argentieri Speech
Adventures in Compliance: Special Episode – Old Time Radio Meets The Silver Screen – Adam Graham on The Movie The Hound of The Baskervilles
Trade creditors are usually grouped with “general unsecured creditors” in bankruptcy, but some have liens that can elevate their claim priority. To achieve this, the lien must be properly granted and perfected under...more
On September 20, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) announced a proposed rule aimed at amending the disclosure requirements for international money transfers, commonly known as remittances. The proposed...more
Pursuant to the provisions of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA), which became effective as of January 1, 2024, all domestic entities organized under the laws of a state prior to January 1, 2024, or foreign entities...more
For more than a year, SEC Chair Gary Gensler has, in some public forums, been mentioning concerns about gaps in the regulation of collective investment funds (CIFs), as compared to that of registered open-end investment...more
On September 29, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1934 into law, marking a significant update to California’s Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL). In addition to extending the compliance deadline for...more
On September 17, 2024, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) announced that it withdrew its 1995 Bank Merger Guidelines and instead, for purposes of evaluating the competitive impact of...more
The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires certain legal entities to identify their individual Beneficial Owners on a report filed electronically with the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement...more
To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more
I recently attended the IMN Distressed CRE Forum in New York, alongside my colleagues Brian Cohen, Zev Gewurz and Doug Rosner. It was great to connect with and hear from people across many different places in the industry,...more
As was briefly touched upon in a prior Fund Finance Friday article “Borrowing Base/Coverage Ratio Approaches in Subscription Finance Facilities,” a subscription facility which uses the borrowing base approach looks at each...more
Over the last five years, auto and equipment dealers experienced a period of low inventory levels with high margins on the limited inventory they had for sale and lease. Used automotive and equipment wholesale and retail...more
The CFPB recently issued a blog post, highlighting debt collection impacts on surviving spouses. In the blog, the CFPB warns that debt collectors who try to collect on a spouse’s medical bills from a survivor, who is not...more
On Sept. 28, 2024, Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed California Assembly Bill 3129 (A.B. 3129), which would have required private equity funds and hedge funds to obtain consent before entering into certain healthcare transactions. The...more
On 17 September 2024, European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen presented to the European Parliament her proposed team of Commissioners-designate together with their portfolios for the next European Commission...more
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will help plan providers reduce cost. At least that’s what one article I read stated. Yet it will cost people their jobs. Just like with the assembly line, technological developments will lead to...more
On 18 September 2024, the FCA provided insights from its supervisory activity on price and value in its priority areas of cash savings, GAP insurance and cash on investment platforms following the implementation of the...more
On September 20, 13 states and Washington, D.C. joined Colorado in its appeal asking the Tenth Circuit to uphold a state law imposing more restrictive interest rate caps on loans from out-of-state banks to residents, arguing...more
In a recent enforcement action announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the issue of how one investment adviser can affect the exemption status of related advisers under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940...more
After five years of consultations, public meetings and roundtable discussions, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) has issued final regulatory guidance (Final Guidance) for exchanges, which list...more
In today’s podcast, which repurposes a recent webinar, we examine the impact, if any, of a landmark opinion rendered by Judge Daniel Domenico of the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado in a case challenging...more
On September 20, the CFPB published a blog post that addressed debt collectors targeting surviving spouses for the unpaid medical bills of their deceased partners....more
Recent actions by the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) Division of Enforcement highlight the importance of making timely filings pursuant to Sections 13(d), 16, and 13(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934....more
On September 28, 2024, California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 3129, a bill that, among other things, would have required private equity firms and hedge funds to provide 90 days’ prior written notice to, and for some...more
On September 12, the House Committee on Financial Services penned a letter requesting GAO assistance in evaluating the memberships of federal banking agencies in the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the...more
The federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) requires disclosure of information about all corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships (unless exempt), and personal information about their beneficial...more