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California frequently is in the vanguard of consumer financial issues and legislation, foreshadowing trends that may spread to other states. Today’s episode, during which we explore important hot topics and recent...more
Increased regulation of commercial financing shows no signs of stopping. California SB 1482, which would require commercial financing providers and brokers to register with the California Department of Financial Protection...more
On April 25, 2024, California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) released its Annual Report of Activity Under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law for 2023 (“Annual Report”). The Annual...more
Last year, the California legislature enacted a bill, SB 54 (Skinner), that requires a "a venture capital" company to report annually to the Civil Rights Department on its funding determinations related to companies primarily...more
As discussed here, in March 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) proposed new regulations under the California Financing Law that would interpret the definition of “loan” to include...more
Last week the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation issued a report of its activities under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law. The California legislature enacted the CCFPL in 2020 for the...more
On February 9, 2024, the Commissioner of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI” or “Department”) announced a proposed rulemaking limited to certain requirements related to reporting and...more
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, or DFPI, continued to have significant influence over legislative and regulatory developments in the third quarter of 2023. Originally published in Law360 -...more
On November 20, 2023, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) issued an invitation for comments on proposed application-related rulemaking under the Digital Financial Assets Law (DFAL). This...more
A California state court recently denied a preliminary injunction sought by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (the DFPI) in its long-running litigation against Opportunity Financial (OppFi)...more
Beginning in January, "covered entities" will be prohibited from charging specified fees in connection with a commercial financing transaction with a "small business" or "small business" owner. Cal. Stat. ch. 881 (SB 666). ...more
On October 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 666, which amends the California Financing Law to prohibit a covered entity from charging certain fees in connection with a commercial financing...more
On October 13, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) signed Assembly Bill 39 (Digital Financial Assets Law). This new law broadly empowers the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) to govern...more
Earlier this month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom enacted into law two bills, both of which will — for the first time in any U.S. state — require large companies doing business within the state to release a wide array of...more
After prolonged deliberation, California has finally decided to enter the virtual currency regulatory arena by adopting two virtual currency regulatory bills into law. The California Digital Financial Assets Law (“DFAL”),...more
As readers may recall, California previously attempted to enact a “Digital Financial Assets Law” with the introduction of AB 2269 in February 2022. In relevant part, AB 2269 proposed (1) a stringent licensing requirement for...more
Earlier this month, the California Department of Financial Regulation and Innovation (CA DFPI) announced a new rule expanding the definition of unfair, deceptive and abusive acts and practices (UDAAP) to commercial financing....more
After being the first state to impose disclosure requirements on small business finance transactions, California has now added an annual reporting requirement and subjected commercial finance companies to UDAAP claims. On...more
The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced an extension to the proposed comment period for Covered Person Registration Rulemaking. The comment period, initially set to end on April 12,...more
I have devoted several posts to a California commercial loan disclosure law that was enacted in 2018 - SB 1235 (Glazer). Although the bill became effective on January 1, 2019, lenders were not obligated to comply until the...more
As of December 9, 2022, California is requiring consumer-style disclosures for broad categories of commercial financing transactions, continuing the trend toward increased scrutiny of commercial lending. On June 9, 2022,...more
The Department of Financial Protection & Innovation's website includes a link to an Excel spreadsheet listing the designation of of location(s) for service of legal process on financial institutions. This listing is the...more
Earlier this month, the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation issued a quasi interpretive opinion regarding whether the unnamed requestor must be licensed under California's Money Transmission Act to...more
The California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation recently issued is 2021 Annual Report of Operation of Finance Lenders, Brokers, and PACE Administrators Licensed Under the California Financing Law. The DFPI...more
Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom announced the appointment of a general counsel for the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. The appointee, a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, had previously served...more