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RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sherry Safchuk are joined by Kelvin Chen, Senior Executive Vice President and Head of Policy at the Consumer Bankers Association, to discuss the rapidly evolving business and regulatory...more
The idea of borrowing against equity in a residential home through a second mortgage has been around for almost a century. However, the popularity of a home equity line of credit (HELOC) increased in the 1980s following the...more
McGlinchey attorneys Robert Savoie and Rachael Aspery are joined by Phil Goldfeder, the CEO of the American Fintech Council, in this installment of the Deep Dive into Bank Partnerships. The podcast focuses primarily on...more
RegFi hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt welcome Tom Brown, Partner and General Counsel at Nyca Partners, a venture capital firm specializing in fintechs. Tom provides a critical analysis of the current financial...more
When federal agencies review bank mergers, the competition issues typically relate to the number and location of physical branches and the extent of any overlap in the areas served. By contrast, the proposed $35 billion...more
Matt Bisanz interviews Georges Duponcheele of MunichRe and William Perraudin of Risk Control Ltd. about their work in developing approaches to securitization capital requirements....more
The CFPB has released its Summer, 2024 Supervisory Highlights, covering issues ranging from student loan servicing to financial institution supervision of medical providers offering payment products. The report covers the...more
On June 24, the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania approved a class action settlement involving student loan borrowers brought against a student loan servicer....more
On June 25, the Governor of Rhode Island signed into law H 7282 (the “Act”) amending certain provisions of the state’s Title 19 on Financial Institutions and adding new consumer protections. Among other things, the amendments...more
The ESAs urge the European Commission to consider a labelling rather than a disclosure regime to help consumers understand the sustainability goals of financial products....more
Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more
I. IMPLEMENTING BASEL III THROUGH THE CRR III REGULATION - The Basel III standards comprise a package of reforms that were largely agreed by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ("BCBS") in December 2017 and set out...more
The financial services and banking industry landscape continues to evolve in the face of new and emerging technologies. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in the sharing of consumer data between financial institutions...more
Kate Flocken, a principal at FS Vector, joins RegFi co-hosts Jerry Buckley and Sasha Leonhardt to discuss the increased scrutiny from Congress and regulatory bodies in response to the rapid growth of fintechs, from niche...more
As we discussed in the fall over a series of articles (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4) and reported on further in January, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is on a mission to allow consumers to more...more
On June 4, the CFPB released its semi-annual report to Congress, for the period beginning April 1, 2023, and ending September 30, 2023. The report highlighted rules and orders, complaints, supervisory and enforcement actions,...more
In Cantero v. Bank of America, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified the standard for analyzing whether the National Bank Act (the NBA) preempts state laws regulating banks chartered under the NBA. In doing so, the Court rejected...more
Bank partnership programs have grown exponentially in recent years as a collaborative framework for banks and non-depository institutions to offer innovative and unique products to their customers. Navigating the modern...more
California generally requires that persons engaged in the business of making loans be licensed. If not licensed under some other statute (such as the banking, credit union or residential mortgage lending laws), a lender will...more
Join us for this episode of Financial Services Focus, where Lauren Pryor, Holly Spencer Bunting and Darius Horton delve into the rising popularity of home equity products, discussing how these offerings provide homeowners...more
Recently, I wrote about the California Office of Administrative Law's rejection of regulations proposed by the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation. These proposed regulations were intended to "implement,...more
The line between virtual and reality is getting thinner. Gamers pay gaming companies real currency for virtual in-game currency to buy skins, create the world they want to live in (virtually), or purchase loot that aid in...more
On April 30, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) published a report on a study investigating the effects of complex pricing structures and increased competition on consumer choices. The CFPB found that...more
In the highly competitive payments space, where safety and efficiency tools are table stakes, financial institutions are increasingly employing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions....more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" covered during the April 2024 webinar....more