Deposit Account Litigation: Highlights From 2024 and What to Expect in 2025 — The Consumer Finance Podcast
This third installment in our series of insights on bank charter considerations describes the process for seeking regulatory approval to form or acquire a bank....more
Financial technology — or fintech — companies will continue to receive increased regulatory scrutiny in 2025. The latter half of 2024 saw a rise in regulatory guidance and enforcement activity relating to fintechs and the...more
Saying that its proposed brokered deposits rule would have “significantly disrupted many aspects of the deposit landscape,” the FDIC has withdrawn the proposal. ...more
On March 3, 2025, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced the withdrawal of three proposed rules intended to reshape oversight and regulatory obligations related to brokered deposits, corporate governance...more
On February 26, the FDIC withdrew its amicus brief in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals challenging Colorado’s 2023 opt-out law which aimed to restricting higher-cost online lending. The FDIC’s decision follows a shift in the...more
In the News. On the heels of a lawsuit challenging the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) recently issued Madden fix/valid when made rule, eight state attorneys general filed suit challenging a similar rule...more
Section 13 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (the BHC Act) generally prohibits any insured depository institution (as defined in Section 3(c) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, but excluding institutions that...more