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Earned Wage Access Employer Liability Issues

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York AG Sues Earned Wage Access Companies for Allegedly Unlawful Lending Practices

On April 14, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced two separate lawsuits against earned wage access providers—one against a company that issues advances directly to consumers, and another targeting a provider that...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Arkansas Becomes Latest State to Enact Legislation Regulating Earned Wage Access

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Arkansas joins five other states in enacting a law that specifically regulates earned wage access (EWA) providers as nonlenders. EWA is an on-demand payment product that allows workers to access their wages as they are...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Proposes Interpretive Rule Characterizing Earned Wage Access Products as Loans

On July 18, the CFPB proposed a new interpretive rule that would characterize earned wage access (“EWA”) products as extensions of credit and subject to the Truth in Lending Act and Regulation Z. Under the interpretive...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Nevada approves regulation on earned wage access

On June 20, the Nevada Secretary of State approved Regulation NAC 604D, LCB File No. R096-23 (the Regulation), issued by the Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division, which established...more

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