Business Better Podcast Episode: FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Regulations to Strengthen and Modernize AML/CFT Compliance Programs
FTC CFPB Enforcement Report — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Earned Wage Access: Exploring the CFPB's Proposed Interpretive Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
CFPB's New Interpretive Rule: Buy Now, Pay Later as Credit Cards — The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: California Consumer Finance Law - Hot Topics and Recent Developments
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part II
Redlining Complications Caused by Implementation of 2020 Census Tracts
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Third-Party Risk Management in Bank-Fintech Partnerships: Strategies and Insights — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: An Insider’s View of the CFPB
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Banks and Their Customer Relationships: What is the Appropriate Role of Bank Regulators?
An In-Depth Analysis of the CFPB's Proposed Overdraft Rule — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Auto Finance – The Holder Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Understanding the CFPB's Rules for Risk-Based Nonbank Supervision — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Kirtz Decision: FCRA and Government Liability Unpacked — FCRA Focus Podcast
Will Resiliency Carry the Digital Asset Sector Through 2024: Navigating the 2023 Regulatory Landscape — The Crypto Exchange Podcast
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Have Cardholders Been Dealt a Winning or Losing Hand?
Navigating Facility Relocation: Legal and Practical Considerations — Regulatory Oversight Podcast
Tackling Credit Push Fraud: Understanding Nacha's Risk Management Package (Part One) — Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
The CFPB's Rule to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Reports
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The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued its final rules implementing the beneficial ownership reporting requirements pursuant to the bipartisan Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”). The...more
For the first time, a bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has proposed legislation that would require trust companies, lawyers, accountants, notaries, real estate agents, dealers in precious metals and stones, art dealers,...more
La sección 6307 del Acto (“AML ACT of 2020”) requiere la capacitación anual para Examinadores sobre la lucha contra el lavado de dinero y el financiamiento del terrorismo. La capacitación debe realizarse en consulta con...more
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As part of a modernization of the nation’s anti-money laundering regime, the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 creates enhanced whistleblower rewards that are likely to lead to increased enforcement action....more
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China’s lead trade negotiator, Vice Premier Liu He, is in D.C. today—despite the White House’s latest threats to increase tariffs by 15% on $200 billion of Chinese goods—to continue trade talks with his U.S. counterparts. Mr....more
More fun for Facebook, just a day after it revealed a coming FTC fine, with the news on Thursday that Canadian privacy commissioners “violated national and local laws in allowing third parties access to private user...more
In early March, the House Financial Services Committee released three proposed bills to codify many of the suggested reforms discussed during ongoing conversation among financial agencies, law enforcement, financial...more
A scary combination of rising bond yields (across the 3% Rubicon!) and a warning from Caterpillar (which called its expectation-beating performance for Q1 the “high watermark for the year”) helped propel stocks significantly...more
The Systemic Risk Council—a heady group of “former top financial regulators, regulators, policymakers and academics”—is warning that the rollback of Dodd-Frank and other financial regulators could lead to bank failures and...more
If the White House gets its way, Richard Cordray and the CFPB (and many other current Wall Street regulators and regulations) would be virtually unrecognizable as compared to their current form....more
Legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives threatens to shake up the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement program in a historic manner....more
Shareholders have accused Under Armour of “concealing the impact” of Sports Authority’s bankruptcy from investors in order to artificially inflate its stock price. The suit comes on the heels of a disastrous Q4 for UA, in...more
On August 25, 2015, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) proposed rulemaking that would require registered investment advisers, including certain hedge funds and asset managers, to establish anti-money laundering...more