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Wisconsin Expands Scope of Consumer Loan Licensing Provisions

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In addition to the states that, similar to Washington, have adopted “true lender” provisions, several states have recently enacted changes to their consumer loan licensing laws that expand the scope of the licensing...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

Senator Warren invites student loan servicer to testify before Congress

On March 18, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) sent a letter to a large student loan servicer, inviting its executives to testify at an upcoming hearing hosted by the Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Bank Partnership Moves to Dismiss Class Action Asserting Violations of Georgia Rate Cap Law

On January 29, a Missouri-based bank and its Kansas-based fintech loan servicer filed a joint motion to dismiss a purported class action filed against them alleging violations of the Georgia Installment Loan Act (GILA) and...more

Shipkevich PLLC

CFPB Issues Bulletin to Warn Student Loan Servicers Who Ignore Bankruptcy Court Orders

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On March 16, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a bulletin cautioning loan servicers about their responsibility to stop any illegal activity related to private student loans that have been discharged...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Convenience Fees: Not So Convenient for the Collectors

Why Maryland Collectors of Consumer Debts Need to Be Concerned About Convenience Fees - A recent Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decision may have sweeping implications across the consumer debt collection industry in...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

California DFPI announces consent order with auto title loan servicer that was subject of “true Lender” investigation

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Last week, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) announced that it had entered into a consent order with Wheels Financial Group, LLC d/b/a LoanMart, a California-based company that markets...more

Allen Matkins

California Statute Permits Unlicensed "Small Dollar" Lending By Some Nonprofits

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On the eve of the Great Depression, the United States Bureau of Printing and Engraving made a big change by introducing small bills.  The Bureau reduced the size of bills by about 30% to save money on ink and paper - the...more

Allen Matkins

Court Terminates "Rent-a-Bank" Claim

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Mr. Sims is a retired veteran living on a fixed income in California.  Last year, he " "responded to online marketing" on a website maintained by OppLoans, a Delaware limited liability company with an Illinois address.  Mr....more

Alston & Bird

District Courts Split on Convenience Fees Under Debt Collection Laws

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A&B ABstract: In a number of recent decisions, district courts have split on the issue of whether a mortgage servicer violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and related state debt collection statutes by...more

Balch & Bingham LLP

Eleventh Circuit: Filed-Rate Doctrine Bars Claims Over Lender’s Force-placed Insurance

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In Patel, et al v. Specialized Loan Servicing LLC, et al, No. 16-12100 (11th Cir. 2018), the Eleventh Circuit held that claims against a loan servicer for “artificially inflated” force-placed insurance premiums were barred by...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Military Lending Act: May Covered Borrowers Still Purchase GAP Insurance?

Lenders that make loans to service members should pay careful attention to the latest developments in this area....more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Cover Letter from Loan Servicer May Unwittingly Change Terms of Forbearance Agreement

In Traut v. Quantum Servicing Corp., on the grounds that a cover letter accompanying a forbearance agreement may have altered the terms of that agreement, the Massachusetts federal court denied a loan servicer's motion for...more

Kilpatrick

Solar Panels & Other Energy-Saving Facilities: Can You Approve Installation & PACE Financing?

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Question: Borrower has requested the consent of lender with respect to the following: (1) the construction and installation of a new solar system to be installed on the roof at the collateral property to provide electricity...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

Student Loan Servicing Regulations: 50 State Guide on Laws and Legislation – First Edition

Preface - The following summary of current state law and pending legislation regarding student loan servicing as of June 1, 2017, is designed to serve as a tool to assist in understanding the breadth of state regulations...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP

California Supreme Courts Holds that Borrowers Can State a Claim for Wrongful Foreclosure Based on a Void Assignment of the Loan;...

In recent years, the plaintiffs' bar for borrowers resisting foreclosures has pushed the theory that a claim can be stated for wrongful foreclosure where a loan was transferred into a securitized trust after the closing date...more

Carlton Fields

The Importance Of Selecting An Available Arbitration Forum

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The Eleventh Circuit affirmed a Florida district court’s denial of Cashcall’s motion to compel arbitration, as the forum selected in the parties’ loan agreement was not available. Appellee Abraham Inetianbor initially...more

Bracewell LLP

D.C. Circuit Halts Department of Labor's Reclassification of Loan Officers

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The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday handed the Mortgage Bankers Association a huge win by refusing to grant a full court review of a panel decision that struck down a 2010 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

Lenders Versus Mechanics’ Liens in West Virginia: A Question of Priorities

Finally! After days, weeks, sometimes even months of waiting, you as the lending officer received approval from corporate that underwriting has just approved your borrower and you can proceed with the term sheet. Time to put...more

Dechert LLP

Risk Retention Reproposal's Impact on CLOs: Loan Arrangers Get Invited to the Party that No One Wants to Attend

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On August 28, 2013, six federal regulatory agencies (among them, the SEC, Federal Reserve, OCC and the FDIC (collectively, the “Agencies”)) released a 499 page second risk retention proposal (the “Second Proposal”). The...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

TILA Does Not Require a Loan Servicer to Identify the Loan's Owner

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The Ninth Circuit recently sided with a loan servicer who was sued by a borrower for failing to provide him with the loan owner’s information. In Gale v. First Franklin Loan Services et al., 686 F.3d 1055 (9th Cir. 2012),...more

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