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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - September 2024

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week... ...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - July 2024 # 3

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - April 2024

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Editor's Note The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically...more

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Revolutionizing Real Estate Sales and Development One Block at a Time (Part I of IV)

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As of late December 2023, Bitcoin was up more than 60% in the prior four months while another well-known cryptocurrency, Solana, was up over 240%. The cryptocurrencies were on their annual Fall bull run, but there seems to be...more

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The Promise and Potential of Blockchain and New UCC Article 12

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Executive Summary: In the summer and fall of 2022, electronic transactions were undergoing a sea change, but riding different tides: in the summer, the Uniform Law Commission approved a set of amendments to the Uniform...more

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Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - August 2023

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The following newsletter provides a roundup summarizing enforcement actions, guidance, rulemakings, and other public statements taken by a federal and/or state financial services regulatory agency, specifically focusing on:...more

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Securing the Digital Bag: Newly Promulgated UCC Article 12 and Amendments to UCC Article 9 Provide Guidance on Ownership of and...

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Notwithstanding recent turbulence in the cryptocurrency markets, digital assets of all types are seemingly here to stay. Bitcoin, stablecoins, non-fungible tokens a/k/a NFTs, and even digital currency exchanged in the...more

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Recent Transaction Transfers Ownership of Digital Mortgage Loans via Blockchain

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In a novel transaction for the blockchain and mortgage industries, a blockchain-focused financial services company and an investment firm announced the completion of a transaction involving the origination of digital mortgage...more

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“Crypto-Mortgage”- Do the Benefits Outweigh the Risks?

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Cryptocurrency continues to gain traction as a means of payment for goods and services. It recently made its debut appearance in the mortgage industry, as the concept of a “crypto-mortgage” came to life. A Miami-based...more

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Freddie Mac Issues Bulletin Addressing Use of Cryptocurrency in Mortgage Qualification Process

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On December 1, Freddie Mac issued Bulletin 2021-36 to update lenders on changes in loan eligibility requirements. While it is not unusual for Freddie Mac to issue such bulletins, this bulletin contained changes pertaining to...more

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Freddie Mac Addresses Cryptocurrency in the Mortgage Qualification Process

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In Bulletin 2021-36 Freddie Mac addresses cryptocurrency in the mortgage qualification process. Freddie Mac indicated that it is providing guidance “[d]ue to the high level of uncertainty associated with cryptocurrency.”...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 23

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Millions of Consumers have Cut Their Debts, So Why are Financial Experts Sounding Alarm - "And with stimulus payments a thing of the past and other unusual financial stabilization programs unwinding, the alerts are going...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 16

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President Biden Extends Pause on Student Loan Payments to 2022 - "Student loan payments have been paused since Congress passed the CARES Act in March of last year but were due to resume in September." Why this is...more

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Financial Services Report - Summer 2021

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As spring turns to summer, climate change is on our minds. A new day, a new story about how financial institutions are addressing climate-related risks. In the past few months, six major banks—Bank of America, JPMorgan...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 9

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Consumer Watchdog Group Issues Policy to Strengthen National Eviction Moratorium - "Since the eviction moratorium has been in effect, housing advocates and renters have said a lack of enforcement has led to landlords...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 10

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4 Ways to Boost Blockchain in Consumer Finance - "Plenty of executives and industry leaders in the blockchain space are looking for clarity on financial regulation." Why this is important: The recent MIT FinTech...more

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OCC Grants National Trust Bank Charter to Third Cryptocurrency Firm

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In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted preliminary conditional approval to a third cryptocurrency firm chartering a national trust bank; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 7

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Consumer Complaints to the CFPB for 2020 Up 54 Percent Over Previous Year - "The CFPB handled about 542,300 complaints last year – a nearly 54 percent increase over the 352,400 complaints handled in 2019." Why this is...more

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New York Approves Nationwide Licensing Tool for Virtual Currency Business Activity Companies

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New York State has taken measures this year to modernize its approach to regulation for blockchain-based companies. Even before Assembly Bill A8783B established a government task force to study the effects of blockchain and...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The DOJ has given Disney its official nod in its $71 billion bid for the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox, contingent on Disney’s divestiture of Fox’s 22 regional sports networks (a condition all about Disney’s ESPN...more

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Your Daily Dose of Financial News

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The US House included the revised Volcker Rule that we’ve discussed in a broader package of Dodd-Frank reforms that it passed with bipartisan support last night. The bill—ostensibly aimed at easing restrictions on small to...more

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Facebook’s Q1 results make a strong case for Zuckerberg and his ilk riding out arguably its most serious crisis to date (the flood of criticism over its privacy practices and handling of user data) with next-to-no effect on...more

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Nordstrom’s doing what it can to fight the seemingly inevitable decline of many retailers in the face of online competition. The family-run company has been revamping stores, amassing e-commerce companies, and launching new...more

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Wells Fargo is again in federal regulators’ crosshairs. The OCC has dubbed the bank a repeat offender and is weighing a “formal enforcement action” over “improprieties in its auto-insurance and mortgage operations”....more

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Travis is still kicking around at Uber, and he made that quite clear late last week by using his “outsize voting rights” to name two directors to the 8-member board ahead of a vote to reduce Kalanick’s voting power at the...more

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