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Digital Transformation: eSignature and ePayment News and Trends - July/August 2024

DLA Piper on 9/13/2024

Today’s ever-shifting business environment means that consumers, businesses, employers, and employees all expect to transact digitally. To remain efficient and competitive, companies must digitally transform their businesses....more

The Corporate Transparency Act: Considerations for Special Purpose Entities in Commercial Real Estate Transactions

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 5/9/2024

Corporate structures in commercial real estate transactions can often be very complex and involve layers of entities. Special purpose entities that are bankruptcy remote (“SPEs”) are frequently used in commercial real estate...more

Banking and Consumer Regulatory Digest - February 2024 - 3

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 3/11/2024

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

Nutter Bank Report: February 2024

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 2/29/2024

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and state authorities have agreed to a consent order with a large national bank to resolve allegations that the bank engaged in a pattern or practice of lending discrimination by affecting...more

Structured Finance Spectrum – Winter 2024

Alston & Bird on 2/22/2024

Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the shifting single-family rental landscape, what’s next for EDGAR, and...more

Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - October 2023 # 4

Troutman Pepper on 10/25/2023

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

FinCEN Renews and Expands GTO

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/24/2023

FinCEN announced on October 20 that, once again, it is extending the Geographic Targeting Order, or GTO, which requires U.S. title insurance companies to identify the natural persons behind so-called “shell companies” used in...more

CFPB Issues Reminder of New Threshold for Reporting HMDA Open-End Lines of Credit Data

Goodwin on 11/22/2021

In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reminded institutions of a new threshold for reporting Home Mortgage Disclosure Act data about open-end lines of credit; the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...more

Financial Daily Dose 8.24.2021 | Top Story: Full FDA Pfizer Vax Approval Buoys Markets

Robins Kaplan LLP on 8/24/2021

Markets used news of the FDA’s full approval of the Pfizer BioNTech coronavirus vaccine as the excuse they needed to jump back up after a few days of losses. All three major indices were up near the 1% range, with the Nasdaq...more

House Votes to Repeal OCC True Lender Rule

Goodwin on 7/28/2021

In This Issue. The House of Representatives voted to pass a Congressional Review Act resolution repealing the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “true lender” rule; the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

Financial Services Report - Summer 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 6/9/2021

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

CFPB Proposes Mortgage Servicing Changes; Supreme Court Weighs in on TCPA

Goodwin on 4/8/2021

In This Issue. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continued to be active under its new leadership this week, warning mortgage servicers to prepare now for an anticipated surge of homeowners needing assistance...more

Financial Services Report - Spring 2021

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/2/2021

Can you say 0 to 60? Not cars, but pretty much everything to do with financial services. A new year, a new administration, and new challenges for providers. Prior CFPB Director Kraninger is long gone. Acting Director Uejio...more

Nutter Bank Report: February 2021

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 2/25/2021

HUD, VA, and USDA Coordinate Extensions of COVID-19 Relief for Homeowners - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture...more

OCC Finalizes “True Lender” Rule

Goodwin on 10/29/2020

In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more

Financial Services Report – Winter 2018

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 12/12/2018

In between holiday shopping and merriment, we here at the Financial Services Report are pondering what’s in a name. Not much, said Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov begged to differ in a mystery story about who killed one of the...more

Financial Services Weekly Roundup - September 2018

Goodwin on 9/13/2018

Editor's Note - No Rest for the Regulators. While many in the financial services industry used the last few weeks of August to enjoy additional time with family and friends before the back-to-school crunch, federal...more

Financial Services Weekly News - April 2018

Goodwin on 4/5/2018

Editor's Note - Treasury Issues Recommendations to Modernize the Community Reinvestment Act. On April 3, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report containing its recommendations for modernizing the Community...more

West Coast Real Estate Update: March 2017

Holland & Knight LLP on 3/6/2017

Gov. Brown Opposes Measure S - In a statement published less than two weeks before Los Angeles' Consolidated Municipal and Special Elections to be held on March 7, 2017, California Gov. Jerry Brown came out in opposition...more

2016 Year in Review: Money Laundering (Part One)

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/3/2017

2016 was a busy year for developments in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the criminal money laundering statutes, forfeiture, and related issues. In part one of our year-in-review, we discuss six key...more

Financial Services Weekly News - August 2016

Goodwin on 8/4/2016

Regulatory Developments - FDIC Seeks Comments on Third-Party Lending Guidance - On July 29, the FDIC announced that it is seeking comments on proposed Guidance for Third-Party Lending addressing steps...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week in Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 7/30/2016

EBA Final Draft RTS on Assessment Methodology for Internal Ratings-Based Approach - The EBA has published final draft regulatory technical standards (RTS) on the specification of the assessment methodology for competent...more

Financial Services Weekly News - July 2016 #4

Goodwin on 7/28/2016

Editor's Note - What Exactly Is Bitcoin? In a case featuring a sting operation beginning with meetings in a coffee shop, ice cream store and hotel lobby and ending with the sale of bitcoins to an undercover Miami Beach...more

State Banking Regulators Issue Annual Report

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 6/27/2016

What were state banking regulators focused on last year? A new report from the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) reveals that state regulators "increased coordination and collaboration between state regulators and...more

Financial Services Legislative and Regulatory Update -- November 11, 2013

Mintz - Public Finance Viewpoints on 11/11/2013

In This Issue: Leading the Past Week; Legislative Branch; Executive Branch; and Upcoming Hearings. Excerpt from Leading the Past Week - Last week ended with a stronger than expected jobs report at plus...more

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