The financial services and banking industry landscape continues to evolve in the face of new and emerging technologies. This phenomenon is especially prevalent in the sharing of consumer data between financial institutions...more
On June 5, the CFPB announced it finalized in part its proposed Personal Financial Data Rights rule, thus establishing the minimum qualifications necessary for the Bureau to become a recognized industry standard setting body...more
In a recent speech at the Financial Data Exchange Global Summit, Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), discussed the current state of open banking in the United States and emphasized the...more
In October 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) proposed a new rule intended to encourage “open banking”. “Open banking” is a practice of sharing, with consent, consumers’ banking and financial data...more
On October 19, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. The Personal Financial Data Rights Rule would require...more
Our newsletter’s title is a nod to the semi-scary Netflix series Stranger Things. No surprise we are VERY excited about Halloween. You may notice that our regular pop culture references have gone horror-themed for this...more
As we reported last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) released a proposed rule addressing “personal data financial rights.” Comments are due on December 29, 2023....more
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement Section 1033 of the Dodd-Frank Act. Section 1033 of Dodd-Frank requires covered persons to make...more
On October 19, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its highly anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking under Section 1033 of the Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010 (CFPA). The proposed Personal...more
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long-awaited "Required Rulemaking on Personal Financial Data Rights" (Proposed Rule) for public comment. The Proposed Rule was issued under...more
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
After over a decade of discussion regarding how best to balance the complex set of policy interests, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement section 1033 of the...more
On October 19, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued its long-awaited proposed rule to facilitate what it views as open banking. The proposed rule would implement Dodd-Frank Act Section 1033 (12 U.S.C....more
In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the June 2023 webinar. Bite 12: CFPB Focusing on Overdraft Issues - On May 18, 2023, the CFPB announced that it had issued a...more
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu recently discussed the evolution and impact of open banking during remarks at the Spring FDX Global Summit. Defining open banking as “enabling consumer-permissioned sharing of...more
On October 27, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced a new regulatory framework (“Framework”) governing “Personal Financial Data Rights,” or, by another name, “open banking.” Conceptually, open...more
Open banking in Brazil, the system created by the Brazilian Central Bank for the sharing of data, information and financial services, is moving forward to its fourth stage. Open banking is a system created by the Brazilian...more
Key developments of interest over the last month include: Brazil: Central bank publishes details of push towards Phase 2 of Open Banking - United Kingdom: PSR launches Digital Payments Initiative - Estonia:...more
A report from the Taskforce on Innovation, Growth and Regulatory Reform provides recommendations for how the UK can “re-imagine” its approach to regulation post-Brexit. On 16 June 2021, the Taskforce on Innovation,...more
The HKMA introduces a new data sharing initiative, reported on the central bank digital currency initiative, and outlined regtech plans. The fifth annual Hong Kong Fintech Week conference kicked off with speeches and panels...more
Open banking is an important driver of the fintech revolution. Regulators have recognised open banking as a means of introducing competition and innovation in the banking sector. Likewise, fintechs are seizing the...more
In December 2019, we published a blog post introducing open banking; here, we provide an update for 2020. To briefly summarize, open banking comprises a set of rules which permit third-party providers (TPPs) of financial...more
Under Article 76 of the Law regulating the Financial Technology Institutions ("Fintech Law") financial institutions, money transmitters, credit reporting companies, clearing houses, financial technology institutions and...more
The concept of open banking has been around for much of the 21st century and has been instrumental in creating a host of new banking services. ...more
This post is the fourth and final in a series discussing Open Banking, its implementations, and its implications. In the United States, “open banking” does not yet mean that bank account and transaction data can be freely...more