Bryan Schneider

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Bryan Schneider is partner in Manatt’s Chicago office and a member of the firm’s industry-leading consumer financial services practice, where he focuses on advising clients through the gamut of consumer financial services regulatory and enforcement matters, particularly as it relates to supervision, enforcement and fair lending.

Prior to joining the firm, Bryan served as Associate Director for the Division of Supervision, Enforcement and Fair Lending at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In this role, he was tasked with overseeing issues related to student loan origination and servicing, mortgage origination/services, auto finance, credit card account management, debt collection, and payday and other small dollar lending. He was also a member of key interagency governing organizations including the Task Force of Supervision of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council.

Bryan’s experience also includes serving as Secretary of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, a cabinet-level agency, under Governor Bruce Rauner. During this time, Bryan led numerous initiatives to place the state at the forefront of innovation in the financial services industry, including leading the conversion to the first-ever online, paperless process for professional licensure and achieving the first credit union section accreditation by the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors. He also led the creation of the Illinois Blockchain Initiative, where he advised organizations on how they can leverage blockchain technology to create more efficient, integrated and trusted services.

Before his tenure in government, Bryan held health care-related leadership positions at the largest retail, infusion and specialty pharmacy provider in the United States. While in this role, he helped develop policies concerning health care services and reimbursement, and provided regulatory and transactional support for joint ventures with hospitals, health systems and 340B programs. Bryan also served on Corporate Compliance and Disclosure Committees responsible for ensuring compliance with applicable health care and SEC securities requirements.

Bryan has served on the Executive Committee of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) and chaired its Non-Depository Supervisory Committee. He also served on the committee that was responsible for the administration of the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System & Registry (NMLS). Additionally, Bryan served on the Executive Committee of the National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors (NASCUS).

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “Albany and Sacramento: Inside Baseball in New York and California,” American Financial Services Association’s 2024 Annual Meeting, October 21, 2024.

Panelist, “Strategies for Lending to the Gig Economy,” LEND360, Chicago, September 13, 2022.

Speaker, “Mortgage Servicing Enforcement Post Pandemic,” Mortgage Bankers Association Regulatory Compliance Conference, Washington D.C., September 13, 2021.

06.03.24

Manatt Obtains LPR Status for Former U.S. Embassy Member From Afghan ...

A Manatt pro bono team successfully obtained legal permanent residence status for a former employee of the United States Embassy in Afghanistan and...
03.20.24

Ten Manatt Professionals Named to 2024 Law360 Editorial Boards

Ten of Manatt’s professionals were named to various 2024 Law360 Editorial Boards, which provide insight on important legal...
07.24.23

Schneider Quoted in American Banker on Nonsufficient Funds Fees for ...

Bryan Schneider was quoted in an American Banker article about how regulators are trying to punish banks for applying multiple nonsufficient funds ...
03.24.23

Schneider Quoted in Law360 on CFPB’s Inquiry into Data Brokers

Manatt Financial Services Partner Bryan Schneider was quoted in Law360 on the Consumer Financial Services Bureau’s (CFPB) recent inquiry ...

07.23.24

Chevron's End Puts Target On CFPB's Aggressive BNPL Rule

Manatt Consumer Financial Services Leader  Scott Pearson  and Partner Bryan Schneider wrote an article for Law360 about how the end of Chevron ...

05.06.22

Illinois Remote Notary Law May Guide Other States

Manatt Financial Services Partners Brett Natarelli and Bryan Schneider, and Manatt Financial Services Associate Madelaine Newcomb wrote an ...

09.01.21

What to Know About Ill. Student ‘Know Before You Owe’ Law

Manatt Special Counsel Jonathan Joshua, Partner Bryan Schneider and Associate Madelaine Newcomb co-authored an article for Law360 on the Know ...

08.05.24

Why The CFPB’s Earned Wage Access Rule Is Subject To Challenge

Earned wage access (“EWA”) programs are financial products that allow workers to receive payment for wages they have already earned ...
07.03.24

What the End of Chevron Deference Means for the CFPB

On June 28, 2024, in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the United States Supreme Court overruled Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources ...
05.30.24

Surprise! CFPB Claims That Buy Now, Pay Later Providers Are “Card ...

To the likely surprise of providers of buy now, pay later (“BNPL”) financing, last week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ...
05.20.24

Challenging the CFPB After CFPB v. CFSA

On May 16, 2024, the United States Supreme Court issued its long-awaited opinion in Consumer Financial Protection Bureau v. Community Financial ...

10.21.24

Schneider, Walsh and Medina to Speak at American Financial Services ...

Manatt Chicago Financial Services Partner Bryan Schneider, Manatt New York Government and Regulatory Partner Jim Walsh, and Manatt California ...

01.25.24

Episode 27: Demystifying Junk Fees: What they are, regulatory ...

The term junk fees has been used liberally in recent years, and particularly in the past year, by politicians, regulators, and the media to refer to ...

08.19.22

Pearson and Schneider to Speak at LEND360 Conference

Manatt Financial Services Partners Scott Pearson and Bryan Schneider will speak at LEND360, which will be held in Chicago, Illinois, on ...

04.28.22

The CFPB’s New Tactics: Strategies for Mitigating Regulatory Risk in ...

Since the beginning of the Biden Administration, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has announced its intention to significantly ...

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