11.21.22
On November 16, 2022, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau released its Fall 2022 Supervisory Highlights.
11.15.22
Creditors and medical services providers should reevaluate their consumer credit agreements and collection practices in light of a recent amendment to Washington, D.C.’s debt collection law, which goes into effect on January 1, 2023.
10.24.22
On October 19, 2022, the Fifth Circuit sent shock waves through the financial world, ruling that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s independent funding structure violates the U.S. Constitution’s Appropriations Clause.
10.19.22
On October 14, 2022, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and the Federal Reserve Board both approved the acquisition of MUFG Union Bank, National Association, by U.S. Bancorp and its subsidiary U.S. Bank National Association.
10.12.22
Last week, the CFPB released a special edition of its Supervisory Highlights focusing on recent examination findings related to practices by student loan servicers and schools and colleges that directly lend to students. Here are three things you should know.
10.03.22
In an effort to clarify the regulatory framework applicable to new education financing methods such as Income Share Agreements (“ISAs”), installment payment plans and other alternative financing methods, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has proposed to ...
09.22.22
In an effort to reduce allegedly “unnecessary junk products” sometimes included in automobile financing, on September 14, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 2311, further regulating motor vehicle conditional sales contracts and the terms of guaranteed asset protection ...
08.17.22
Following the recent filing of the SEC’s insider trading complaint against a former manager of Coinbase Global, Inc. (“Coinbase”), the SEC is now investigating Coinbase.
08.04.22
In the long running question of whether cryptocurrency tokens are securities, the Securities and Exchange Commission has volleyed new claims against a former employee of Coinbase Global, Inc., alleging insider trading of securities listed on the exchange.
07.18.22
Months after the California Debt Collection Licensing Act took effect and covered persons were required to submit applications to obtain licenses, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has proposed regulations that if adopted will help clarify who may be covered and therefore needed ...