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12.19.18

California DBO Seeks Help With SB 1235

The California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) has started the process of developing regulations to implement SB 1235, which imposes new disclosure requirements for commercial financing in the state.


12.19.18

CFPB: Name Restored, Kraninger Takes Helm, Enforcement and No-Action

It’s official: The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) has its second formal director following the Senate confirmation of Kathy Kraninger.


12.19.18

State Enforcement: Attorneys General Tackle Pension Sales and Robosigning

State regulatory oversight continues, with Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring winning a $50 million court order, albeit by default judgment, against a pension sale company and a coalition of 42 state attorneys general working together to reach a deal over unlawful debt collection.


12.19.18

Merchant Cash Advances on the Hot Seat

Could investigative reporting into merchant cash advances lead to enforcement action against companies that make these advances, or to potential legislation to ban certain practices inherent in this industry?


12.19.18

FDIC Pushes for De Novo Banks

Undertaking a serious push to encourage de novo banks, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) announced multiple initiatives and released new resources in the hopes of attracting new banks.


12.05.18

CFPB News: Enforcement Action, Favorable Amicus, Possible Director Vote

Have we seen the last of Mick Mulvaney as acting head of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau)?


12.05.18

Regulatory Push for Industry Collaboration, Technology Continues

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Chair Jelena McWilliams emphasized the need for partnership and collaboration with the financial services industry, in recent remarks at a fintech conference.


12.05.18

FDIC Encourages Small-Dollar Lending in New RFI

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has signaled renewed interest in small-dollar lending.


11.07.18

CFPB News

The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) may have changed its name under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, but its recent enforcement action against a small-dollar lender in Tennessee makes it look just like the old CFPB.


10.24.18

CFPB News: ‘Regulation by Enforcement’ Over, Other CFPB Updates

To no one’s surprise, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB or Bureau) acting director Mick Mulvaney declared regulation by enforcement dead.