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Brussels Regulatory Brief: November 2023

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Antitrust and Competition - European Commission Approves Consolidation in the Ground Transportation Sector Subject to Remedies - The companies are two global suppliers of signalling systems for mainline and urban railway...more

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Explainer Things: Episode 11

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Typical legal newsletters might introduce a post-Thanksgiving edition with a line or two about gratitude for readers and clients. We at Explainer Things are certainly thankful for clients and readers alike, but we are far...more

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CFPB Proposes to Level the Playing Field With “Big Tech”

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In an effort it describes as intended to help “level the playing field” between banks and nonbank consumer financial service providers that are sometimes characterized as “Big Tech”, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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CFPB Takes on Big Tech in Larger Participant Rulemaking on Digital Wallets and Payment Apps

On November 7, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) announced a new proposed rule wherein providers of digital wallets and payment apps would be defined as “Larger Participants” and would become subject to...more

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White House Issues Sweeping AI Executive Order: 10 Things Employers Need to Know

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The executive order on artificial intelligence issued by the White House yesterday is the federal government’s most ambitious attempt to date to corral this burgeoning technology – and contains numerous items of interest for...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - September 2023 - Harvesting the Latest Compliance Crop

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In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the September 2023 webinar. Bite 1: Update on Federal Student Loan Borrowers - On September 5, 2023, the CFPB reminded...more

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CFPB and Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission Announce Plans for an “Informal Dialogue”

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On July 17, 2023, Didier Reynders, Commissioner for Justice and Consumer Protection of the European Commission and Rohit Chopra, Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, announced the start of an “informal...more

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Explainer Things: Episode 6

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♫"Summertime and the living is easy"♫ or at least we hope it is for our growing readership. Our Explainer Things team is spicing up your consumer finance news with pop culture – Dua Lipa, The Big Lebowski, The Police, and The...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Skadden’s 2023 Insights – Five Critical Areas for the Year Ahead

The pandemic’s impact may be subsiding, but businesses are encountering new challenges across the globe, including the potential for an economic retrenchment, rising interest rates, shifting regulatory and litigation...more

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Big Tech’s Competition Impacts on Payments and Retail Finance in Regulatory Spotlight

The UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently published a discussion paper (here) summarizing its preliminary findings on the potential competition impact of Big Tech entry into retail financial services. The FCA is now...more

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CFPB Bites of the Month - Carving Up the CFPB

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In this month's Top 10 article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior month covered during the November 16, 2022 webinar. So, what happened last month? Extra Bite: CFPB Releases Report on Tenant Background...more

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Big Tech and retail financial services: FCA starts discussion on competition benefits and risks

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The FCA has published a discussion paper on the potential competition impacts of Big Tech entry and expansion in retail financial services. The particular focus is on payments, deposit taking, consumer credit and insurance....more

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What Is Monopolization Anyway? (And How To Know It When You See It)

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“Monopoly” is an economic threat that anyone can understand. Back in 2009, the Federal Trade Commission published a cartoon short for children that illustrates what happens when businesses don’t have to compete for customers,...more

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Looking at the Landscape of Congressional Investigations in 2022

This is the tenth and final post in this year’s series examining important trends in white collar law and investigations. Be on the lookout for a roundup of our 2022 White Collar Year in Preview Series shortly....more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Congress Sets Sights on Financial Services, Climate Change and Big Tech

Takeaways - Large financial institutions, SPACs and consumer finance are top concerns of key congressional committees. Democrats are pressing energy and social media companies about their alleged roles in spreading...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Beyond Big Tech: CFPB’s Payments Data Obsession May Broadly Target Third-Party Data Purchasers

In late October, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) sent a shot across the bow at Big Tech’s use of consumer payments data. While much of the industry has focused on the impact on Big Tech, some lenders, lead...more

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Fintech Legal Report - October 2021 #2

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CFPB Initiates Inquiry into Big Tech Payment Platforms - On October 21, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ordered six large technology companies—Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Square, and PayPal—to...more

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Rapid Growth of Buy Now Pay Later Market Raises Global Consumer Protection Concerns as CFPB Watches and Waits (For Now)

The explosive growth of “buy now pay later” (BNPL) products is a staple of the fintech news cycle. The model, which gained popularity with point-of-sale financing options offered by straight play providers such as Affirm,...more

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

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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

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Financial Daily Dose 7.15.2021 | Top Story: Fed Chair Powell Affirms Fed Course Despite Rising Prices

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Back on the Hill on Tuesday before the House Financial Services Committee, Fed Chair Powell assured lawmakers that he was well-aware of yesterday’s CPI figures showing a 5.4% jump in prices and that inflation was “poised to...more

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Financial Daily Dose 4.30.2021 | Top Story: U.S. Economy Flourishes in Q1 on Pent-up Demand and Stimulus Spending

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New numbers show that the U.S. economy “picked up speed last quarter,” expanding 1.6% in the first three months of the year [for an annualized 6.4%], as a mix of stimulus money and falling unemployment helped power consumer...more

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[Virtual Event] Compliance Solutions Across Industries - June 9th, 8:55 am - 4:30 pm CDT

Compliance Solutions Across Industries - Are you looking to: - Create a stronger compliance program for your organization? - Explore key takeaways from recent international and domestic enforcement actions? -...more

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Fintech Week in Review - March 2021

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Weekly Fintech Focus - • The California DFPI issued new opinions on the scope of its money transmission laws, including the agent of the payee exemption, addressing virtual currency transactions, and pay-in/pay-out...more

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Unfair and Deceptive Acts and Practices: Tips

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If I told you I was going to give you money now and forcibly take it back from you a few days from now, that is a loan. If you paid me a fee for this, you’d probably presume this to be interest on your loan. But what if...more

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Financial Daily Dose 1.13.2021 | Top Story: Visa Jettisons Plaid Takeover After DOJ Antitrust Challenge

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Visa is “abandoning its $5.3 billion planned acquisition of Plaid Inc.,” a fintech startup that the DOJ had called an upstart “but important competitive threat to Visa” in its antitrust lawsuit challenging the deal....more

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