In this Issue. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) was very active this week, having (i) issued no-action relief allowing registered funds to engage in self-custody of interests in loans that are originated,...more
2/15/2021
/ Banking Sector ,
Biden Administration ,
Capital Raising ,
CARD Act ,
Community Reinvestment Act ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Debt Management Companies ,
Debt Relief ,
Debtors ,
Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Financing ,
FinTech ,
Guidance Update ,
Industry Letters ,
Investigations ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Loans ,
Memorandum of Understanding ,
Money Market Funds ,
No-Action Relief ,
NYDFS ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Processing Fees ,
Public Comment ,
Registered Funds ,
Regulation O ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Settlement ,
Settlement Proposals ,
State Attorneys General ,
Student Loans
In the News. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) finalized its “true lender” rule, which establishes that a national bank or federal savings association (bank) is the “true lender” of a loan if, as of the...more
10/29/2020
/ Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) ,
Amended Rules ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Banking Sector ,
CFTC ,
Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) ,
Comptroller ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA) ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Debt Collection ,
Depository Institutions ,
Derivatives ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
FHFA ,
Final Rules ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Records ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
FinTech ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Insured Depository Institutions ,
Inter-Bank Offered Rates (IBORs) ,
Investors ,
ISDA ,
Military Service Members ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Private Investment Funds ,
Proposed Rules ,
Proxy Statements ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Proposals ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
Travel Rule ,
True Lender ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) expanded access to its Paycheck Protection Program Liquidity Facility (PPPLF) to non-bank lenders and expanded the collateral eligible to...more
5/7/2020
/ Banking Regulators ,
Banking Sector ,
Borrowers ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Foreclosure ,
Lenders ,
Liquidity Coverage Ratio ,
Loan Forgiveness ,
Main Street Lending Programs ,
Money Market Mutual Fund Liquidity Facility (MMLF) ,
Mortgage Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
Nasdaq ,
New Guidance ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) ,
Paycheck Protection Program Lending Facility (PPPL Facility) ,
Price Gouging ,
Risk Management ,
SBA ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholder Approval
In This Issue. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in response to the Second Circuit’s 2015 decision in Madden v. Midland Funding, LLC, each proposed a rule to...more
11/22/2019
/ Banking Sector ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Adviser ,
Madden v Midland Funding ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Popular ,
Proxy Voting Guidelines ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Shareholders
In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve), the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) have extended for an additional...more
7/25/2019
/ BSA/AML ,
FASB ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
Mutual Funds ,
NYSE ,
Safe Harbors ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Volcker Rule
Editor's Note -
In This Issue. The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve) released 2019 stress test scenarios and exempted less complex banks with between $100 billion and $250 billion in assets...more
2/7/2019
/ Banks ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Investment Management ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Stress Tests ,
Subsidiaries ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID)