One of the primary challenges with working in the U.S. financial services space is keeping up with the ever-changing federal and state regulatory landscape. Juggling the day-to-day fire drills while staying atop of regulatory...more
1/13/2025
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TCPA
Last week, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) published Frequently Asked Questions on the final rule governing FDIC Official Signs and Advertising Requirements, False Advertising, Misrepresentation of Insured...more
Similar to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Supervisory Highlights, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)’s Consumer Compliance Supervisory Highlights should be on your reading list. While the FDIC has...more
4/23/2024
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Mortgage Brokers ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Truth in Savings Act
In December 2023, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) finalized amendments to its rules on official FDIC signage, bank advertisements, deposit insurance misrepresentations, and the misuse of the FDIC’s name or...more
1/17/2024
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Banks ,
Cease and Desist Orders ,
Cryptocurrency ,
Deposit Insurance ,
FDIC ,
Financial Institutions ,
Misrepresentation ,
Non-Depository Institutions ,
Online Banking ,
Policies and Procedures
One of the primary challenges with working in U.S. financial services is keeping up with the ever-changing federal and state regulatory landscape. Juggling the day-to-day fire drills while staying atop of regulatory changes...more
1/4/2024
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Consumer Financial Products ,
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Financial Institutions ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Late Fees ,
Loans ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Small Business
On November 13, 2023, a nonbank lender and the Colorado Administrator of the Uniform Consumer Credit Code (Administrator) entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance to settle allegations that the lender charged membership...more
Last month, a cardholder filed a class action lawsuit in California against a national bank alleging that the bank failed to inform the consumer that his automatic payment enrollment would be canceled after a period of credit...more
10/6/2023
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Bank of America ,
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California ,
Class Action ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Consumers Legal Remedies Act ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reports ,
False Advertising ,
Financial Institutions ,
Unfair Competition
A New York federal court has largely denied a state credit union’s motion to dismiss a class action lawsuit regarding non-sufficient funds (NSF) fees, overdraft fees, and out-of-network ATM fees. See Fairchild-Cathey v....more
On January 5, 2023, a bill was introduced in the Missouri legislature that would require non-depository financial institutions to provide disclosures at or before consummation of certain commercial financing products....more