In between holiday shopping and merriment, we here at the Financial Services Report are pondering what’s in a name. Not much, said Shakespeare. Isaac Asimov begged to differ in a mystery story about who killed one of the...more
12/12/2018
/ Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Auto-Dialed Calls ,
BSA/AML ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Fair Lending ,
Financial Services Industry ,
FinCEN ,
HMDA ,
Lenders ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Opt-Outs ,
Payday Lending Rule ,
Privacy Laws ,
SCOTUS ,
TCPA
EDITOR’S NOTE -
Summer blockbuster season is officially upon us. Have you seen Wonder Woman yet? What about Guardians of the Galaxy Part 2? It’s déjà vu all over again with Baywatch, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alien,...more
6/20/2017
/ Arbitration ,
Blockchain ,
BSA/AML ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Card Surcharges ,
Credit Cards ,
Credit Reporting Agencies ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Expressions Hair Design v Schneiderman ,
Fair Lending ,
FCC ,
FinTech ,
First Amendment ,
HERA ,
Lending ,
Money Laundering ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Small Business ,
TCPA ,
Trump Administration
Why another law firm newsletter? Over ten years ago, Will Stern answered that question in the first Editor’s Note of the first Financial Services Report. Some things have changed since then—we no longer print and mail paper...more
3/9/2016
/ Arbitration ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Credit Cards ,
Customer Lists ,
Cybersecurity ,
Debt Collection ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
HMDA ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Payday Loans ,
Preemption ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA)
BELTWAY -
Straight Out of the Seventh Circuit The Seventh Circuit recently affirmed a lower court’s ruling that the SEC cannot be sued in district court to stop it from bringing an administrative action. Bebo v. SEC, No....more
9/18/2015
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Arbitration ,
Bank Secrecy Act ,
Class Action ,
Consent Order ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Debt Collectors ,
Discrimination ,
Disparate Impact ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
eClosing Pilot Program ,
Electronic Payment Transactions ,
Facial Recognition Technology ,
Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) ,
Fair Housing Act (FHA) ,
FDCPA ,
FDIC ,
Federal Reserve ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Institutions ,
GAO ,
HUD ,
Information Sharing ,
Military Lending Act ,
Mortgage Insurance ,
Mortgages ,
New Regulations ,
Non-Bank Lenders ,
NYDFS ,
Online Privacy Protection Act ,
Preemption ,
SCOTUS ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
Student Loans ,
TCPA ,
Texas Dept of Housing v Inclusive Communities ,
TILA-RESPA Integrated Disclosure Rule (TRID) ,
UDAAP ,
Volcker Rule
In This Issue:
- Arbitration Report
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile & Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage & Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
-...more
6/9/2015
/ Arbitration Agreements ,
CashCall ,
Consumer Bankruptcy ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Creditors ,
Debt Collection ,
Debtor-Creditor ,
Fair Lending ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Mobile Payments ,
Mortgages ,
TCPA
In This Issue:
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile & Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage & Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
- Privacy...more
In This Issue:
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile & Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage & Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
- Privacy...more
12/19/2014
/ Arbitration ,
Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Products ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Fair Lending ,
Federal Reserve ,
Mobile Payments ,
Mortgages ,
Payment Systems ,
Privacy Laws ,
Regulation AA ,
Structured Financial Products ,
TCPA
In This Issue:
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile and Emerging Payments Report
- Mortgage and Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
- Privacy...more
9/18/2014
/ Banking Sector ,
Banks ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Data Breach ,
Debt Collection ,
Federal Reserve ,
Lending ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
Privacy Policy ,
RESPA ,
Robo-Signing ,
TCPA ,
Volcker Rule
In This Issue:
- Beltway Report
- Bureau Report
- Mobile Payments
- Mortgage and Fair Lending Report
- Operations Report
- Preemption Report
- Privacy Report
- Arbitration Report
- TCPA...more
6/9/2014
/ Banks ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Protection ,
Encryption ,
Fair Lending ,
FDIC ,
FFIEC ,
Financial Regulatory Reform ,
Heartbleed ,
Mobile Payments ,
Mortgages ,
OCC ,
OIG ,
Popular ,
RESPA ,
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) ,
TCPA ,
Truth in Lending Act (TILA) ,
Volcker Rule
In This Issue:
Beltway Report; Bureau Report; Privacy Report; Mobile Payments Report; Mortgage Report; Operations Report; Preemption Report; Arbitration Report; and TCPA Report.
Excerpt from Beltway Report:...more