Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: California Consumer Finance Law - Hot Topics and Recent Developments
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On October 11, 2024, the California Office of Administrative Law approved and filed with the California Secretary of State proposed regulations by the California Department of Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) to establish...more
In the wake of the Office of Administrative Law’s approval of its registration and reporting requirements for providers of income-based advances, private postsecondary education financing, debt settlement services, and...more
Last month, we discussed the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (DFPI) newly approved regulations for direct-to-consumer earned wage access (EWA) products. These regulations, approved by the Office...more
The ink is barely dry on the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation’s (“DFPI” or the “Department”) newly approved regulation package PRO 01-21, and DFPI has already begun to take steps to implement...more
California frequently is in the vanguard of consumer financial issues and legislation, foreshadowing trends that may spread to other states. Today’s episode, during which we explore important hot topics and recent...more
On April 25, 2024, California’s Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (“DFPI”) released its Annual Report of Activity Under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law for 2023 (“Annual Report”). The Annual...more
Last week the California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation issued a report of its activities under the California Consumer Financial Protection Law. The California legislature enacted the CCFPL in 2020 for the...more
On April 14, the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) released a third round of modifications to proposed regulations for implementing and interpreting certain sections of the California...more
The Department of Financial Protection & Innovation's website includes a link to an Excel spreadsheet listing the designation of of location(s) for service of legal process on financial institutions. This listing is the...more
The California Department of Financial Protection & Innovation recently issued is 2021 Annual Report of Operation of Finance Lenders, Brokers, and PACE Administrators Licensed Under the California Financing Law. The DFPI...more
California's governor issued an executive order requiring state agencies, led by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, to create a "transparent" regulatory framework for blockchain technologies and digital...more
The regulation and enforcement of financial technology (Fintech) remains in sharp focus for California’s consumer finance regulator, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), as it moves into its second...more
Last August, I alerted readers of this blog to the Department of Financial Protection & Innovation's determination to require all existing licensees under the California Financing Law to transition to the Nationwide...more
In 2006, the California legislature reestablished the requirement that certain state agencies designate a small business liaison. Cal. Gov't Code § 11148.5 added by Cal. Stats. 2006, Ch. 234. A state agency is subject to...more
The California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) and the new California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) will significantly impact consumer financial services regulation in California. In...more
The Situation: On January 1, 2021, the California Consumer Financial Protection Law ("CCFPL") will go into effect, and the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation ("DFPI") will become the financial sector's new...more