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Court Allows Borrower To Challenge Department's Decision To Issue A Finance Lender's License

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A lot has changed since George Gerro filed an action seeking a declaration that the California finance lender's license issued to BlockFi Lending LLC  was both void and improperly issued: Blockfi has filed for bankruptcy; the...more

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California Bill Would Deem Some Lenders As Licensed

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California generally requires that persons engaged in the business of making loans be licensed.  If not licensed under some other statute (such as the banking, credit union or residential mortgage lending laws), a lender will...more

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Court Ruling Deals Blow To DFPI's "True Lender" Theory

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While the California Financing Law defines "finance lender", it does so in a very open-ended and nonspecific manner.  Cal. Fin. Code § 22009 ("'Finance lender' includes any person who is engaged in the business of making...more

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Legislator Proposes To Expand CFL To Encompass "Commercial Brokers"

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The California Financing Law currently requires the licensing of "finance lenders" and "brokers".   Cal. Fin. Code § 22100.  A "finance lender" is defined to include "any person who is engaged in the business of making...more

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Finance Lenders: It's Time To Pay Your Annual Assessment

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The California Financing Law requires each licensed lender, broker, and program administrator licensee to pay its pro rata share of all costs and expenses of the administration of the law, as estimated by the Commissioner,...more

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Court: OTC Company Has The Capacity To Protect Its Own Interests

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Notably, California has a constitutional limitation on interest rates (Cal. Const. Art. XV, Section 1).   Section 25118 exempts certain evidences of indebtedness that meet specified conditions.  One of these conditions is...more

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