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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Update on Cash Savings Market

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Since publication of the review, the FCA has seen improvements in both the rates available to savers and the volume and timing of firms' communications to savings customers. However, despite these improvements, the review of...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Review of Implementation of Price and Value Outcome Under Consumer Duty

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published its findings from the first year of the implementation of the price and value outcome under the Consumer Duty. The specific focus of the price and value outcome rules is to ensure...more

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UK Announces Final Reforms to Financial Services Retail Disclosure Requirements

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Post Brexit, the U.K. Government and Financial Conduct Authority are committed to the ongoing reform programme to reinvigorate the U.K.'s capital markets. As part of this, the Government and FCA are committed to replacing...more

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Financial Conduct Authority Policy Statement on Rules for Access to Cash

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The Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement on the final rules and guidance for a new regulatory regime to support access to cash for the consumers and businesses that rely on it, along with a research...more

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Insights – June 2024

Explore the unique considerations for mergers and acquisitions in the AI sector, the return of IPOs, the implications of new Supreme Court decisions and other developments in this edition of Skadden’s quarterly Insights....more

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Florida Expands its “De-Banking” Law

Florida is one of several states that has enacted “de-banking” legislation that requires financial institutions to provide consumers with fair access to financial products and services. On May 3, Governor DeSantis signed into...more

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The UK’s Pursuit of Open Finance

In April 2024, the UK government reiterated its vision for open finance, with UK Economic Secretary Bim Afolami (MP) announcing the creation of the Open Finance Taskforce at the 2024 Innovate Finance Global Summit. The...more

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CFPB Brings String of Enforcement Actions to Round Out 2023

In December, the CFPB brought a series of three separate enforcement actions against several financial services companies alleging a range of violations of federal consumer protections laws....more

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Beyond the Betrayal: Navigating Strategies for Victims of APP Fraud

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Authorised Push Payment (“APP”) fraud, where victims are tricked into authorising payments to fraudsters, resulted in losses of £485.2m in 2022 and is reported to have risen by 22% in 2023. With consumer protection laws...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights - Issue 2, July 2023

CFPB Issue Spotlight Analyzes “Artificial Intelligence” Chatbots in Banking - "Poorly deployed chatbots can impede customers from resolving problems." Why this is important: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau...more

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The Consumer Duty - One Month to Go

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With the implementation deadline looming, the FCA has set out some additional guidance for firms. With one month to go until the Consumer Duty (Duty) implementation deadline of 31 July 2023 (for new and existing products...more

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All Consuming - Financial Litigation Insights, V 4, Issue 1, June 2023

CFPB - Regulators Take Aim at AI to Protect Consumers and Workers - “In the past year, the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau said it has fined banks over mismanaged automated systems that resulted in wrongful home...more

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Priorities, Priorities: what is not in the FCAs latest Business Plan

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The UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) 2023 Business plan suggests some subtle amendments to the priorities previously set out in its three-year strategy....more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Publishes Final Rules and Guidance for New Consumer Duty

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its final rules and guidance for the new Consumer Duty, which is intended to establish clearer standards for consumer protection across the financial services industry. The...more

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The Current Landscape of Bank-Fintech Partnerships - The Consumer Finance Podcast

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Please join Troutman Pepper Consumer Financial Services Partner Chris Willis and his guest and fellow Partner Jeremy Rosenblum as they discuss the current landscape of bank-fintech partnerships, including how bank-fintech...more

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UK Complaints Commissioner Upholds Complaints Against UK Financial Conduct Authority's Compensation and Complaints Scheme

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The U.K. Financial Regulators' Complaints Commissioner has published its final report upholding complaints from over 400 complainants concerning: (i) the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's failures of regulation concerning...more

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UK Financial Conduct Authority Announces New Approach to Speed Up Issuing Statutory Notices

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published a policy statement setting out its new approach to issuing statutory notices, which will take effect from November 26, 2021. The FCA publishes statutory notices when...more

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UK Conduct Regulator Calls for Changes to Regulatory Perimeter

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The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has published its annual Perimeter Report. The report discusses the FCA's existing remit and highlights areas where potential consumer harm could be mitigated if the regulatory perimeter...more

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Financial Regulatory Developments Focus - November 2018 #3

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In this week’s newsletter, we provide a snapshot of the principal U.S., European and global financial regulatory developments of interest to banks, investment firms, broker-dealers, market infrastructure providers, asset...more

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The Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018 significantly increases state regulation

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Noting, among other things, “retrenchment” on the federal level, the Maryland Financial Consumer Protection Act of 2018 (HB 1634) was signed into law on May 15, 2018. ...more

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CFPB proposes revisions to trial disclosure policy

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The CFPB is proposing significant revisions to its “Policy to Encourage Trial Disclosure Programs” (TDP Policy), which sets forth the Bureau’s standards and procedures for exempting individual companies, on a case-by-case...more

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CFPB issues Summer 2018 Supervisory Highlights

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The CFPB’s newly-released Summer 2018 edition of Supervisory Highlights represents the CFPB’s first Supervisory Highlights report covering supervisory activities conducted under Acting Director Mick Mulvaney’s leadership. ...more

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Marketplace Lending Update: Who’s My Lender?

Over the last several weeks, two notable cases in federal court challenging certain aspects of the business model of marketplace lending companies headed down separate paths. ...more

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Washington state legislature passes bill to expand coverage of service member protections and provide additional protections

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The Washington state Senate and House of Representatives have passed a bill (House Bill 1056) that would expand the coverage of the Washington Service Members’ Civil Relief Act (WSCRA) and provide additional protections to...more

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Under New Leadership, CFPB No Longer Interested In Pushing The Envelope On Consumer Protection Laws

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On January 23, 2018, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) Acting Director, Mick Mulvaney, issued a mission statement to the CFPB redirecting the agency’s mission and focus. Mulvaney emphasized that the law...more

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