CFPB's Focus on Student Loan Servicing: Insights from the Office of Servicemember Affairs Report — The Consumer Finance Podcast
The Evolving Landscape of B2B Payments: Regulatory Trends and Financial Practices Explained — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau vs. the Video Game Industry
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Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Regulators Escalate Focus on the Risks of Bank Relationships with Fintechs and Other Third Parties
The Standard Formula Podcast | Insurers in Difficulty: Staying Compliant Under Solvency II
The CFPB's Report on Negative Equity in Auto Lending — Crossover Episode With Moving the Metal Podcast — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Fintech Focus Podcast | Managing a Workforce in a Regulated Environment
Why Retailers and Merchants Should Pay Attention to the CFPB - The Consumer Finance Podcast
Navigating Emerging Privacy Issues in Financial Services — The Consumer Finance Podcast
2024 State Legislative Review: Key Payment Laws and Their Impacts — Payments Pros – The Payments Law Podcast
Business Better Podcast Episode: FinCEN’s Notice of Proposed Regulations to Strengthen and Modernize AML/CFT Compliance Programs
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: The CFPB’s Registry of Nonbanks and Circular that Certain Contract Terms Violate Law
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce’s Michelle Macartney — The Consumer Finance Podcast
FTC CFPB Enforcement Report — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Safeguard your Business: Dinsmore's Craig Horbus on Combatting the Rising Threat of ACH Fraud
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: Why do Fintechs Want to Become Banks?
#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOJ Whistleblower Program - What Employers Must Know - Employment Law This Week®
Credit Card Late Fees Have the CFPB's Interest
Navigating FCRA and Debt Collection With Special Guest Bridgeforce's Michelle Macartney — FCRA Focus Podcast
“Tontines” are a very old form of investment, and there have been many variations. The basic idea is that the longest surviving investors in tontines will be credited with tontine assets attributable to investors who...more
Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more
The FCA consultation paper CP24/7 “Payment Optionality for Investment Research” considers the reintroduction of the bundling of research payments with broker’s execution fees....more
Australian Update - Australian Securities and Investments Commission Continues Greenwashing Enforcement Efforts - On 28 February 2024, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) reported that an outsourced...more
Start Planning Now to Reduce Your Increased Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Conflicts of Interest Risks The introduction and use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) and predictive data analytics (PDAs) by...more
Welcome to the latest edition of the Spectrum, covering hot-topic issues in the structured finance markets in the U.S. and UK. This edition features the shifting single-family rental landscape, what’s next for EDGAR, and...more
On Oct. 24, 2023, Gurbir Grewal, the Director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) Enforcement Division, spoke to the NY Bar Association Compliance Institute about his views concerning faltering public trust...more
Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R. Wyo.) and Kristen Gillibrand (D. N.Y.) have reintroduced their landmark bipartisan crypto bill known as the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act (“Lummis-Gillibrand Act” or “LG...more
Although the record-breaking deal activity of 2021 spilled over into 2022, headwinds in the first quarter developed into a significant slowdown during the rest of 2022, with an expectation of continued slowness as we enter...more
On December 21, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and denied in part the dismissal of a purported class action suit against a real estate property management company (the...more
Right now, one big question for companies is, “How do you balance the demands of investors and consumers against the political backdrop both nationally and at the state level?”...more
On August 24, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a draft of its strategic plan for 2022 – 2026, outlining its key initiatives for the next four years. The SEC’s mission is to protect investors, maintain...more
UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Brokers/Corporate Finance - Marginal improvement in investor sentiment for high-quality brokers, particularly across online brokerage, crypto trading...more
The DOL has issued FAQs that generally explain PTE 2020-02 and the expanded definition of fiduciary advice, particularly for rollover recommendations. The DOL’s expanded definition of fiduciary advice was described in...more
The Fed’s March meeting notes dropped on Wednesday, and they detailed the central bank’s plans to “shrink their portfolio of bond holdings imminently” as well as the “many” fed officials auguring for significant rate hikes in...more
THE SITUATION: In recent years, cryptocurrency has presented an exciting opportunity to invest in a new asset class—at the cost of accepting certain risks. Unlike traditional financial assets, cryptocurrency has lacked...more
At this time of significant challenge due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the American financial system is strong and resilient. Financial institutions across the country stand ready to support their customers, employees, and...more
Investors and investment managers around the globe are seeing increasing rules and regulations on how they can deploy their money, how they can advertise their services, and how they have to report to regulators. ...more
On October 13, 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") adopted Rule 22e-4 (the "Liquidity Rule") under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, to require each registered open-end management investment...more
Part Three of a Three-Part Series - In the third and final part of this series on marijuana-related businesses (“MRBs”), we explore how the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ”)...more
In remarks before the Economic Club of New York, new SEC Chairman Jay Clayton discussed eight guiding principles: Principle #1: The SEC’s mission is our touchstone. Investors and capital markets will suffer if the SEC...more
The SEC announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing...more
On March 22, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“Commission”) adopted a rule amendment that shortens the time by which most securities transactions effected by a broker-dealer are required to settle. Under the amendment,...more
It may lack some of the flourish of a BBG missive, but you can be sure that plenty of insiders are paying close attention to Mr. Buffet’s annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders....more
We learned about KraftHeinz’s offer to merge with Unilever only after it had been rejected. And now it appears to be off the table completely—all $143 billion of it....more