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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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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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DFPI Charges Digital Asset Company With More Than 50,000 CFL Violations

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Yesterday's post concerned a bill pending in the California legislature that would impose a licensing requirement on persons engaging in "digital financial asset business activity", or holding itself out as being able to...more

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DFPI Wants To Know: Whom Shall We Regulate?

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Last year, California enacted AB 1864, Cal. Stats. 2020, Ch. 157, creating the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) under Division 24 of the Financial Code.  Remarkably, the legislature left it up to the...more

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DFPI Rings In The New Year By Issuing A Dozen Subpoenas

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Yesterday, the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation announced that it had issued "subpoenas to a dozen companies with significant California customer bases, representing the first major action to be taken under...more

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