On March 11, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or “Bureau”) issued a Rescission of Statement of Policy rescinding its January 24, 2020 Policy Statement regarding the prohibition on abusive acts or practices (“2020 Policy Statement”). The CFPB indicates that it is rescinding the 2020 Policy Statement “to better protect consumers and the marketplace … and to enforce the law… Read More
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FDIC Brokered Deposits Final Rule: Key Aspects for Broker Dealers
Posted in Regulatory DevelopmentsOn January 22, 2021, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) published its final rule (“Final Rule”) revising and modernizing its regulations related to brokered deposits and the interest rate restrictions that apply to insured depository institutions (“IDIs”) that are less than well capitalized. Under Section 29 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, certain IDIs that are not… Read More
CFPB Takes a Step Away from “You Know It When You See It” Standard for UDAAP Abusiveness
Posted in CFPB, Regulatory Developments, UDAAPOn February 6, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a Statement of Policy Regarding Prohibition on Abusive Acts or Practices to “convey and foster greater certainty” regarding how it will apply the “abusiveness” standard in exercising its sweeping UDAAP authority under the Dodd-Frank Act. This is a welcome move by the Bureau, which previously… Read More
Attorneys General Push Against OCC’s Attempts to Codify “Valid When Made” Rule
Posted in Credit Cards, Regulatory DevelopmentsOn January 21, 2020, twenty-two State Attorneys General and the Hawaii Office of Consumer Protection submitted a comment letter to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency in opposition to its proposed rulemaking to resolve the “confusion” stemming from the Second Circuit’s 2015 decision in Madden v. Midland Funding LLC. Read our client alert.
California Regulator Reiterates that Credit Sales Cannot be Used to Evade Financing Law
Posted in Regulatory DevelopmentsIn two recent actions, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) addressed whether companies that purchase retail installment contracts should be considered bona fide purchasers of credit sales or whether those transactions should be considered loans subject to the California Financing Law (CFL). In doing so, the DBO reiterates existing case law and sets forth… Read More
Are You a Money Transmitter in Massachusetts? In Rhode Island?
Posted in Regulatory DevelopmentsAs we enter 2020, the payments and money transmission regulatory landscape continues to evolve on a state-by-state basis. Newly adopted regulations in Massachusetts affirm that “agent of a payee” transactions meeting certain criteria, as well as funds transfer services provided to business customers, are not subject to regulation under the state’s money transmission law. Additionally,… Read More
Long Awaited HVCRE Rule Clarifies Capital Treatment of Certain Real Estate Loans
Posted in Regulatory DevelopmentsOn November 19, 2019, the federal banking agencies issued a final rule that incorporates a new definition of an “HVCRE exposure” into the U.S. regulatory capital rules. The new definition is substantially that of an “HVCRE ADC loan” from Section 214 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, enacted into law on… Read More
After Madden, OCC and FDIC Propose to Reaffirm “Valid When Made” Rule
Posted in Regulatory DevelopmentsThe Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation have taken steps to reaffirm the “valid when made” doctrine in response to Madden. We discuss the key takeaways from the agencies’ proposed rules and how this will affect all national banks and state banks. Read our client alert.
Is Payroll Processing Money Transmission? New York May Be Weighing In
Posted in Electronic Payments, Regulatory Developments, State RegulatorsIt seems like a natural progression for a company that provides any sort of payments-related information processing to migrate from handling data about payments to seeking to handle the payments themselves. But it can be a challenge for any company, particularly a younger one, to determine whether a payments-related service it wishes to offer —… Read More
Uncharted Waters: California Regulator Issues Draft Commercial Financing Disclosure Regulation
Posted in Regulatory DevelopmentsOn July 26, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) issued a draft regulation and draft disclosures to implement the state’s first-of-its-kind commercial financing disclosure law enacted last year. With this draft regulation, the DBO wades into uncharted waters in implementing the first law requiring disclosures of key terms in connection with certain commercial financings by non-banks. Read our client… Read More