• 08.02.18

    CFPB News: New Innovations Office, ‘Gentler’ Consent Orders

    The kinder, gentler Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (CFPB) has created a new office focused on emerging technology, announced a pair of consent orders that include minimal financial penalties, and continued to fend off constitutional challenges in federal court.

  • 08.02.18

    New York’s DFS Report Could Yield Increased Regulation

    Based on a law requiring a survey of online lending in the state, New York’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued a report on the methods of operation, lending practices, and risks and benefits of online lending, including recommendations that could lead to additional regulation of ...

  • 08.02.18

    California Continues Oversight of Student Loan Servicers

    Following in the recent footsteps of the California attorney general’s lawsuit against the country’s largest student loan servicer, the state’s Department of Business Oversight (DBO) sent letters to 12 servicers seeking information about why they have not applied for licenses ...

  • 08.02.18

    ALJs Could Get Political With New Executive Order

    The new executive order (EO) granting agency chiefs the power to hire administrative law judges (ALJs) according to their own standards—and eliminating the exam and competitive hiring process formerly in place—could turn the position of ALJ into a politicized one, critics of the move ...

  • 08.02.18

    One District Judge Says Ringless Voicemails Are TCPA ‘Calls’

    A ringless voicemail message (RVM)—technology that allows messages to be left directly on a consumer’s cell phone without requiring the consumer to answer—can be a handy communication tool for any business, but particularly so for financial services companies concerned with ...

  • 07.18.18

    States Work to Bring Banking Services to Marijuana Businesses

    States are pushing to allow or encourage banking services to be provided to marijuana-related businesses, with efforts spreading from California to New York.

  • 07.18.18

    California Considering Bill to Require Disclosures for Small Business Lending

    In new California commercial financing-related legislation, a pending state bill would mandate specified disclosures for small business lending, while a recently passed ordinance in Los Angeles will require banks doing business with the city to reveal if they use sales goals.

  • 07.18.18

    State Financial Regulators Settle With Equifax Over Data Breach

    Pursuant to a consent order with eight state financial regulators, Equifax agreed to take corrective actions following its record-breaking 2017 data breach, but avoided paying any fines or penalties.  

  • 07.18.18

    State AGs: No Need for Madden Fix Legislation

    A group of state attorneys general reached out to congressional leadership, pushing back against the Madden fix legislation pending in the U.S. House of Representatives.

  • 07.18.18

    California AG Hits Student Loan Servicer With Lawsuit

    California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced a lawsuit against Navient Corp. and its subsidiaries on behalf of the estimated 1.5 million borrowers living in the state, alleging misconduct in the servicing and collection of federal student loans.

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