On New Year’s Day, Congress overrode President Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2021 fiscal year, turning the bill into law without requiring the president’s signature. The NDAA includes the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 (AMLA),
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CFPB Task Force Releases Recommendations for Improving Financial Services Consumer Protection
On January 5, 2021, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) Taskforce on Federal Consumer Financial Law (Task Force) released a report (Report) recommending changes designed to contemporize and strengthen consumer financial protections, encourage competition and innovation, and improve…
FDIC Finalizes Supervisory Regime for Industrial Banks and their Controlling Shareholders
On December 15, 2020, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) setting forth standards to apply to controlling shareholders of industrial banks that are not subject to consolidated supervision by the Board of Governors of…
FinCEN Seeks to Expand Scope of Information Collection and Recordkeeping Requirements for Money Transmitters and other Financial Institutions
A new proposed rulemaking (the “NPRM”) would lower the current $3,000 threshold for the applicability of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) Recordkeeping Rule and Travel Rule to $250 for covered funds transfers that begin or end outside the United States.…
Is California’s Agent of a Payee Exemption Shrinking?
Earlier this year, the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) issued a draft rulemaking relating to the scope of the agent of a payee exemption (the “Exemption”) under the Money Transmission Act, Cal. Fin. Code § 2000 et seq. (MTA).…
CFPB California Style: The California Consumer Financial Protection Law Brings More Providers of Consumer Financial Products and Services Into the Regulatory Tent
On August 31, 2020, the California legislature passed the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL). The law reflects Governor Newsom’s vision of a much more powerful banking agency with new registration authority, UDAAP authority mirroring the authority of the CFPB,…
CFPB Issues RFI Seeking Information on the Impact of the CARD Act Regulations on Small Entities and on the Consumer Credit Card Market
On August 28, 2020, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau published a request for information to gather feedback on the economic impact on small entities of the rules that implement the Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009, and…
CFPB California Style: New Name Is Just the Start for a Much More Powerful Regulator
California has become the latest state to create its own mini Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). As part of the 2020-21 budget, Governor Gavin Newsom set in motion a reorganization and significant expansion of the authority of the California banking…
Take Two: State AGs Target the FDIC’s Final Rule Reaffirming Valid-When-Made Doctrine
Last week, the state attorneys general of seven states and the District of Columbia filed suit against the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) challenging the FDIC’s final rule reaffirming the valid-when-made doctrine for loans originated by state-chartered federally insured banks.…
Dropping Anchor in the (Safe) Harbor: Colorado “True Lender” Litigation Settles
Ending years of litigation, the Colorado Attorney General and the Administrator of the Colorado Uniform Consumer Credit Code (“Administrator”) announced a settlement with marketplace lenders Avant of Colorado, LLC and Marlette Funding, LLC (together, the “Non-Bank Partners”), and their bank partners WebBank…