As we discussed in a previous post, last October the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) added the development of guidance on disclosure requirements with respect to trade payables programs to their agenda. At the same meeting, FASB explicitly decided
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NYDFS Issues Pre-Proposed Rules to Implement New Commercial Financing Disclosure Law
The New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has issued “pre-proposed” rules under New York’s commercial financing disclosure law that was enacted at the end of 2020. The pre-proposed rules are 45 pages in length and were posted on the…
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Update on IFRS Disclosure Requirements for Supplier Finance Arrangements
Following on from our April 2020 post (where we discussed the call from certain accounting firms and others for guidance from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) on the treatment of trade payables programs) and our October 2020 post (where…
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Report by the Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities on the EU Securitisation Regulation
The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (the “Joint Committee” and the “ESAs”, respectively) has published a report on the implementation and functioning of the EU Securitisation Regulation (the “EUSR”) on 17 May 2021 (the “Report”).
The Report has…
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ESAs’ Opinion to the European Commission on the Jurisdictional Scope of Application of the EU Securitisation Regulation
The European Supervisory Authorities (the “ESAs”) have published an opinion on 25 March 2021 entitled “ESAs’ Opinion to the European Commission on the Jurisdictional Scope of Application of the Securitisation Regulation” (the “Opinion”). The Opinion, which is addressed to the…
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Illinois Imposes Strict 36% Usury Cap for a Range of Consumer Finance Products and Providers
On March 23, 2021, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed into law Senate Bill 1792, enacting the Predatory Loan Prevention Act (PLPA) and capping interest at an “all-in” 36% APR (similar to the Military Lending Act’s MAPR) for a variety of…
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Amendments to the EU Securitisation Regulation – the new synthetic STS framework and adjustments in relation to non-performing exposures
Two regulations amending the EU Securitisation Regulation and the Capital Requirements Regulation (the “CRR”) respectively have now come into force. Regulation (EU) 2021/557 of the European Parliament and of the Council (the “SR Amendment Regulation”) and Regulation (EU) 2021/558 of…
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Congress Prepares to Invalidate OCC’s True Lender Rule
On Thursday (March 26, 2021), Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to invalidate the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) true lender rule. The resolution is co-sponsored by Senate Banking…
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NY Expands Coverage of Recently Enacted Commercial Financing Disclosure Law
As expected, New York has broadened the reach of its new commercial financing disclosure law less than two months after its enactment. S.B. 5470 imposed a range of Truth in Lending-like disclosure requirements on a variety of commercial financing transactions.…
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Irrevocable Payment Undertakings and Buyer-Led Supply Chain Finance; Mass Confusion Abounds
Many supply chain finance programs are structured on what is called a “buyer-led” or “buyer-focused” basis. In certain of these types of programs, although the bank or other financier providing the program (the “Finance Provider”) may purchase accounts receivable represented…
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