On March 5, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized a rule intended to limit late payment fees on credit cards issued by the largest credit card issuers. The
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CFPB Sued By Industry Over Credit Card Late Fee Rule
On March 7, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and bank trade groups including the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce, Longview Chamber of Commerce, American Bankers Association, Consumer Bankers Association, and…
Continue Reading CFPB Sued By Industry Over Credit Card Late Fee RuleDistrict Court Declares Corporate Transparency Act Unconstitutional
On March 1, 2024, Judge Liles C. Burke of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama found the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA or Act) unconstitutional on the…
Continue Reading District Court Declares Corporate Transparency Act UnconstitutionalFinCEN Proposes Rulemaking Imposing New Residential Real Estate Reporting Requirements
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has long recognized non-financed (i.e., “all-cash”) transfers of residential real estate as susceptible of money laundering because these methods…
Continue Reading FinCEN Proposes Rulemaking Imposing New Residential Real Estate Reporting RequirementsSEC Expands Dealer Registration Requirements
On Feb. 6, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new Rules 3a5-44 and 3a44-2 (the final rules) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange…
Continue Reading SEC Expands Dealer Registration RequirementsCFPB Broadens Supervisory Appeals Process
On Feb. 16, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) updated its internal supervisory appeals process for institutions seeking to appeal a compliance rating or an adverse material finding. This…
Continue Reading CFPB Broadens Supervisory Appeals ProcessHawaii’s Money Transmitters Modernization Act Will No Longer Apply to Cryptocurrency Activities
On Jan. 25, 2024, the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Division of Financial Institutions (DFI) and the Hawaii Technology Development Corporation (collectively, the “Agencies”) jointly issued a press…
Continue Reading Hawaii’s Money Transmitters Modernization Act Will No Longer Apply to Cryptocurrency ActivitiesLawmakers Introduce Resolution to Nullify SEC’s Crypto Accounting Bulletin
U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) and Reps. Wiley Nickel (D-NC) and Mike Flood (R-NE) are working to overturn a controversial Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) staff accounting bulletin, SAB 121…
Continue Reading Lawmakers Introduce Resolution to Nullify SEC’s Crypto Accounting BulletinCFPB Issues Proposed Rule to Stop ‘Junk Fees’ on Bank Accounts
On Jan. 24, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released a proposed rule that would, if finalized in its present form, prohibit financial institutions from charging non-sufficient funds (NSF)…
Continue Reading CFPB Issues Proposed Rule to Stop ‘Junk Fees’ on Bank AccountsMontana Attorney General Confirms Certain Earned Wage Access Products Are Not Loans
On Dec. 22, 2023, Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen issued an opinion clarifying that certain Earned Wage Access products are not loans under either the Montana Consumer Loan Act or the Montana Deferred Deposit Loan Act.
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