Mar 7, 2019 | Banks & Credit Unions, FinTech, News
← Previous Article Next Article → According to a recent report by TransUnion, personal loan balances reached a record $138 billion in 2018. The growth in personal loans was led by fintech firms, which made more personal loans than banks, credit unions, and...
Mar 6, 2019 | Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → In 2015, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling in Madden v. Midland Funding that seemed to overturn the “valid-when-made” doctrine, sending shock waves through the financial services sector. Denied a hearing by...
Mar 2, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), has filed a lawsuit seeking to enforce a Civil Investigative Demand (CID) against the Law Offices of Crystal Moroney, (LOCM) a debt collection law firm. It is the first CFPB...
Feb 28, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → At a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, February 26, Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA-43), chairwoman of the Committee, openly questioned whether the credit reporting sector “is so beyond repair that we...
Feb 26, 2019 | Congressional Legislation, Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → There are nine ways that the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) can reduce the risk of regulatory capture, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The OCC, led by the Comptroller of the Currency...
