Aug 14, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Seven amicus briefs have been sent to the U.S. Supreme Court supporting a review of Seila Law’s petition for a writ of certiorari, according to Alan S. Kaplinsky, partner with Ballard Spahr LLP. The amicus briefs were filed...
Aug 14, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that a debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA) when it informed a consumer about her debt obligations via an email that did not “imply the...
Aug 9, 2019 | Federal Regulation, FinTech, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Earlier this week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced the results of its No-Action Letter given to fintech company Upstart Network in late 2017. With the no-action policy, Upstart was able to show that...
Aug 8, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Earlier this week, Judge Lee Yeakel from the District Court for the Western District of Texas continued his “stay” of the compliance date for both the payment provisions and the mandatory underwriting provisions of the...
Aug 7, 2019 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Last week, we told readers that Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman Jerome Powell was “seriously considering” a real-time payments system. A week later, the Fed officially announced that it would begin developing a...
Aug 7, 2019 | Federal Regulation, Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → On August 2, 2019, the defendants and plaintiffs in a lawsuit over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) Small-Dollar Rule asked a Texas district court to continue its stay of the Rule, including both the...