Oct 26, 2018 | Litigation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → This week, there have been several important legal developments in the small-dollar financial services industry: the Georgia Supreme Court ruled that cash advances are not always loans; the Consumer Financial Protection...
Oct 25, 2018 | News, Tribal Sovereignty
← Previous Article Next Article → The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on Wednesday to question Eric Miller, President Trump’s nominee to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, which is arguably the most influential circuit court as it covers nearly 20...
Oct 19, 2018 | Banks & Credit Unions, News
← Previous Article Next Article → The Center for Indian Country Development (CICD) has recently unveiled a new interactive map of Native American-owned financial institutions. The map includes the locations and asset sizes of banks, credit unions, and...
Oct 18, 2018 | News, Online Lending
← Previous Article Next Article → Pew Charitable Trusts, an organization founded on religious conviction and oil profits, has published a new report on installment loans, making the argument that state laws are putting the borrowers of these loans at risk....
Oct 16, 2018 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), recently announced that the CFPB would issue a regulation that would provide clarity around “unfair, deceptive or abusive acts or practices,”...
Oct 12, 2018 | Federal Regulation, News
← Previous Article Next Article → The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced on July 31 that it would begin accepting applications for national bank charters from nondepository financial technology companies engaged in banking businesses....
