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| Aug 12, 2020 | Internacional: RevenueCat cierra una ronda de $15M a la que acuden Index Ventures, SaaStr, Oakhouse Partners, Adjacent, Buckley Ventures, YCombinator y 20VC | 12/08/2020
INTERNACIONAL: REVENUECAT CIERRA UNA RONDA DE $15 MILLONES A LA QUE ACUDEN INDEX VENTURES, SAASTR, OAKHOUSE PARTNERS, ADJACENT, BUCKLEY VENTURES, YCOMBINATOR Y 20VC.
RevenueCat ha cerrado una ronda de $15 millones liderada por ... |
| Jun 24, 2020 | BitLicense at 5: Despite Architect Lawsky's Hopes, Few States Copied NY Rules | As Benjamin Lawsky, then the head of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), was readying his cryptocurrency business licensing regime in October 2014, he told a group of law students it was highly likely other states w... |
| Congress Releases Draft Privacy Bill | A comprehensive federal privacy law drew one step closer to reality earlier this month when a bipartisan group of representatives and senators released a draft of the proposed American Data Privacy and Protection Act.
Passage of the ADPPA, ... |
| Trailer Bill Would Enact California Consumer Financial Protection Law | A trailer bill accompanying the governor’s proposed 2020-2021 state budget would expand the Department of Business Oversight’s (DBO) authority and enact the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (Law).
Specifically, the provisions ou... |
| Companies Doing Business in China Caught in a Double Bind | Continuing tensions between the U.S. and China are creating concerns for multinational companies doing business in China. Last June, China enacted the Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, designed to counteract “discriminatory restrictive measures e... |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Proposes Small Business Loan Data Collection Regime | Over a decade ago, Congress enacted an amendment to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act that directed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to implement a new regime for small business loan data collection similar to the regime that exists ... |
| HUD Finalizes New Disparate Impact Regulation | The Department of Housing and Urban Development earlier this month issued a final disparate impact regulation under the Fair Housing Act (Final Rule). HUD’s new Final Rule is intended to align its disparate impact regulation, adopted in 201... |
| Federal and State Authorities Take Significant Actions to Address Mortgage Servicing Concerns | On December 7, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Multi-State Mortgage Committee of state mortgage banking regulators, and every state attorney general took actions against a large nonbank mortgage company for alleged violations pert... |
| Summary of CFPB Mortgage Servicing Rules Proposals | Following years of discussion about the wisdom of “national servicing standards” and piecemeal efforts to impose rules of conduct through enforcement actions against individual servicers, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) ha... |
| DOJ Announces New Policy on Pursuing Individuals in Corporate Resolutions | U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said at a conference this morning that the U.S. Department of Justice has revised its guidelines relating to corporate resolutions with the DOJ, particularly as those guidelines relate to charging... |
| Office of Foreign Assets Control Encourages Humanitarian Aid, Promises Consideration for Covid-19 Compliance Challenges | The Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control recently took two actions to address the impact of Covid-19. First, OFAC issued a fact sheet that consolidates existing authorizations and guidance permitting humanitarian, a... |
| Fifth Circuit Muddles CFPB's Plans to Use In-House Judges in Enforcement Proceedings | An appeals court decision earlier this month represents potentially the most significant incursion on regulators' authority to bring administrative enforcement proceedings since the creation of the modern administrative state. The timing of... |
| CFPB Announces First HMDA Enforcement Actions, Issues HMDA Guidance | On October 9, the CFPB (or Bureau) announced it had assessed civil money penalties totaling $459,000 against two financial institutions—one bank and one nonbank—after examinations identified significant data errors in mortgage loans reporte... |
| California’s New Consumer Financial Protection Law Expands UDAAP and Enforcement Authority | On Monday, August 31, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 1864, which enacts the California Consumer Financial Protection Law (CCFPL) and changes the name of the Department of Business Oversight (DBO) to the Department of Financ... |
| Recent Regulatory Actions Impacting Virtual Currency Ecosystem | New York Virtual Currency Proposal Could Capture Bank Products, Card Rewards Programs
On July 17, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) proposed a rule intended to govern the virtual currency marketplace. The proposed rule i... |
| CFPB Issues Filing Instructions for Nonbank Registry | Nonbank financial institutions that have been subject to public orders resulting from regulatory actions now have filing instructions on reporting information to a new registry meant to help identify repeat offenders.
The Consumer Financial... |
| Agencies Issue Joint Statement On Fair Lending Compliance And The CFPB's ATR/QM Rule | On October 22, the CFPB, the OCC, the FDIC, the Federal Reserve Board, and the NCUA (collectively, the Agencies) issued a joint statement (Interagency Statement) in response to inquiries from creditors concerning their liability under the d... |
| Colorado Enacts Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law | On July 7, the Colorado governor signed SB 21-190 to create the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA) and establish a framework for personal data privacy rights. Colorado now joins Virginia and California as the third state in the nation to enact comp... |
| A Road Map for Tech Policy Experimentation | Experimentation is routinely used to develop vaccines that save lives, improve professional sports, and develop new consumer products. It is also widely used to test and improve public policy. Indeed, in 2019, the Royal Swedish Academy of S... |
| Fed Finalizes Rule for FedNow Platform | The Federal Reserve Board recently issued a final rule for its FedNow instant-payments platform that offers more clarity on how the new service will work while essentially adopting the proposed rule. FedNow will stand alongside private sect... |
| CFPB Takes Enforcement Action Against "Buy-Here, Pay-Here" Auto Dealer for Alleged Unfair Collection and Credit Reporting Tactics | On November 19, the CFPB announced an enforcement action against a ‘buy-here, pay-here’ auto dealer alleging unfair debt collection practices and the furnishing of inaccurate information about customers to credit reporting agencies. ‘Buy-he... |
| Orrick, Buckley Combine To Form Financial Services & Fintech Law Powerhouse | Orrick and Buckley jointly announced the strategic combination, which responds to growing demand from the most innovative companies and financial institutions for forward-looking regulatory and enforcement advice.
It also responds to demand... |
| Supreme Court Agrees to Review Constitutionality of CFPB’s Funding, But Not on an Expedited Basis | The Supreme Court granted the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) request to review the Fifth Circuit’s decision in Community Financial Services Association of America v. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau but so far has not exp... |
| CFPB’s Policy Statement Attempts to Clarify “Abusive” Conduct | On April 3, 2023, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a policy statement on its interpretation of the prohibition on abusive conduct under the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA). Director Rohit Chopra said the polic... |
| OCC Revises Guidance Regarding Consumer Protection Requirements to Overdraft Lines and Protection Services | On March 6, 2015, the OCC issued its revised “Deposit-Related Credit” booklet (“DRC booklet”) of the Comptroller’s Handbook, which replaced the “Deposit-Related Consumer Credit” booklet issued on February 11, 2015 (previously covered in thi... |
| Federal Reserve Board Guidance on Managing Outsourcing Risks Mirrors Recent OCC Guidance | On December 5, 2013, the Federal Reserve Board (FRB or the Fed) issued Supervision and Regulation Letter 13-19, which details and attaches the Fed’s Guidance on Managing Outsourcing Risk (FRB Guidance). The FRB Guidance sets forth risks ari... |
| Credit Cards 2016: Consumer Protection in Focus | The past year has seen heightened CFPB interest in the following areas: (i) deferred interest and rewards, (ii) limited English proficiency consumers, and (iii) the recent revisions to the Military Lending Act (MLA). Pursuing simplicity in ... |