CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

On November 4, 2020, California voters approved of the ballot initiative Proposition 24, more commonly known as the California Privacy Rights Act (the “CPRA”). The CPRA goes into effect on January 1, 2023, and will expand several of the existing protections in the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

And except when you’re the first retailer to get rung up under the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA is similar to the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ), which took effect in 2018. The California law is more specific and more punitive for breaches. Except when it’s a lawsuit.

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American Banker

AUGUST 23, 2023

A new state regulation brings consumer-style rules to the small business realm, extending California regulators' ability to crack down on nonbank lenders that engage in questionable practices. Observers believe that it could be a model for other states.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The FDIC issued guidance about the consumer compliance risks associated with assessing NSF arising from the re-presentment of the same unpaid transaction. On May 5, 2022, the federal bank regulators jointly released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPR) to strengthen and modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) regulations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Data Discovery enables businesses to identify sensitive data that will require specific regulatory compliance measures. Accutive said that the combination of both solutions supports organizations’ data protection compliance and security needs under GDPR , HIPAA and other data protection regulations.

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American Banker

JANUARY 8, 2024

The legislation is the latest step in California's effort to crack down on high-cost small-business loans.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Staying abreast of these various compliance shifts can be costly and challenging for banks, but doing so is necessary to ensure that financial institutions’ (FIs) operations can run smoothly and ward off cyberattacks. Compliance, Cybercrime And The Cloud . Most banks are familiar with how quickly regulatory requirements can change.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 5, 2019

The California Department of Business Oversight has sent an email to servicers notifying them of the publication of its final student loan servicer regulations , which became effective March 28, 2019. The rules create seven new articles under a new chapter of the California Code of Regulations.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

In this podcast, we discuss the key aspects of the recently-proposed regulations to implement the CCPA, identify issues clarified by the proposal or left unresolved, compliance challenges raised by CCPA requirements for financial incentives and consumer requests received by large businesses, next steps (including the likely timeline for final regulations (..)

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

A new law in California requires companies to explain exactly what customer information, if any, is being sold to third parties, according to a report by Reuters. Retailers are rushing to achieve compliance, adding links to websites with “Do Not Sell My Info” buttons and creating signage in stores to the same effect.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2020

The EU enacted open banking rules in 2018, inspiring regulators worldwide to reconsider how they were transacting funds or transmitting data. The COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on daily business has generated new questions surrounding these initiatives that regulators are now scrambling to answer. and the EU. Australia and Canada.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Consumers and businesses have been moving online in recent years, and regulators from the European Union to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region have worked to keep up with this migration. The pandemic is dramatically altering how merchants can transact, which data they can store and where they can store it, however.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 15, 2022

In 2019, California enacted AB 539 which, effective January 1, 2020, limited the interest rate that can be charged on loans of $2,500 to $10,000 by lenders licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL) to 36% plus the federal funds rate. Section 160.110(d). Section 7.4001(e).

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

New proposed legislation in California, backed by state Attorney General (“AG”) Xavier Becerra, would amend the new California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) to make it easier for private plaintiffs and public officials to sue for violations while further increasing regulatory uncertainty and compliance costs for businesses.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

The high fees charged by private firms that are hired by the courts to operate e-filing systems and that are often passed onto consumers who pay with a credit card have been capped by a bill approved by California Governor Jerry Brown on Sept. Convenience fees charged by Tyler range from 2.75 percent to 3.5 There were 7.5 There were 7.5

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 10, 2021

At the press conference, California Attorney General Rob Bonta summarized the first year of enforcement of the CCPA and provided specific examples of actions businesses have taken to rectify alleged violations following receipt of a notice of noncompliance. Enforcement updates. This CPRA provision becomes operative in January 2023.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 14, 2021

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued modifications to its proposed regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 12, 2021

SB 1235 requires the DFPI to issue regulations implementing the specific requirements of the disclosures that must be given to recipients. Compliance with the new disclosure requirements is not required until the DFPI’s final regulations become effective. Modifications to the proposal were issued in April 2021.

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Payments Source

MAY 13, 2019

Manuel Alvarez, who became commissioner of the Department of Business Oversight on Monday, is the former general counsel and chief compliance officer at the online lender Affirm.

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Payments Source

DECEMBER 31, 2019

A California regulator on Monday denied a lending license to the point-of-sale financier Sezzle in a detailed written decision that could have broader consequences for upstart consumer lenders.

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CFPB Monitor

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation has published a fourth round of modifications to implement SB 1235 , the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

In 2019, California enacted AB-539, the Fair Access to Credit Act (FACA), which, effective January 1, 2020, limits the interest rate that can be charged on loans of $2,500 to $10,000 by lenders licensed under the California Financing Law (CFL) to 36% plus the federal funds rate. A number of states have challenged these regulations.

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American Banker

JUNE 1, 2023

The Federal Reserve Board and California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation want to ensure the shuttered bank makes good on its commitment to self-liquidate and make depositors whole. It also wants full cooperation on an investigation into FTX ties.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The district judge upheld the state's regulations mandating that nonbanks disclose the annual percentage rate, finance charges and fees on financings of $500,000 or less.

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BankInovation

MAY 26, 2021

Financial institutions should expect data privacy laws like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) to spread to other states and countries, creating pressure on multinational banks.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Facebook is turning off a number of functions in its Instagram and Messenger apps for European users after new a European Union regulation called the “ePrivacy directive” began covering messaging apps as of Dec. It takes time to rebuild products in a way that work seamlessly for people and also comply with new regulation.”.

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Around the nation, regulators are preparing to implement and enforce new consumer-like disclosure laws for small business commercial finance providers. New York regulators have yet to issue final regulations implementing the state’s Commercial Finance Disclosure Law (CFDL), which went into effect on January 1, 2022.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Citigroup didn't admit any wrongdoing in its settlement of allegations by regulators that employees denied credit cards to people in Southern California suspected of being of Armenian origin.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

As can be seen, the conference largely revolved around payments, artificial intelligence, fintech partnerships/management, regulation, and fraud/identity in its various forms. The discussions were healthier, more compliance-focused, and with little expectations that banks were going to offer crypto to their customers any time soon.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2024

Surprise overdraft fees and charges incurred by consumers who cash bad checks likely violate the law, state Attorney General Rob Bonta said. His message was especially notable because it was aimed at smaller institutions that have gotten less scrutiny from Washington.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2017

The lead regulator for U.S. The OCC also lowered its overall score of Wells Fargo’s compliance with community banking laws to “needs to improve.”. banks, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, removed Wells Fargo’s most senior bank examiner, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Maxine Waters, U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The impact of the regulation on the way payments and authentication can be conducted is being felt throughout the EU, but regulators in a variety of markets are still evaluating how SCA can best be applied. Some SCA compliance questions are easier to answer than others. websites, even in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

PAAY’s latest utility set “combines 3DS, hardware-based encryption, and vaultless tokenization to provide merchants a liability shift, strong customer authentication, data confidentiality, and compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD2),” according to the statement.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The Golden State appears poised to preempt the Securities and Exchange Commission by enacting rules that would require larger firms to make detailed disclosures about their greenhouse gas emissions. Banking groups are concerned that the state regime won't align with federal rules.

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Payments Source

MARCH 8, 2016

Obtaining money transmitter licenses in every state has been a lengthy process for WorldRemit, but one that paid off big this month when the company became regulated in California.

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American Banker

MARCH 21, 2023

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The Privacy Collective , a London nonprofit whose mission is to protect privacy, has filed suit with the District Court of Amsterdam, accusing the software companies of breaching the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in their processing and sharing of people’s information by third-party tracking cookies.

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