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Colorado Issues Student Loan Servicer License Applications

CFPB Monitor

The Colorado Attorney General’s Office recently published licensing applications for entities that are engaged in servicing student loans owed by Colorado residents. Such renewal forms will be posted online at a later date. Under the Colorado statute, student loan servicers must be licensed by January 31, 2020.

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Colorado Private Education Lender Registration Takes Effect September 1, and Schools Using Income Share Agreements Are Covered

CFPB Monitor

With Colorado’s private education lender registration scheduled to take effect on September 1 st , the Colorado Department of Law has just announced that they intend to bring a new group within their jurisdiction: private postsecondary schools that use income share agreements (ISAs) to help finance students’ education.

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Online lenders reach landmark settlement with Colorado

American Banker

Under the agreement, fintechs and their bank partners will have a safe legal harbor to offer loans, as long as their interest rates do not exceed 36% and they meet various other standards.

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Colorado’s new auto-renewal law

CFPB Monitor

While companies subject to other state’s auto-renewal laws and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act (“ROSCA”) will be familiar with the three-prong approach of upfront clear disclosure, simple cancellation, and ongoing reminders, the Colorado law goes a step further by imposing notice obligations on month-to-month renewals.

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Texas AG Paxton: More States Could File Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google 

PYMNTS

Paxton’s office also is looking into Google’s online advertising practices. FTC Commissioner Rohit Chopra also spoke at the conference and said antitrust regulators should rebuff Facebook’s position, Bloomberg reported. It was filed following a year-plus investigation into Google’s dominance in online search and advertising.

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How ‘Smart Bank Transfers’ Can Help Streamline B2B Payments

PYMNTS

Nowhere is that more true than in the legal cannabis industry where regulations are still evolving. For one firm, AeroPay — focused on bringing payment services to underserved markets — the cannabis market is but one that can benefit from the great digital shift for payments done in person or online.

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Can South Dakota Move The Needle On A Federal Online Sales Tax?

PYMNTS

This is proving particularly true for more and more cash-strapped states that have spent years staring at soaring traffic for online retailers but little — if any — increases in the taxes reaped from this digital, transcontinental economy. proper to occupy much of the conversation. And South Dakota, for one, has had enough.