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CA DFPI provides assurance of no action to debt collection license applicants experiencing NMLS delays

By Ballard CFS Group on December 28, 2021

Posted in CADFPI, Debt Collection, State Licensing

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has published a notice on its website concerning delays that debt collectors and buyers seeking to comply with the new licensing requirement in the state’s Debt Collection Licensing Act are currently experiencing.

The new law, passed in September 2020, requires debt collectors and buyers to apply…

PA banking regulator reiterates licensing guidance for fintech companies

By John L. Culhane, Jr. & Scott M. Pearson on October 23, 2017

Posted in Regulatory and Enforcement, State Licensing, Technology

Earlier this month, the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities issued a letter to “all persons engaged in activity regulated or licensed by the [Department] regardless of the means of delivery of such regulated financial service” which it described as intended to “reiterate[] and remind[]” such persons of its existing licensing guidance. A number of…

Minnesota AG files lawsuit against pension advance companies

By Barbara S. Mishkin on August 17, 2017

Posted in CFPB Enforcement, Regulatory and Enforcement, State Enforcement, State Licensing, Usury

The Minnesota Attorney General announced that she has filed a lawsuit in state court against two pension advance companies.

According to the AG’s press release, the companies often solicited borrowers through their own websites or websites of “lead generators” who marketed “pension loans” or “loans that can fit your needs.” The press release states…