The OCC’s true lender rule was intended to create a bright line test for when a national bank or federal savings association should be considered the “true lender” in the context of third party partnerships but Congress overturned the rule. After reviewing the relevant background, we examine the Congressional override’s implications for future federal true lender rulemaking and its impact on existing law, key federal and state court challenges and decisions, state legislative and administrative developments, and risk mitigants for bank/nonbank partnerships, including potential loan program structures.… Continue Reading
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Fans and Foes of OCC True Lender Rule Spar at Senate Committee “Rent-a-Bank” Hearing
As discussed in our earlier blog, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee held a hearing on April 28, 2021 entitled “The Reemergence of Rent-a-Bank?”.
The hearing focused primarily on the final “True Lender” rule issued by the OCC on October 27, 2020, which was effective December 29, 2020.… Continue Reading
House passes bills to facilitate online banking, allow federal savings associations to exercise national bank powers
The following bills were passed by the House earlier this week:
- The “Making Online Banking Initiation Legal and Easy (MOBILE) Act, H.R. 1457. Passed by a vote of 397-8, the MOBILE Act would allow a bank to scan and retain personal information from a state-issued driver’s license or personal identification card when an individual seeks to open an account online or obtain a financial product or service online.
Democratic Senators introduce bill to increase state AG oversight of national banks; Ballard Spahr to hold Jan. 11 webinar
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein announced that she and three other Democratic Senators have introduced a bill, the “Accountability for Wall Street Executives Act of 2017,” that would allow state attorneys general to issue investigative subpoenas to national banks in connection with suspected violations of state law.
The bill appears intended to overturn the U.S.… Continue Reading
OCC charters new national bank
Last week, the OCC announced that it had issued a full service national bank charter to Winter Park National Bank of Florida.
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika released a statement in which he stated that Winter Park is “the first de novo national bank and first de novo approved for federal deposit insurance in Florida since the financial crisis.” … Continue Reading