State regulators

Congress can help create a more uniform federal regulatory testing ground to foster innovation.

Congress can help create a more uniform federal regulatory testing ground to foster innovation.

New technologies could ease the compliance burden for many institutions but some say they could also widen the divide between large and small credit unions.

The CFPB, OCC and FDIC are signaling a renewed focus on the sector after regulation of it fell more to the states in recent years.

The San Francisco fintech company has agreed to pay a $110,000 fine for failing to comply with a 2017 state law that requires mortgage servicers to be licensed.

A regulatory cloud still follows fintech companies following a judge's decision throwing out the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s special-purpose charter.

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors has proposed creating model payments legislation that states could adopt to improve the state-by-state licensing process.

The state's Democratic-controlled Legislature has enacted laws establishing data privacy rights, giving municipalities the ability to set up public banks, and requiring standardized disclosures on small-business loans, among other issues. Lawmakers elsewhere are taking notice.

Officials said Thursday that they will not take regulatory action against state-chartered banks and credit unions solely for serving licensed cannabis businesses.

New plans for a ballot initiative in November 2020 threaten to overturn concessions that financial institutions, tech firms and other companies have won from state lawmakers.

A first-in-the-nation bill that drew unanimous support from the state Senate failed to get over the finish line this year. What happened?

The bureau issued three policies removing the threat of legal liability for approved companies that test new products.

A legislative measure would have made the Golden State the first in the nation where aggrieved borrowers could sue their servicers. The bill was delayed until 2020 after banks and other financial companies expressed opposition.

The Fed is seeking feedback on a "Building Block Approach" to risk-based capital standards for firms heavily engaged in insurance activities.

With no fintech applicant officially seeking the agency’s specialized charter, Judge Dabney Friedrich said claims by the Conference of State Bank Supervisors still were not ripe.

Under a state proposal, annual percentage rates would have to be disclosed on nonbank commercial loans of $500,000 or less. Lenders' responses have been mixed depending on their business model.

New data from the state shows that payday loans fell to a 12-year low in 2018. But the trend does not necessarily mean that consumers are paying less to borrow.

New York and 10 other states are looking into whether companies in the fast-growing sector are violating payday lending laws.

State regulator Ron Rubin had been asked to resign in May over a sexual harassment complaint, but he attempted to fight the allegations.

“Limited” digital-asset broker spots may be approved; Linda Lacewell’s plans for the New York State Department of Financial Services.