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Who Owns the Compliance Failure? Bank-Fintech Liability Allocation in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) Programs

After Years of Enforcement Actions and the Synapse Collapse, the Contract is the Last Line of Defense I. The Enforcement Pattern: Regulators Are Holding Banks Accountable Between 2...

Defending Against Aggressive Lender Enforcement Actions

Aggressive lender enforcement rarely starts with a lawsuit. It starts with a bank applying your operating balance to the loan, a notice telling your customers to send payments else...

When Your Bank Fails: A Practical Guide for Financial Services Businesses

How to Keep Your Business Clients from Becoming Accidental Creditors

The Truth in Lending Act and the Wisconsin Consumer Act are not just for traditional financial institutions. Amy Bentley explains how Wisconsin lawyers can help local businesses av...

DFPI Consent Order Highlights Risks of Engaging in Unlicensed Commercial Lending in California

Housing Finance — When Helping a Deal Can Cross a Regulatory Line

ECOA’s Safe Harbor. Or, What If the CFPB Is Wrong on Regulation B?

Ten States Take on the OCC Over National Bank Preemption of State Escrow-Interest Laws

The battle over the scope of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s authority to preempt state consumer financial laws has entered a new phase. On August 11, 2026, Oregon...

How Lenders Escalate From Demand Letters to Lawsuits

Lenders rarely sue without warning. Demand letters are the opening move in a staged escalation that runs from a quiet default notice to an accelerated balance, then to a filed comp...

When a Business Loan Is Enforced Too Early or Improperly

When a business loan is enforced too early or improperly, the lender’s own conduct often becomes the borrower’s strongest defense. Florida lenders cannot accelerate, seize equipmen...

YOU HAVE THIRTY DAYS TO CONFESS, AND THE FTC WILL POST IT ON THE INTERNET- The Safeguards Rule Breach Report Non-Bank Le...

Every lender has a folder somewhere labeled, in spirit if not in ink, “things that happen to other companies.” Data breaches usually live in that folder. They are the sort of event...

Read the Bold Print: What Palazzo v. Bayview Means for Bankruptcy Disclaimers

Illinois Enacts Disparate Impact Standard for Credit Decisions: What Lenders Need to Know

Introduction Illinois has joined a growing number of states that are expanding fair lending obligations at the state level even as the federal government moves in the opposite dire...

Don’t Let a Minor’s Account Become a Major Issue: Protecting Your Bank from UTMA Account Liability

Nuisance, the Locality Principle, and Real Estate Finance in England and Wales

Legal Due Diligence for Banking Transactions: A Practical Guide to Process, Checklists and Red Flags

This article is written by Simran Sabharwal, Learning and Editorial Manager at Lawctopus Law School Imagine a bank is considering to lend INR 100 Crores to a large multi-national c...

DFPI Resolves Commercial Financing Licensing and Pricing Allegations

States Sue OCC Over Escrow Interest Preemption Rules

On August 11, 2026, a coalition of ten state attorneys general filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon challenging two OCC rules that preempt certain state...

NFHA Amends Challenge to CFPB’s Regulation B Rule, Adding New Attack on Agency’s Rulemaking Process

The National Fair Housing Alliance (“NFHA”) and three other plaintiffs have amended their lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s recently issued amendments to Regulation B under the Equal...

Successor Liability in Florida: Reaching the New LLC

Successor liability becomes a live question when a judgment debtor stops operating through one company and begins conducting business through a newly formed LLC. The new entity may...

Court clears TD Bank of damages despite proven loan breach

A restaurant burned down, a bank broke its promise - and still won in court.

Mortgage Trade Group Challenges New Jersey Disparate Impact Rules

On September 3, a national mortgage trade association filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey challenging the state’s disparate impact rules under...

JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Fight Suits Over Role in Buyout Deals

JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Morgan Stanley are among banks shareholders are suing over their roles on multibillion-dollar buyout deals after a recent corporate-law overhaul failed...

Protect Borrowers Proposes New Offices of Supervision Policy for State Financial Regulators