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Last Week, This Morning®
Key developments from the past week in consumer and commercial finance and privacy law.
Nebraska Enacts Legislation Overhauling Money Transmitters Act and Combining Installment Loan Act and Installment Sales Act
Maryland OFR Issues Update Regarding Annual Assessment of Licensees
Nevada Legislature Eliminates In-State Office Requirement for Internet Consumer Lenders
Maryland Enacts Earned Wage Access Legislation
Texas Senate and House Pass Bill that Will Dramatically Impact Sales-Based Financing Transactions; Bill Heads to Governor's Desk
Providers of Debt Relief Services Permanently Banned from Debt Relief Industry
New York Enacts Law Regulating Buy-Now-Pay-Later Transactions
New Jersey Allows Borrowers to Make Biweekly or Semi-Monthly Mortgage Payments
GAO Issues Report on AI Use in Financial Services Industry
President Trump Signs Resolutions to Repeal CFPB's Overdraft Lending and Digital Payments Rules
Georgia Regulates Third-Party Litigation Financing
Florida Permits Collection Emails Between 9 p.m. and 8 a.m.
CFPB Proposes to Rescind Non-Bank Registry Rule
FTC Delays Enforcement of Amended Negative Option Rule
FHA Archives Nearly 600 Mortgagee Letters
CFPB Withdraws Certain Proposed Rules and Proposed Interpretive Rule
Oregon Requires Vehicle Dealers to Make Good Faith Effort to Sell Retail Installment Contract or Lease Agreement to Lender on Exact Same Terms Negotiated with Buyer/Lessee
Hudson Cook Insights
Today's Trends in Credit Regulation
North Dakota Law Regulates "Alternative Financing" as a "Loan"
By Robert F. Gage
The state legislature in North Dakota recently passed House Bill 1127. This bill made a simple amendment to a 1970s-era law called the Money Brokers Act ("MBA"). article continued
Driver Data Privacy—the Road Ahead
By Megan C. Nicholls
The attorneys general in Arkansas and Indiana are the most recent AGs to file lawsuits under their respective state laws protecting the privacy of driver data. We previously reported that the state of Texas filed a similar lawsuit. The Arkansas AG filed his lawsuit on February 26, 2025, under the Arkansas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. This action was followed by the Indiana AG's lawsuit on March 19, 2025, under the Indiana Deceptive Consumer Sales Act. article continued
Oklahoma Requires Electronic Certificates of Title Beginning July 1
By Eric L. Johnson
On March 31, Service Oklahoma issued a bulletin notifying motor vehicle dealers of updates to the state's electronic lien and title (ELT) system. Service Oklahoma is a division of the Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise Services and was created by the Oklahoma legislature in 2022 to provide driver and motor vehicle services on behalf of the state. article continued